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Information on the latest updates: Coming
Soon! 19th July 2008: Magnificent scaled to UL Strearman PT 17. Owner Ales Kemen and builder Tomas Podesva show off this favourite! Not far off flight. 18th July 2008: Hans and Sam's modified Hatz Classic. Shows Wako type tail feathers and good progress on the fuselage. Interesting commentary on project. 13th July 2008: John Kerr makes good progrtess on his Hatz Classic - R3600 mounted and cowl is near to completed. 2nd July 2008: Caudron GIII - a project by Petr and Vladimir Handlik. 30th
June 2008: Tim
Gallagher Flight Video on You Tube 30th June 2008: Volker Heydecke fits out cowling for engine access and a unique solution to oil tank (material and location) 24th June 2008: Tim Gallagher does a magnificent job on his Pober Jr Ace and takes to the skies! Superb plane a must browse! 23rd June 2008: Specific to the R2800 . See under Mounting Frames - overview an Fisher Celebrity mount as an example (use "Drawings & Pics" Button to find). 20th June 2008: New project. Nicola de Gobbi and Stefano Kiro from Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy - Murphy Spirit about 70% Complete. Great Work done. 3rd June 2008: Mick Dye completes paint job on his Zenair CH200 and fits a bubble cowl over the RotecRadial R3600! 2nd June 2008: Joe Meyeres completes a magnificent paint job on his Kitfox! Registration and flight to go. 19th May 2008: Owner Mike Grisham reports that the Little looper took to the skies on 19th of May 2008. We are waiting on pics of the finished craft along with comments on the flight. Great news! 19th May 2008: Rod O'Garey completes his Murphy Rebel. Magnificent job done on the aircraft. Flight from Bundaberg to Darwin. 18th May 2008: Volker Heydecke mounts R3600 - trial fits cowl. Takes delivery of canopy. Good progress being made. 27th April 2008: New Project. Barry Mocabee and his CIRCA Nieuport 12. Rather special consideration on mount design - in line with the late Graham Lee's thinking. Quite different aesthetics! 19th April 2008: Jim Teel transforms EAA Bipe to radial power. Sensational looking aircraft! 15th April 2008: Rotec's preliminary plans for Osh 2008 (see RH column) 15th April 2008: Hans and Sam work on the fuselage of their Hatz Classic. Early days. 14th April 2008: Don Warner shows construction of Heat Muff for carb heat. An excellent example of how to use the exhaust heat. 13th April 2008: Martin Hone starts to cover the fuse and more... (R3600 project) 12th April 2008: Joe Meyeres starts ground testing his Kitfox 4 and R2800. Superb aircraft that gathers interest at the various places it been on display. 9th April 2008: Marco Adami finishes his Murphy Spirit and is flying in Brazilian Skies. Magnificent example of a Murphy Spirit. 9th April 2008: Keith Littlely's Australian LittleWing construction phase completed. First of a kind superbly finished! 8th April 2008: Airdrome and Aerolab will be at Fun 'N Sun 2008 see "Rotec News and Items of Interest" in right hand column. 8th April 2008: Gere Sport wins another Award at Narromine 08. See what you missed... 8th April 2008: Kurtis Arnold makes great progress on his Hatz Classic. Engine mounted, turtledeck etc. Great text on electrical redundancy system, oil tank, fuel tank and more ... Very interesting commentary. 27th Feb 2008: New Project. Michel Cavin Sopwith Camel (R3600). Oil tank design and manufacture completed. Great tank! 26th Feb 2008: Shawn Disney and his 1st of a Kind CIRCA Nieuport 12. Pics of fuselage and a tube press made by Shawn. 26th Feb 2008: A Bushbaby is not far off from taking off. Great new work being done in South Africa. 1st of a kind! (added new pics 26th Feb of earlier in the build) 25th Feb 2008: Kitfox 4 by Niel Ring: An all-time favorite and great combination with the R2800. New project replacing an existing engine with the RotecRadial. Beautiful aircraft! 20th Feb 2008 - Blériot XI Military a brilliant project. Extra pics of some custom made aluminium castings - eye for detail! (added descriptors/captionsto the various cast parts including wing warp pulley) 15th Feb 2008: Candice Uhlir gets on with building CIRCA N17 Fuse and purchases new wheels. 9th of Feb 2008: Dick Navratil's piet in flight. Also see on the cover of this month's EAA Magzine (slightly different photo) with an article inside 8th Feb 2008: Wolfgang Knowbloch trial mounts his R2800 to his historic Siebel Hummel S202C. 6th
Feb 2008: Dave Lillie and Rick Giles very near flight status of of
the Nieuport 12 now sporting a Rotec R2800 powerplant. Rick was the original
builder of the Circa Nieport 12." 3rd Feb 2008: New Project. Louie his Bakeng Deuce and the Rotec R3600. Framework on the fuse and wind are all but complete. 1st Feb 2008: Some neat parts made for Marcel and Pierre's Blériot. Great work and eye for detail. 29thy January 2008: Arie's Murphy Spirit ready for covering - also see the old and the new but then which is the old and which is the new? 28th Jan 2008: Robert Garcia's N17 moves to a new home in a hanger. Ready to be covered. 27th Jan 2008: NEW Project a Hatz Classic. John Kerr installs R3600 onto his completed fuselage framework. Checks the oil tank for fit. Great pics to view! 27th Jan 2008 Part II: Petr Svoboda's 1 and 1/2 Strutter gets wings 22nd Jan 2008 Part I : Petr Svoboda's 1 & 1/2 Strutter undergoes a 4G stress test and some detail on the gauges, fuel and oil tanks. Second update soon to follow - look out for it. 31st Dec 2007 - Don Warner makes great strides on his Luscombe. Close to painting. Great attention to detail. 27th Dec 2007 - Volker Heydecke's Polikarpov I-16 makes great progress on the bodywork. Ready for paint job! 27th Dec 2007 - Jim Teel's R2800 powered EAA Bipe ready for painting. Great progress made. 23rd Dec 2007: Jim Cantell's Kitfox V took to the skies in October 2007. Web site update shows the R2800 powered Kitfox 5 in flight. Great looking plane! 19th
Dec 2007: Rotec's Production team at Tyabb for X'mas BBQ. Some nice
pics of the boys and Rotec's Flybaby ROTECRADIAL.COM |
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