---------------------------------------------------------- Rocket-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 05/29/05: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:57 PM - RV - Intervention (Tom Gummo) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:57:07 PM PST US From: "Tom Gummo" Subject: Rocket-List: RV - Intervention "Rocket List" , "RV List" --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Tom Gummo" Everybody, You know when someone starts to get into a cult or heavy into drugs; an "Intervention" is called for. I am calling on all you to help me with such an effort. KABONG as he calls himself, Jack Starn to some of us, needs your help. Background Info: Several years ago, I got a tail kit for a RV-4. After getting the jigs built, I had a very slow start on drilling that first hole in aluminum. My wife claims that my only tool is a hammer. Anyway, a family was looking into moving into the house next door and needed to use the phone so I let them in my house through the garage. Jack spotted the tail kit. His wife looked at me and said they were going to take the house. I haven't been able to get rid of Jack since. After much thought, the tail kit was modified and a Harmon Rocket was started. With Jack helps, the Rocket went from aluminum ore, refined into Al sheets, formed into aircraft parts and assembled into a flying machine. After five years, Jack's cancer (he lost his vocal cords but beat the cancer - no he didn't smoke), and several periods of unemployment (sure slows down the money needed to build) the Rocket was finished. After several years of flying the Rocket, I thought I had converted Jack into a go fast; more power is better type of guy. Current Situation: Anyway, he is looking at building an RV-10 or an RV-12. While, I wouldn't personally want to build an RV-10, it is at least a real aircraft with reasonable performance. The RV-12 is another matter. It is an aerocoupe (spelling), or as someone on the SoCal RV List says, an "RV-0.5". My request, please support me in this Intervention and get Jack or KABONG back into the building mode of real RVs with RV like performance. BTW - question to those alternate engine guys out there, is there a small auto conversion with turbo charging. If you had to build a RV-12 with a 120 knot limit, why not take those knots to 16,500 or 17,500 and get some real KTAS out of them. Thanks, Tom Gummo Apple Valley, CA Harmon Rocket-II, 250 hours do not archive http://mysite.verizon.net/t.gummo/index.html PS - small attempt at humor :-)