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Badwater Bill wrote:
Is this the same airplane that you trashed here in this group because of PSRU failures? Corky Scott Yep. That's the same airplane. These guys ironed out the bugs just like Jack said in the article. I wouldn't worry a bit nowadays to fly that thing. I actually think the airplane might be safer at this point than one with a Lycosaur in it to tell you the truth Corky. Hell, Jess and Tom worked on that thing everyday for nearly a decade. An intelligent man might think that they actually made some progress...but, then, this is RAH. Your comments are what I expect. I'll tell you what Cork Screw. It's more airplane than YOU will most likely ever fly. In fact it would probably scare you to death because it's so fast and has so many ponies. The article was pretty short on details. I haven't checked the belted site maybe details are there. How many ponies? How fast? The 4.3L in my pickup is pretty pathetic... Matt |
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Ah, excellent example of a Phillips segue. Absolutely true to form. Thanks, Corky Scott Your post is an excellent example of RAHian bull ****. True to form. Take some ancient post from the archive and blow it up into plural failures of the PSRU. Typical D. Moonman **** actually. You should be ashamed of yourself Corkdust. Don't you have some books to arrange? When did the PSRU ever fail? I'd like to know because I don't remember that it ever did. Jess had some problems with one batch of defective belts in about 1998. There was one batch that was absolute crap. But the PSRU never failed in any way that I can recall. That PSRU is bullet proof in my humble opinion or I'd have never flown it as the test pilot. And I did go over that thing with a fine tooth comb early on. If I were going to risk my butt in that thing I had to know all the engineering on it and I demanded that of Meyers. He provided everything I needed to convince myself the design was worthy to my satisfaction. Hell, Jess had been flying that thing in a Globe Swift for years before they ever installed it in the RV-6A. So, Corkman, where did I post that anything other than a belt in the PSRU ever failed? Go find it and repost it here or you're just another RAHian dork trying to discredit the fine work of a great team of guys...the guys of the OMABP. Meyers is not stupid. He's been selling these for a decade. If anybody knew of anything wrong or even weak on that thing, we'd have all tried to do whatever we could do to fix the problem. Nope, Cork Screw, the PSRU was never the problem. The problem was a series of tiny things that needed to be built or changed that related to using the automotive engine. And, believe me, if I thought there was anything wrong on that installation in any way, I'd be the first one to point it out to Meyers. And... Jess is the type who would change it in the interest of safety. BWB |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote The article was pretty short on details. I haven't checked the belted site maybe details are there. How many ponies? How fast? The 4.3L in my pickup is pretty pathetic... Matt It isn't at all hard to get 235 HP dyno'ed on a 4.3 Chevy, just by changing the cam. Lots more, if you play with some other stuff. Nascar ran them for a while in the Bush series cars. Lots of power available, but short in the time before overhaul department! g There is a guy in our EAA chapter that has built a RV, and put a belted 4.3 in it. Here in stock car land, there are plenty of guys that will tear an engine down, blueprint and balance it, for next to nothing. I think he put aluminum heads on it, also. Saves quite a few pounds from the stock iron heads. He has run it quite a bit, and had very good results. A bit high on fuel consumption, so he built another one, and put a dinky C-150 engine in it, and gets good cheap, cross country with it. -- Jim in NC --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.711 / Virus Database: 467 - Release Date: 6/26/2004 |
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My conclusion as to why BWB hasn't yet crashed and burned is that he
is always full of hot air. Bryan "The Monk" Chaison wrote in message . .. On Thu, 01 Jul 2004 05:48:58 GMT, (Badwater Bill) wrote: Yep. That's the same airplane. These guys ironed out the bugs just like Jack said in the article. I wouldn't worry a bit nowadays to fly that thing. I actually think the airplane might be safer at this point than one with a Lycosaur in it to tell you the truth Corky. Hell, Jess and Tom worked on that thing everyday for nearly a decade. An intelligent man might think that they actually made some progress...but, then, this is RAH. Your comments are what I expect. I'll tell you what Cork Screw. It's more airplane than YOU will most likely ever fly. In fact it would probably scare you to death because it's so fast and has so many ponies. BWB Ah, excellent example of a Phillips segue. Absolutely true to form. Thanks, Corky Scott |
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I didn't take it seriously Bryan. In fact I was going to say something like "Don't you just love digital photos and Photoshop 6.0! You can even make an old coot look reasonable enough they'll publish is mug in a magazine!" Jesus, by the time you are my age you will have done twice the stuff I've done. I really haven't done all that much. My biggest problem was that I wasn't born rich. I had to make every dime before I could spend it. If my karma is so bad that I have to reincarnate as a poor boy again, I'll opt for a longer rest period in between lives. You Buddhists can arrange that can't you? ;--] Man, your life sounds full and productive as all hell. Hang in there. I'd be damn proud to be 38 and have done all that you have done. I'll tell you what really happened to me here when I responded to you. I just forgot who in the hell you were. All the names get to looking the same after awhile. I promise you however, that from now on, I will never forget who you are. You are someone who is a player and not a bystander. You are in the field of play, not watching from the sideline. You have my apology Bryan. I'm getting old and I just didn't connect your name with who you are. Sorry for that. Best Wishes, BWB |
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As I have accepted your apologiy and have apologized to you in my
response to your private email to me, I apologize to you here publicly. What I said was said in the heat of passion, I humbly apologize. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone (Badwater Bill) wrote in message ... On 2 Jul 2004 06:22:58 -0700, (bryan chaisone) wrote: And I even supported this guy when he thought of becoming a writer. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone P.S. Its all about YOU itsn't it Bill? Sorry I ****ed you off Bryan. As I said in my response above, I didn't connect the printed-name with who you are for some reason. I'm sure it's old age. Sorry again. I promise that I won't let it happen again EVER! I wish that you and I had met in real life then it would be easier. Maybe someday. Where the hell are you? Virginy? I got a trip planned out that-a-way in the next few weeks. Where the hell are you. Maybe I'll come by and take you to lunch. If you don't want to respond to where you are on this ng, I don't blame you. My email address here is an email address I never check either. If you want to email me, email Ammeter and tell him to give you my top secret email address so we may correspond. Also, I'm going to try to get one through to you from yours here if you read it, then you'll have mine. BWB |
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