Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:50:48 -0700 (PDT), DABEAR
wrote:

If the idea is to turn those aircraft around within one hour for the
racing they have planned, and if their designs accomodate such a slow
"Pit Stop" feature, then they should be able to accumulate enough
hours if their are no mishaps during the flight test and performance
period.

Got an email that makes me believe they've solved many of the "pit stop" issues,
at least. They're not as fast as NASCAR, but they're anticipated to be
considerably shorter than the 15-minute estimate I had. Still, their easiest
solution to the "flying off the test period time" issue would be a transition to
another category where the FSDO doesn't require the traditional Ex-AB flyoff
period.

I guess unlimited air racing survives with just one or two events per year, so
the RRL can probably get by with the same. Hard for the owners to break even
that way, though....

Ron Wanttaja

I wonder if they could race before the magic 40 hours if they based
the aircraft at Reno and flew the hours there.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired