rvmills
Well Known Member
Reno 2018 was a fun year for the RV and Rocket gang! I saw Ross's thread on Reno 2018, with its great discussion on performance ignition and fuel systems and prop RPM, so thought I'd start a separate thread to talk about the great performances turned in by RV pilots. I also saw a question about 49's bird strike, so I'll start a separate thread about that...and the repairs...after this.
We had 7 RVs and 1 Rocket race in Sport Class this year, which is 22% of the Sport Class field (8 of 36 entries). At least 3 other fast RVs took a year off this year, so we have a lot of fast RV Reno Racers! Pretty cool, eh!
The builders and pilots are getting more competitive every year, and supercharging, turbocharging, and especially nitrous are being used quite a bit, after extensive testing by the pilots. Here are the 2018 RV race pilots, and their qualifying speeds:
Dan West, Sport 270, Supercharged RV-8: 248.4 mph
James Stringer, Sport 49, RV-Super 6: 245.8
Jason Rovey, Sport 76, RV-8: 244.1
Lee Ulrich, Sport 101, Turbocharged RV-7: 242.2
Neil Wischer, Sport 888, RV-8: 242.1
Scott Prewitt, Sport 314, Harmon Rocket: 240.2
Skylor Piper, Sport 80, RV-8: 235.9
Matt Beaubien, Sport 81, RV-4: 222.2
The first 4 raced in the Sport Bronze, and the last 4 raced in the Sport Medallion.Great racing in both heats, and the RVs duked it out with Lancair 360s and other glass airplanes, with good success. Dan was trying to get his 250 mph patch, and came oh, so close! Jason was giving James a run for his money all week, but that dang hawk spoiled the Bronze final for 49. Everyone had a great week of racing, and a great week of camaraderie.
Dynon sponsored a "Medallion Hangar"...a 30'x30' tent in the pit row where the RVs and other Medallion racers were parked, and it became a social focal point for lots of fun. Thanks very much to our friends at Dynon for the great support!
Here are a few pics of the Reno RV motorcycle gang. Dan, apologies, I can't find any of you, so please post some if ya can. Same to the other participants...post away, and if anyone has any questions for these superb pilots, please ask away!
Cheers,
Bob
Pics (photo credit via the watermarks, where available):
Matt Beaubien in front of an Epsilon
Skylor Piper outpacing a Lancair
Scott Prewitt
Neil Wischer
Lee Ulrich
Jason Rovey
James Stringer and Jason Rovey battling it out (James, need some close-ups of you)
Dan, no photos found of you flying yet...please post some!
We had 7 RVs and 1 Rocket race in Sport Class this year, which is 22% of the Sport Class field (8 of 36 entries). At least 3 other fast RVs took a year off this year, so we have a lot of fast RV Reno Racers! Pretty cool, eh!
The builders and pilots are getting more competitive every year, and supercharging, turbocharging, and especially nitrous are being used quite a bit, after extensive testing by the pilots. Here are the 2018 RV race pilots, and their qualifying speeds:
Dan West, Sport 270, Supercharged RV-8: 248.4 mph
James Stringer, Sport 49, RV-Super 6: 245.8
Jason Rovey, Sport 76, RV-8: 244.1
Lee Ulrich, Sport 101, Turbocharged RV-7: 242.2
Neil Wischer, Sport 888, RV-8: 242.1
Scott Prewitt, Sport 314, Harmon Rocket: 240.2
Skylor Piper, Sport 80, RV-8: 235.9
Matt Beaubien, Sport 81, RV-4: 222.2
The first 4 raced in the Sport Bronze, and the last 4 raced in the Sport Medallion.Great racing in both heats, and the RVs duked it out with Lancair 360s and other glass airplanes, with good success. Dan was trying to get his 250 mph patch, and came oh, so close! Jason was giving James a run for his money all week, but that dang hawk spoiled the Bronze final for 49. Everyone had a great week of racing, and a great week of camaraderie.
Dynon sponsored a "Medallion Hangar"...a 30'x30' tent in the pit row where the RVs and other Medallion racers were parked, and it became a social focal point for lots of fun. Thanks very much to our friends at Dynon for the great support!
Here are a few pics of the Reno RV motorcycle gang. Dan, apologies, I can't find any of you, so please post some if ya can. Same to the other participants...post away, and if anyone has any questions for these superb pilots, please ask away!
Cheers,
Bob
Pics (photo credit via the watermarks, where available):
Matt Beaubien in front of an Epsilon
Skylor Piper outpacing a Lancair
Scott Prewitt
Neil Wischer
Lee Ulrich
Jason Rovey
James Stringer and Jason Rovey battling it out (James, need some close-ups of you)
Dan, no photos found of you flying yet...please post some!
