Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Rotax engine mechanic training?

I think it's on the west coast or just a little past.

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From: Ronald Wolf <ronwolf2@yahoo.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:45:01 AM
Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Rotax engine mechanic training?

 

Jim
where is "in Chania" ??

Ron

At 08:33 AM 8/12/2009, you wrote:
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>Building airplanes in Chania is not putiing America back to work.
>Jim
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>--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Gary Orpe <garyo@bak.rr. com> wrote:
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>From: Gary Orpe <garyo@bak.rr. com>
>Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Rotax engine mechanic training?
>To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
>Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 10:23 PM
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>So I guess to summarize what I have learned from this discussion is:
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>1. Drive Continental or Lycoming and leave the 912 Rotax to the
>experimental builders.
>2. We should be able to fly IFR at night if we choose to equip the
>LSA with what is needed for the training.
>3. No one who wants any of the above should never hire a sub K instructor.
>4. Of course buy American to put people back to work. That is what
>Cessna is doing.
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>Did I miss something?
>
> Gary O.
> N181RL
> 661 746-4780
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com [mailto:Sport_ Aircraft@
>yahoogroups. com] On Behalf Of James Galvin
>Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:46 AM
>To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
>Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Rotax engine mechanic training?
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>Well Jay I take a look at these engines and I can't understand why
>anyone would want one and not just because they are so inefficient.
>They can't even start properly. You get into a Jabiru or Rotax
>powered plane, turn the key, and bang the engine starts instantly.
>You get into a Lycoming or Continental powered plane, turn the key,
>and the engine chugs over and over then coughs. You shut the key
>off. You try again. Chug chug cough and wow it actually started this
>time. Good God man they are pieces of junk.
>
>Aside from the last statement which is debatable all the rest are facts.
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> > A 16-year record (and not all of that is stellar) is not the same as a
> > 60-year record. Is it enough? That's a decision every pilot needs to make
> > for himself.
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