Friends,
It's a little over a week away.
CONTACT! Magazine has been sponsoring a free fly-in for several
years. It's moved around a little, and last year it moved once
again. This year it will continue to be held in conjunction with
the Golden West Fly-in (as it was last year) in Marysville
California and will be held on Saturday, June 9th, 2012.
http://www.ContactMagazine.com/roundup.html
The catch? In order for it to be free, you must fly in with an
experimental aircraft that has an "alternative engine" and be
willing to put it on display with the others. This will entitle you
and the occupants who flew in with you to attend the fly-in for
free. And for those of you who has an experimental (data plate
removed) hot-rod Lycoming, Continental, or any number of non-
certified, non-auto conversion engines
(UL, Jabiru, Hirth, Deltahawk, etc.) we consider those an
"alternative engine" too. Please visit
http://www.ContactMagazine.com/roundup.html for preregistration
information
If you are flying-in with an aircraft powered by a Sube, Corvair,
Rotary, Viking, or any other auto conversion and would like to
present a forum (or even if you are currently building one and
can't bring it- or CAN bring it on a trailer), please contact me.
Editor@ContactMagazine.com We'd love to include you in the fun!
And so that those who can't make it to the show this year won't
feel left out, here's some free stuff:
http://www.contactmagazine.com/FreeLunch.html
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Thanks!
Patrick Panzera
Editor@ContactMagazine.com
Paul,
Please pass along this note from Pat Panzera to all Rotary Engine
Enthusiast.
Pat has been a friend to Rotary Enthusiast in "Contact! Magazine",
and should some of your readers attend the Golden West I am sure
Pat would welcome them.
See the details below, including if one of you Rotary Engine
Enthusiast wants to give a forum presentation.
Best Regards,
Anthony J. Liberatore
The trouble with this magazine is it equates automobile piston
engines with rotaries, There is a world of difference when it comes
to aircraft level power durability. Automobile piston engines can
grenade without warning.
Paul Lamar
Weellll Paul,
That is why you can have your pissa with or without Anchovies. Its
not for everyone. Same for rotor motors. Not for everyone. I must
admit I can not understand why they fight it so much. Boing boing
engines have been around for quite some time and more people can
think they trust them than an unknown to them commodity. Silly boys.
Dale Davies
The reason aircraft engines have TBO's is to check for fatigue
cracks. These engines are made with the finest steel available and
with the best manufacturing techniques that are known to increase
fatigue life. This is totally opposite to automotive piston engines
where every nickel is taken out. A result of the low duty cycle. A
400 HP Corvette is using only 40 HP to cruise at 80 MPH.
The rotary engine structure is intrinsically resistant to fatigue.
No in and out. No back and forth. No up and down.
Paul Lamar
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Yup, I am on that page. Some can not get their heads wrapped around
it. Expensive when it starts making bad noises and oil comes out in
the air. Some have not asked themselves what their life is worth.
Dale Davies
Here here. V8's sound phat, good for hot rodders, V12's mmmm, but
for pure endurence at max power the perfectionist in me can't deny
the rotary is close to perfect. Growing up in rodding circles the
word rotary was blasphemy. My uncle owns hot rods and is also a L.A.M.E.
when I mentioned rotaries to him he was very quiet, looked over both
shoulders and offered " they are aren't as bad as these guys reckon".
Thankyou Paul for the underpinning educational knowledge. Kudos to
you mate!!!! Graeme Riley
Yes, I am on that page also. My nick name in the '70's was Rotor. Some B
sedan racers jumped in my '73 RX3 and took it for a joy ride around the
long
track at the Edmonton International Speedway. Got up to 130MPH by the end
of
the straight and almost went straight off as the brakes on them were not
up to
the rotor motor. There is a guy in the states that has a '40 Ford with a
turbo
13B.
Lots here still call it Jap scrap, while putting up with the still
inferior
build quality. Local show and shine last year had an inertia dyno guys
could
have theur cars run on. 586CID Iron Indians and the rest maxed out at
about
475HP. A young fellow put his turbo Pontiac Sunfire on and the first try
spun
the rollers really fast. They had to shift up a gear to get a run. 850HP
which
was almost double the big blocks at 4 times his displacement of 2.4L.
To each their own as long as they are not interfering with anyone else.
Dale Davies
Folks,
Pat Panzera has asked me to pass along the following;
David Leonard is presenting the Rotary Engine Forum. as many of you know,
David has hundreds of hours on his Turbocharged Rotary in an RV6.
My best,
Anthony
I would fly my plane down but I'm going on vacation with family that day.
Brian Trubee
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