Kitplanes August Issue

It's out. At least sent to subscribers. Just got mine. You looked
alot younger ;^)

Gary Thomas


I dyed my beard for the shots.

BWB

P.S. just kidding.----I looked younger in the shot because I was in a
good mood. I hadn't read RAH for a month or so.

It's out. At least sent to subscribers. Just got mine. You looked
alot younger ;^)

Gary Thomas


I dyed my beard for the shots.

BWB

P.S. just kidding.----I looked younger in the shot because I was in a
good mood. I hadn't read RAH for a month or so.


Bull Chips, who told you that you looked younger? We all know what an airbrush
can do to help the appearance of those in need. Tell Boom-Boom she did a good
job.

BFG


Bob Reed
www.kisbuild.r-a-reed-assoc.com (KIS Builders Site)
KIS Cruiser in progress...Slow but steady progress....

"Ladies and Gentlemen, take my advice,
pull down your pants and Slide on the Ice!"
(M.A.S.H. Sidney Freedman)

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 12:29:16 GMT, (Badwater
Bill) wrote:

You might recall that I was the test pilot on that project about 8
years ago and started posting stuff here on the flights I was making
in it each day.

Is this the same airplane that you trashed here in this group because
of PSRU failures?

Corky Scott

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.

BWB

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

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

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

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

"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


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(Badwater Bill) wrote in message .. .
Does anyone know when the August issue of Kitplanes is going to be
out? When do they normally send it if you subscribe? There's an
article on the Old Men's Airplane Building Project (OMABP) i.e. Jess
Meyer's RV-6A with the Chevy engine in it.


Got my copy a few days ago. I confess to having skipped past the RV
article in order to drool over Ron's pirep on the Hevle bros' Tandem
Toddler.

Corrie