REFLECTOR: Performance challenge, Chap. 2

[J.P. Brooks]

I, we, appreciate your patience.
BTW, The Team of Carl Bumpers, Dean Bergman, Dave Driscoll, Doug and Diane 
Doers along with Rip
worked many hours getting things prepped.  They deserve so much more than 
just credit for the successes DH has seen.
Someday the Reflector will see a note from us and all will realize the 
sacrifices they've made.

They truly humble me in their tenacity and desire.

jp



At 09:33 AM 8/6/2004, you wrote:
>For those not at the Velocity thing at OSH, the Deltahawk on the
>Velocity had a temp crank from an interim supplier.  There was a defect
>in the manufacture of the crank and it failed during a test just before
>OSH.  A welded counterweight came loose/off and nearly ate through the
>case.  The engine was still running with a cup and a half of shavings in
>the oil filter and sump.  There isn't a problem with the design, just
>with the part.  They are not using that manufacturer for the production
>cranks.
>
>JP, NO CROW being served from this group.  When you get it back up to
>snuff and flying, we'll be waiting for the challenge.
>
>FYI,
>
>Andy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of J.P. Brooks
>Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 4:34 PM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: REFLECTOR: Performance challenge, Chap. 2
>
>
>Gentlemen,
>
>Let's see, how does one eat a 900 lb Crow?.......
>One bite at a time?
>
>1st bite,.....  Thanks to those we got to meet with at OSH, The Swings,
>Scott, missed Nathan.....  (that one was easy)...
>
>2nd bite....  We are in ongoing testing and have experienced very good
>results.  I'll let Doug and Diane speak for the company, but, as for me,
>I
>must take your blows and suffer the slings and arrows of misfortune in
>being unable to get 211JP in time for the promised (and soon to be
>missed)
>Sept. 1st said time frame.  (okay guys.....  let the emails fly! I got
>my
>ego Kevlar body armor on every time I step up to my computer.  (I'm
>still
>chewing on that bite like an old piece of untenderized horse meet!)
>
>bite 3.... whence I do get Doug to give me "The Bird" (no not the middle
>
>appendage) I will post rational haste and make my first priority to be
>there in New Mexico for the salvage operation which will be to find my
>credibility somewhere off the end of the runway at very hot, high
>density,
>no wind airspace in which I will find my smiling face again.  (Okay,
>still
>got the body armour on...  let go with another volley!).........
>
>(bite 4 and still chewing)......  I know this company and it's
>people.  Anyone who has seen us, met us, heard us, know that it is
>usually
>me, JP, who sez something and THEN engages brain.....
>I hope my boasting and pride is just that .... mine.  I ask you not
>direct
>any of the well deserved arrows at DeltaHawk but at me, since my mouth
>is
>the culprit........(he said with humble regard)
>
>I know Diane and Doug will read this and they know I say things without
>filter from them.  Again, this is the fighter pilot ego engaging prior
>to
>the self-destruct mode goes into final countdown....
>
>.....yes, lesson learned,..... once more and when I do get the chance to
>
>come out  to New Mexico there will be a "Notamus Maximus" put out that
>the
>Bird is enroute.  All will get a shot at me on the way and I'll have the
>
>Clocking Device fully engaged till then.
>
>It is with humility that I be a member of this forum.  It is with equal
>humility that I know I look up to all of you who are building, planning,
>
>engineering, and endeavoring to get to the point of First Flight.
>Believe
>me when I say that FF of 211JP was an event.  I was unfortunately, or
>fortunately, depending on your perspective, unable to be there on May
>3rd
>of last year to see 211JP take flight.  For those of you who do know me
>my
>daughters christening in Escondido, California was scheduled for that
>day
>long before.  Diane and Doug we willing to postpone the flight till I
>could
>be there.  I believed it was an event that was not defined by a single
>individual but by a collective effort.  We all shared in the elation
>regardless where we were in the world.
>
>So, with all this said, I ask humbly your indulgence and patience as we
>accomplish more testing toward the end result of going forward toward
>certification and beyond.
>
>I will gladly accept, without anger, any comments you may freely air
>here.  Now, anybody got any salsa?...  these feather get caught in my
>throat pretty easily!
>
>JP
>DeltaHawk, Inc.
>N211JP
>DMO184, 173RG
>
>
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