Go get 'em Ross !
IMHO get down to Mojave ASAP and have lunch with Ralph Wise. Very high quality individual, with many years of air race and aircraft building experience, experienced engineer, and can tell you what does and does not work. Very few people have the ability to discuss air racing from ALL relevant perspectives, designer, builder, tuner, driver, team owner. He's earned the ability to justify a huge ego and yet he's the most gracious and approachable person you could imagine.
And he's done design and development and construction on a V8 powered small raceplane.
IMHO get down to Mojave ASAP and have lunch with Ralph Wise. Very high quality individual, with many years of air race and aircraft building experience, experienced engineer, and can tell you what does and does not work. Very few people have the ability to discuss air racing from ALL relevant perspectives, designer, builder, tuner, driver, team owner. He's earned the ability to justify a huge ego and yet he's the most gracious and approachable person you could imagine.
And he's done design and development and construction on a V8 powered small raceplane.