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Old 11-17-2015, 02:19 PM
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Hello everyone my name is Scott Ingoldsby and I am new to the Vans forum. I held off joining until my project was a little further along as it is now... I am in the final stages of completing my RV8A with a rotary engine setup (power sport RE-215 to be exact) I know there are a lot of people who will think Im crazy but please no engine bashing as I own a Piper Saratoga with a 350hp LYCO and have no issues. I am attaching my wings today and will be ground test ready hopefully by Thanksgiving.
Any advice or input on this setup would be greatly appreciated. I have done several small mods which I believe will help my cooling under the cowl. I will be following up with some pics in the near future, but for now looking for advice from ANYONE with ROTARY EXPERIENCE! I am proud of where my project is today and hope to fly to OSH in 2016. Hopefully I can be of future assistance to anyone who decides to go this route in their craft..
PS anyone with a full page link to the RVator arcticle (The tiger and the spitfire come to Oregon) please send it to me....

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Old 11-17-2015, 04:08 PM
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Old 11-17-2015, 04:15 PM
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Hello everyone my name is Scott Ingoldsby and I am new to the Vans forum.
Scott, welcome aboard the good ship VAF.

Where are you located?? There is a guy in southern Calif who flies a rotary powered RV----------not very active here, but might respond to an email??

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/member.php?u=8652
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Old 11-17-2015, 06:51 PM
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Welcome!

My business partner was the second person to fly behind a rotary (missed being first by two weeks), he does not post here but if you contact me off list, I'll put you in touch with him.

From what he described, cooling was his biggest issue. He spent a lot of time solving this and did a great job. I have flown with him and his -6A is a good performer.

He is also fond of saying, "If you like to tinker, put an auto conversion in. If you like to fly, put a Lycoming in."

Best of luck and keep us updated!
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Old 11-17-2015, 06:58 PM
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Hi Scott,

Welcome! There are several of us here that are either building or flying rotaries. Mine's a Renesis with RWS redrive & controller in an RV-7. I'd love to hear more about your Powersport installation.

Are you on the Flyrotary email list? We'd love to have you participate over there.

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Old 11-17-2015, 10:02 PM
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Default Rotary cooling
Guys, thanks for the non negatives and positive response. I'm located in the St louis area about 80 miles south east. I've heard cooling is an issue. I am a 20 plus year veteran of fiberglass and is my current business specialty. I am slightly modifying my James cowl with ducts to generate Xtra concentrated air flow to radiator. I will also be sending headers to be ceramic coated.
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Old 11-17-2015, 10:40 PM
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Here's a few links to just a few pics I will be posting more as I progress towards ground ops...


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Old 11-17-2015, 10:54 PM
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Sorry guys pics don't seem to be working nor does my mind... it's getting late... I will repost in the morning
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Old 11-17-2015, 10:56 PM
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would be interested to see what you have done.
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