REFLECTOR: I made airplane noises today

Fri Nov 9 06:32:33 CST 2007

Major Builder Moment Andy!

Do savor every bit of it!

Richard

Andy Millin wrote:
> Hey all!
>  
> We had our dyno run at G&N today.  This is an engine I built up from 
> scratch under the wonderful, watchful eye of Terry Brokaw.
>  
> The engine ran loud and strong.  The guys at G&N were very 
> complementary about our work.  When we dropped the engine off they 
> told us they knew the engine would run well by just looking at it.  We 
> figured they were just trying to be nice.  The assured us, they really 
> can tell.  Attention to detail is what makes an engine run well and 
> looking at the engine they could tell.  Made me feel pretty good.
>  
> The engine fired right away.  It made great volumes of airplane 
> noises.  I was smiling so hard it really did hurt.
>  
> We made good power.  We had good compression after the test.  We 
> didn't make any metal.  It went as well as we could have hoped.
>  
> I've been building my plane for seven wonderful years.  I have enjoyed 
> every milestone large or small.  Today was a very big one.  What a 
> great adventure.
>  
> I posted a few pictures on my website tonight.  I'll have a few more 
> tomorrow including the dyno numbers.  We shot some video as well.  I 
> should have that up tomorrow as well.
>  
> G'night all!  I just hope I can get to sleep tonight...
>  
> Andy
>  
>  
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