REFLECTOR: Reflector Digest, Vol 37, Issue 27

[Joe Ewen]

Thanks Chuck,
I have gotten a great deal of info from AL on both this list and the 
FlyRotary list.  AL has been without a doubt one of the best 2 or 3 sources 
that I have been following the last couple of years.  He has a SE.
Joe



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck" <c.harbert at comcast.net>
To: <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Reflector Digest, Vol 37, Issue 27


> Joe, you should talk to Al Geitzen who has a 173RG with a 20B. He did a
> beautiful job and can really give you some tips.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Ewen" <Jewen at comporium.net>
> To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 8:30 AM
> Subject: [SPAM] REFLECTOR: 173 Gross Weight-Was Brake authority
>
>
>> snip: a 173 Elite RG (with the IO-360) ... which weighs almost as much as
>> an
>>> XL.
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>> I presume your comment about weighting as much as an XL was aimed towards
>> the gross weight.  I found your comment interesting in that I am building
>> a
>> 173 RG, with a 20B rotary engine (3 rotor, that should make an easy 250
>> HP,
>> 300 if I got the higher compression rotors, intake porting and induction
>> system right.)  I too want a higher gross than the standard specs (nice 
>> to
>> fill the AC with both fuel and passengers.)  My logic is the 173 has the
>> same wing as the XL so it should have the same lift capability as an XL,
>> just needs the HP (AC will likely be turned off for takeoff) to keep it
>> moving through the air which the rotary should provide.
>>
>> My question is how much have you upped the gross and what performance 
>> have
>> you experienced or have you had any negative effects ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
>
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