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in New Zealand!
Thanks Ivan - I sure appreciate it. I'll make some calls....
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of H.Ivan
Haecker
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're
down here in New Zealand!
Andrew,
You might want to check out Jim Winnings' set-up for rear seat rudder
pedals. I hear his are nice but have not seen them yet. His phone # is
317-718-3415. I don't have his e-mail but have called him in the past
and found him to be very helpful.
I don't know how or when, but I'm going to NZ someday. It's one of those
"have to do before I die" kind of things. I'm 56 now and can feel the
clock ticking. I hope you still have your rocket when I get there.
Ivan Haecker rv-4 1458 hrs. S. Cen. TX (slowly building an F-1)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "ACTIVE NZ - Andrew" <andrew@nzactive.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:35 PM
Subject: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're
down here in New Zealand!
> <andrew@nzactive.com>
>
> Hi guys. As a long list time lurker from New Zealand...
>
> I'm really keen on getting some rear rudder pedals in my Rocket,
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in New Zealand!
Cool - I like Camarillo, actually. I've now bought three aircraft from
there, weirdly enough - a Jungster 1, which scared the crap out of me
cos I only had about 7 hours in taildraggers (!!!!) a Smyth Sidewinder
project, which I sold for a big loss....and my wonderful Harmon Rocket.
So I take it you're based there too, yeah? And you have a Rocket, I take
it??
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of nico css
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're
down here in New Zealand!
Hi, Andrew. Just wanted to respond to having shipped your machine from
Camarillo. It's where I go when I want to kick some tires. Just up the
road from us.
Enjoy!
Nico
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of ACTIVE NZ -
Andrew
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:35 PM
Subject: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're
down here in New Zealand!
--> <andrew@nzactive.com>
Hi guys. As a long list time lurker from New Zealand...
I'm really keen on getting some rear rudder pedals in my Rocket, as my
main instructor won't fly with me without them. I apologise if this
question has been asked before - anyone know the simplest/easiest (but
robust) way to retrofit??? I saw a really nice set on a Rocket in a tiny
place in the Sierras, just north of Lake Tahoe, and got the gentleman's
contact details, but then stupidly mislaid them. I'll drop in next time
I'm fling around the US, unless anyone knows the name of the guy who
lives with his Rocket and pilot-wife in a tiny town northwest of Reno
by, I'm not sure, maybe 100 miles? I seem to recall he's very close to
Sierra Springs. He had a VERY elegant set of pedals, and I'd love to
copy them - or see if anyone here has any good
suggestions/diagrams/photos.
Also, Rocketeers, just repeating my invitation, made a couple of years
ago, to some of the coolest flying in the world, down here in New
Zealand. I live in Queenstown, which is a must-stop on any NZ vacation
anyway. I fly my Rocket off a little farm strip, but we are right next
to the Southern Alps, which means some stunning scenery. All Rocketeers
are welcome, should you ever be on vacation in NZ - we have a spare
room, an HRII, and....well what else couldja need? :)
I gather New Zealand's second Rocket has just been built. Our first
indigenous one, I guess. Mine came from Carl Wright in Camarillo, and is
a very well built aircraft. I've put 500 hours on it since then. And we
have another Rocket just being started in a small town in Southland,
called Gore.
I talked to the builder, and it sounds like he may have run into one or
two of the people on this list on a recent reserach trip to the US. He's
a very nice guy - John Bowles, I think, is his name - and is well worth
helping out. He's already built an RV4, so this isn't his first foray
into homebuilding. I'm sure he'll build it well...
Andrew Fairfax
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From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Frazier,
Vincent A
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:16 AM
Subject: Rocket-List: RE: Rocket-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/26/08
--> <VFrazier@usi.edu>
SNIP Time: 09:40:23 PM PST US
From: "Tom Gummo" <T.gummo@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Rocket-List: cockpit cooling
Boy am I P_SSed.
Vince, you drove right by my house and you didn't stop to say hello.
Tom Gummo
Apple Valley, CA
Harmon Rocket-II
do not archive SNIP
Yes, I know! I would have liked to have stopped at Bakersfield and
several other places but couldn't! Doh! We did stop for a burger at
the In-N-Out in Bakersfield. Yum. We need a few of those here!
Regrets,
Vince
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My apologies, everyone - I replied to emails from Nico and Ivan, and
thought I was emailing them off-list. Didn't realise it would post
list-wide. I'll be more careful in future.
& thanks to all those who have emailed me info about rear rudder pedals
in Rockets!
Andrew
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From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Jim Stone
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: Rocket-List: Cockpit cooling
Hey Guys,
My cockpit air comes from a two inch scat going from a hole in the upper
rear baffle on the left/center side, same side as my oil cooler, and
then goes to a firewall mixer valve which allows heat muff air to be
mixed with it. My complaint is, this air is too warm on a day that is
75 degrees or warmer. I have a Naca vent under the right wing that
brings in cool outside air but it goes only to the rear seater. I would
like to change the front seat set up and leave the rear seat the way it
is. My question is, has anyone put a 2" hole in the forward horizontal
baffle, in front of number 2 cyl and pulled the air down and aft to the
mixer valve on the firewall? Or, has anyone just tied a scat hose along
the top of the engine from the aft baffle to the cowl opening in front
of number 2 cyl. in an effort to catch the air before it warms up.
My setup is similar to John Harmon's, and he told me years ago that it
works fine for him, so I assumed if it works in the Bakersfield desert,
it will work in Louisville. Perhaps my setup is not as similar to John's
as I think.
TIA,
Jim Stone
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| Subject: | Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're down here |
in New Zealand!
No Rocket I am sad to say, having never heard of them before joining this
list a couple of years ago. Having a rocket (or other high performance
plane) will come some day, I know. I am a past Aero Commander/Piper Seneca
II/Piper Twin Comanche owner, which explains my mindset: twin engines = more
power (and assurance of a second power plant). I saw some videos of folks
flying their Rockets and I must say, it looks like quite a blast.
Nico
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of ACTIVE NZ -
Andrew
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:30 AM
Subject: RE: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're
down here in New Zealand!
--> <andrew@nzactive.com>
Cool - I like Camarillo, actually. I've now bought three aircraft from
there, weirdly enough - a Jungster 1, which scared the crap out of me cos I
only had about 7 hours in taildraggers (!!!!) a Smyth Sidewinder project,
which I sold for a big loss....and my wonderful Harmon Rocket.
So I take it you're based there too, yeah? And you have a Rocket, I take
it??
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of nico css
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:16 PM
Subject: RE: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're
down here in New Zealand!
Hi, Andrew. Just wanted to respond to having shipped your machine from
Camarillo. It's where I go when I want to kick some tires. Just up the road
from us.
Enjoy!
Nico
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of ACTIVE NZ -
Andrew
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:35 PM
Subject: Rocket-List: Rocket rear rudder pedals//reminder that we're down
here in New Zealand!
--> <andrew@nzactive.com>
Hi guys. As a long list time lurker from New Zealand...
I'm really keen on getting some rear rudder pedals in my Rocket, as my main
instructor won't fly with me without them. I apologise if this question has
been asked before - anyone know the simplest/easiest (but
robust) way to retrofit??? I saw a really nice set on a Rocket in a tiny
place in the Sierras, just north of Lake Tahoe, and got the gentleman's
contact details, but then stupidly mislaid them. I'll drop in next time I'm
fling around the US, unless anyone knows the name of the guy who lives with
his Rocket and pilot-wife in a tiny town northwest of Reno by, I'm not sure,
maybe 100 miles? I seem to recall he's very close to Sierra Springs. He had
a VERY elegant set of pedals, and I'd love to copy them - or see if anyone
here has any good suggestions/diagrams/photos.
Also, Rocketeers, just repeating my invitation, made a couple of years ago,
to some of the coolest flying in the world, down here in New Zealand. I live
in Queenstown, which is a must-stop on any NZ vacation anyway. I fly my
Rocket off a little farm strip, but we are right next to the Southern Alps,
which means some stunning scenery. All Rocketeers are welcome, should you
ever be on vacation in NZ - we have a spare room, an HRII, and....well what
else couldja need? :)
I gather New Zealand's second Rocket has just been built. Our first
indigenous one, I guess. Mine came from Carl Wright in Camarillo, and is a
very well built aircraft. I've put 500 hours on it since then. And we have
another Rocket just being started in a small town in Southland, called Gore.
I talked to the builder, and it sounds like he may have run into one or two
of the people on this list on a recent reserach trip to the US. He's a very
nice guy - John Bowles, I think, is his name - and is well worth helping
out. He's already built an RV4, so this isn't his first foray into
homebuilding. I'm sure he'll build it well...
Andrew Fairfax
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Frazier,
Vincent A
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 2:16 AM
Subject: Rocket-List: RE: Rocket-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 05/26/08
--> <VFrazier@usi.edu>
SNIP Time: 09:40:23 PM PST US
From: "Tom Gummo" <T.gummo@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Rocket-List: cockpit cooling
Boy am I P_SSed.
Vince, you drove right by my house and you didn't stop to say hello.
Tom Gummo
Apple Valley, CA
Harmon Rocket-II
do not archive SNIP
Yes, I know! I would have liked to have stopped at Bakersfield and several
other places but couldn't! Doh! We did stop for a burger at the In-N-Out
in Bakersfield. Yum. We need a few of those here!
Regrets,
Vince
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