REFLECTOR: Deltahawk engine

Brian Michalk michalk at awpi.com
Sat May 7 16:52:12 CDT 2005


I want in on this action.  First fixed gear to 20,000 feet wins. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org 
> [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Richard Riley
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 11:20 AM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Deltahawk engine
> 
> Done.
> 
> Winner to get a good bottle of single malt.
> 
> And I won't hold you to the date.  Whenever you're done.
> 
> At 11:12 AM 5/7/05, you wrote:
> >OK, I take the challenge!
> >
> >I still need to get my pilot licence, but I'll hopefully get 
> it this month.
> >
> >I still need to build my Velocity, but I already ordered the kit and 
> >will start on Sept 1st.  According to Velocity Inc, it 
> should take 800h 
> >to build it.  At 25h/week that means 40 weeks, which means that I 
> >should be done by August 1st, 2006.  I certainly intend to use a 
> >Deltahawk engine, most likely a 200HP one with an MT constant speed 
> >propeller, so my airplane will satisfy your spec.
> >
> >To make it fun, I propose to race coast-to-coast, say from somewhere 
> >arround New York to somewhere arround San Francisco.
> >
> >:-)    (but I'm serious, too)
> >
> >Grigore
> >
> >
> >
> >On Sat, 7 May 2005, Richard Riley wrote:
> >
> >>Hey, if you're going to race with stuff that belongs to 
> other people, 
> >>I'm going to put a business card in the next Delta IV payload.
> >>
> >>But seriously, I think a 540 Berkut with a fixed pitch prop 
> against a 
> >>200hp Velocity with an MT would be an interesting race, either for 
> >>climb or for speed.
> >>
> >>At 10:14 AM 5/7/05, you wrote:
> >>>Nether am I....  F-15
> >>>
> >>>At 09:48 AM 5/7/2005, you wrote:
> >>>>At 07:22 AM 5/7/05, you wrote:
> >>>>>I hope I get the chance to race Mr. 540 to 30,000 feet, 
> or more.  
> >>>>>"Oh no, not another challenge that I cant' fly now but 
> must in the 
> >>>>>future."  JP just stow it till you can do it.
> >>>>OK, but remember, I'm not flying a Velocity.
> >>>>
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