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12 hours ago, Joebejammin said:
the Varieze has been on my radar for a short while now. I've been looking more into it and it looks like a wonderful plane, but was curious if any of you could provide any input as to how it would do as a first plane?
Welcome. This question has probably been addressed in the "Introduction" forum. https://www.canardzone.com/forums/forum/380-introductions-visits-sightings-rides/ If not, start a topic there. You will also find lots of pertinent info with a Google search using site:canardzone.com new pilot varieze Thanks
-KA, shephard of the fantastic "Sales I've seen" topic 🙂
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There is always lots of whining on the NFS site about "Where oh where can I find an EZ/Cozy for sale". Well, we know, don't we. 🙂 Here are a couple today pulled from the National Fake News site. I assume the first one is for sale
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And here are the ones under "Aviation". There is probably something interesting there too 🙂
- AeroelecIndex
- CoaxStripDetails
- Matronics Email Lists :: Index
- Precision Engine-The Rest of The Story
- Mickey's RV8 Site - Building an amazing aircraft
- VansAirForce.net
- T37B Tweet microSimulator
- matronics archives
- HI TECH CONFOR SEAT CUSHION FOAM, COMFORT, IMPACT SAFETY, FIRE RETARDENT
- Courtesy Aircraft, Inc.: premier dealer of quality Warbird and civilian aircraft
- The Bücker Pages
- CafeFoundation
- midget mustang
- Vr3 tube kits-Bearhawk
- InfinityAerospace
- Futurlec.com.au - PCB Service
- Trio Avionics - EZ Pilot
- Motion Pro - Hydraulic Brake Bleeder
- LED POSITION LIGHTS
- Skybright LED pos lts
- GS Air (lights)
- http://www.tubeservice.com/
- OnlineMetals.com - Small Quantities Specialist - Online Metal Cutting and Online Metal Ordering
- A&W Fasteners - MS & NAS Fasteners and Specialty Screw Machine Products
- Genuine Aircraft Hardware Co.
- metalworking tool ideas
- Welcome to Freeman Aviation
- AEROSPACE Composite Products
- E-Lite - FLATLITE EL Sample Kits
- QUICK RELEASE AIRCRAFT FASTENERS | CAMLOC® DZUS® AIRLOC® MILSPEC® RACING 1/4 TURN FASTENER
- O-200 Fadec conversion
- The Butterfly LLC
- Rotor Flight Dynamics
- Wentworth Aircraft
- White Industries
- Bearhawkin!
- Dan Checkoway's RV-7 Project
- Rocketboy - alternator
- Fiberglass Wheel Pants
- AeroElectric Connection
- eFunda: Engineering Formulas
- Hanley airfoil program
- TetrUSS: NASA Tetrahedral Unstructured Software System
- B & C Specialty
- Eric Newtons Bearhawk Site
- MegaSquirt - Electronic Fuel Injection
- F1 Rocket
- RV-6 Main Page
- Back Yard UL-SP Page.
- Personal Cruiser-Corvair pwer
- PocketFMS
- Fiberglass, Carbon Fiber - Fibre Glast Developments Corp.
- Custom Aircraft Parts
- Molding a canopy. - Page 3
- Painless Performance: Product Features
- Aerosport Power
- Aircraft Monitoring Forum
- Matco
- Aerocraft Parts & Avionics
- X-Plane, by Austin Meyer
- CAFE Foundation
- Lee Bottom Home Page
- O320H lifter story [dead link[
- O320H lifter story at Wayback Machine
- Cam Spalling -- Accident or Suicide?
- Facet fuel pumps
- Bates Engineering - Prop otimizer
- GAMI
- Prop carver-Culver
- cozygirrls prop carver
- www.cozybuilders.org/mail_list/topics97/prop_fab.txt
- Making a Graphite-Kevlar Propeller
- Hercules Propellers
- aircraft-spruce.com
- Newton Equipment Ltd - Manufacturer of Fuel Caps and Other Motorsport Products.
- Valve Wizard
- REA True Airspeed Calculator
- Texas Parasol
- Parsol plans
- SKYACHT
- Fly the Pond
- Force EFI - BigStuff
- Flying to Europe
- Powered paraglider made in California
- Rotor Flight Dynamics, Inc. - Home of the Dominator!
- Electroline- cable ends
- Zenith builder page- scratch builder
- Cartesian Tube - precut tubing
- www.cantonracingproducts.com - 22-595 - FORD/MOPAR 90 DEGREE ROTATING REMOTE FILTER ADAPTER
- strip-foam building KR2
- HKS AVIATION HKS700E
- airboattrader.com/parts
- silmid.com - proseal and sealants
- REAL Lifetime Silicone Gaskets
- Pudue Avn Library
- B & C Specialty Products, Lightweight Aircraft Electrical Systems
- Principles of 2-Stroke Jetting & Reading Spark Plugs
- www.mechanicsupport.com-blog
- In ear headset - a cheap project - VAF Forums
- Wood Kayak Shop - Building One Ocean Kayaks
- Aircraft Throttle Quadrant by Baxter Throttle Quadrants
- Molds making thread
- D&D Aircraft Supply
- Aeroquip Hose, Aeroquip Fittings & More From Aeroquip.cc
- http://racing.hosemachine.com/?p=hose_1&type=FBA0400
- Hose buildup thread
- HoseMachine.com
- AN hardware article
- plug wires for mags
- VAF-Ford rockers for H2AD
- Rubberite Cypress Sponge Products
- Alternators
- tools, jigs, fixtures, and other neat stuff - Page 3
- Flexhone manual
- Performance built Lycoming and Continental aircraft engines
- Aircraft Cylinder Barrel Temperature Requirements
- Take Off (BMW engine)
- Combustion Technologies - Lycoming Piston Rings
- Rotor Flight Dynamics, Inc. - Home of the Dominator!
- Verner Motor, Czech Republic - Home page
- Hexadyne Avn engine
- Basic Ultralight Glider
- DFCI Solutions, Inc. - DZUS ® is not affiliated with DFCI ®
- Denso alternator conversion-rotor
- Denso alternator conversion
- Peterson Fluid Systems : Oil Filters
- KEStrobes
- http://www.tapecase.com/p.2672.646/stainless-steel-foil-tape.aspx
- Air / Oil / Fuel Pressure Sensors :: Kavlico - Pressure Sensors, Position sensors, LVDT, RVDT, Force Sensors, Specialty Sensors & Transducers
- flyefii.com Lycoming Fuel Injection and Ignition
- Genuine Aircraft Hardware Co. pics and crossref
- Belted Air Power - Belt driven Auto engines for airplanes.
- Car Alternator for Lycoming O-360? - VAF Forums
- Helicopter flight training device, Heli-Chair, helichair, heli-chair
- Mil, ASTM specs
- Bearing failure pics
- Flickr: The Autogyros, Gyroplanes and Gyrocopters Pool
- GM MAP sensor identification information 1 bar 2 bar 3 bar
- John Steere's Metal Wing Building Instructions (Introduction)
- STRATOMASTER Instrumentation MGL Avionics
- Civil Aviation - Communications & Ear Protection, Inc.
- The 12V Doctor's Alternator Book
- VAF=Mahlon advice: break-in
- How It's Made Gliders - YouTube
- Historialliset lentokoneet virtuaalikuvina
- KOVI Designer Upholstery Fabrics
- Desiccants and drying
- Alternator Conversion
- http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/Nipon-Denso_Alternator_Mod.pdf
- Low oil pressure in Lycoming or Continental aircraft engine
- rubber die forming
- Timing Belts & Timing Belt Pulleys | Pfeifer Industries
- cooling piccolo tubes
- Aeroquip Pre-Made Brakelines - Aeroquip Off-Road Teflon Brake Lines- Straight- Straight Ends, -03
- Vacuum Resin Infusion with Cores and Carbon Pultrusions
- Blowing canopies (recumbent bikes)
- blowing a canopy
- Airfoil Tools
- Airfoil Investigation Database - Welcome
- carbon fiber tubing
- Kevin Horton's RV-8 Project
- ViVidia AbleScope VA-400 HD USB Borescope Endoscope with 180 Degree Articulating 8.5mm Diameter Probe and LED Lights - Oasis Scientific Inc.
- regulation docket - work in hangars
- Hercules Propellers
- Jared Yates Bearhawk
- Desser Leakguard tubes
- Battery Voltage Monitors - Waterproof, accurate, robust & reliable | SparkBright
- Props Inc. Experimental Wood Aircraft Propellers for Homebuilt, Kitbuilt, and Plans Built aircraft.
- Navigator Ultra | Aviolights
- USB Charger Ports
- BasicMed
- Tip: Cutting and Buffing Paint - VAF Forums
- Prop balancer (hanging)
- Sticking Exhaust Valve - Diagnosis and Fix! - VAF Forums
- Custom Bubble Canopies
- Canard Covers by Dorothy
- https://www.lycoming.com/sites/default/files/O-320%20%2876%20Series%29%20Operator%20Manual%2060297-22.pdf
- Scott Adams: "Coffee with Scott Adams"
- flyefii.com
- discount-aircraft-salvage.com
- Skycraft Parts & Surplus, Inc.
- Symscape CFD
- turbojet engine site-AgentJayZ
- Lyc engine build at 14+00
- egaa.home.mindspring.com/valves.html
- Signature Engines Continental and Lycoming Aircraft Engine Overhaul & Replacement - YouTube
- Magneto Ignition Harness Conversion to 8.5mm Super Conductor Automotive Spark Wire - VAF Forums
- Wicom HeadSets.com
- Weep No More
- Mechanical Basics: Quick Review of the Fundamental Concepts, by EPI Inc.
- Lightspeed-aero.com
- Delta Pop antennas
- LAS Aerospace(england)
- Break It In Right - AVweb Features Article
- Dimpling tool
- Superior Engine Build School - Glasair Aircraft Owners Association
- Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields
- Home | Hercules Propellers
- ADSB Exchange
- transponder antenna
- Lycoming IO360 Overhaul - YouTube
- cylinder head separation
- www.pitmanair.com/dragonfly/DragonflyPricing2019.pdf
- EFII Systems - FlyEFII
- BD-5 photos
- SierraFoot: El Dorado Hills, Waterford, and the X-15
- Hercules Propellers
- Bearhawk Forums
- Sportfliegerclub Ebersbach an der Fils e.V. -> Mit Freunden fliegen :-)
- As it Happened - Apollo 13 "Houston We've Had A Problem" - YouTube
- Aircraft Registrations, N Number Lookup, Aircraft Database - AircraftOne.com
- Airport Reversion Clauses | Aviation Pros
- Federal Register :: Policy on the Non-Aeronautical Use of Airport Hangars
- Pelican's Perch #18: Mixture Magic - AVweb
- Kevin Horton's power spreadsheet
- Locktite 290 for case leak
- Aircraft magnetos, 500 hour, why its important! - YouTube
- Registry w/N number
- Aircraft Query - Aviation Database - AviationDB
- Cal Worthington F4s - YouTube
- Standard Oil Analysis | Blackstone Laboratories
- Facet fuel pump teardown
- Ugolini headset
- Cozy 1200 headset
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Having been interested in homebuilts since the days of dial-up-internet and rec.aviation.homebuilt, I have acquired a list of bookmarks as long as my arm. Literally. I could hold my arm (leg actually) to the screen and the bookmarks would be longer. Here are my bookmarks under "Canards". A lot of them are probably obscure or dead but here ya go.
- Changing the Cozy wing - Canard Community Forum
- Cozybuilders
- Nat Puffer's Cozy Newsletters
- http://www.cozybuilders.org/Oshkosh_Presentations/2009_Schubert_Flow_Vis_Forum.pdf
- http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pdf_tech/Drag.Reduction/AGP.NASA.NLF.Holmes.Varieze.pdf
- S12-17A8-04
- Some pictures from my new automatic foam cutting machine
- cozygirrrls
- Berkut AutoPlt Install
- Matronics Email Lists :: Index
- Free Flight Composites
- EAA Chapter 1000 Home Page
- ASO Experimentals
- Proset Epoxy Home
- JeffCo Products
- Velocity cowling
- csa Newsletter
- Home - Fiberglass Warehouse
- Thayercraft-High Pt (fiberglass)
- Velocity Store
- Cory Bird's Raw Epoxy Finishing Technique - Canard Aviation Forum
- Van Hoof ideas= Cozy
- Kitchen Vacuum Bagging
- YouTube - Varieze Canard Wind tunnel test
- Jeff Owen's cozy project
- HI TECH CONFOR SEAT CUSHION FOAM, COMFORT, IMPACT SAFETY, FIRE RETARDENT
- Fiberglass products-cstsales
- Camarda tips
- My BERKUT Project
- Closed Cell Foam, Padding, Minicel, Polystyrene Foam, Styrofoam Sheet
- Scroll down to see albums. / Long EZ (see: www.geocities.com/beasley1984)
- two strokes
- http://download.r-g.de/handbuch_edition_06_09.pdf
- U.S.Composites
- ACP Composites Inc.
- Good Ez pics - cowls, etc
- YouTube - Hard Landing, Long EZ, HB-YDB, Emmen
- Seat Heater for Cars and Trucks from HeatedSeatKits.com
- Dual mag replacement - VAF Forums
- http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/Adapting_IR_Alternators_to_Aircraft.pdf
- Davenport pitch trim
- lord mounts
- Jim Springer's Cozy Project-nosewheel doors
- Flying Backward
- mounting wheel pants
- TE Fences
- Kirker - matte clearcoat
- Advanced Composite Traders - fiberglass
- Nology Ignition Coils for Motorcycles - Nology ProFire Ignition Coil for Motorcycles (Dual Outlet 0.6 Ohm)
- crank seal replacement thread
- DIY Plenum - VAF Forums
- The Long EZ Build: Documents
- My cylinder photos
- Kent's Long-EZ project - cylinder rust
- high amp push button sw
- Nathan Mullins - Experimental Aircraft Builder's Log
- Belleville washers .236 to .394
- Nose gear collapse - Canard Aviation Forum
- Canardians Public Group | Facebook
- Rutan LongEz and VariEze Public Group | Facebook
- Bullet Series Mini Linear Actuators
- L16-S Miniature Linear Actuator | Actuonix
- Epoxy Resins & Adhesives (Liquid, 2 Part) | Aeromarine Products
- www.rst-engr.com/rst/products/plasticplaneantenna/plasticplaneantenna_files/2802%20Manual-s.pdf
- Canopy Latch and Lock System (LongEZ)
- NextCraft™ Berkut/EZ info
- Raptor Air Works
- Kent's prop balancer
- Ed Sterba Propeller Company, Home Page
- curedComposites.com
- EZ around the world build
- How To Repair or Make Stainless Brake/Shifting/Throttle Cables - YouTube
- Cyl baffle at parting line mod
- ALAGNOUX Cozy
- Cozy MK IV Serial #1537: Chapter 01 Description and Introduction
- www.polyguardproducts.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/XPS-Data.pdf
- Horis - Kanardia
- Flexible PlenumsVAF Forums
- https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/33309-varieze-builderpilot-wanted/?do=findComment&comment=63092
- Find canard owners
- Velocity Kitplane with GM V-8 Engine Run - YouTube
- PropDesign
- Jensen Mk III load test
- Canard_Structural_Tests
- jet quickie crash
- Mullan v. Quickie Aircraft Corp, 797 F.2d 845 | Casetext
- prop failures-canard pusher
- Brake Failure on Landing - YouTube
- Rutan Docs - Google Drive
- Kent's Propeller Thread - Wayback machine
- Kent's piccolo tubes- CanardZone
- Central States Association website
- contrails.free.fr/temp/Inverse%20pressure%20gradient%20matching.pdf
- The Long EZ Build: The Long EZ
- N68TF wing stall crash
- Ellison TBI diaphragm
- Ellison follow-on (NVAERO)
- EZ around the world
- Induction Leak Test - YouTube
- AeroCanopy
- Ch 23 Engine Installation Archives | A Long Way Round the World
- Modifying a Performance Prop - Canard Aviation Forum
- A-Solution - Page 2 - Canard Aviation Forum
- canard-aviators@canardzone.groups.io | Home
- Fibreglass Woven Tape Unidirectional 850g/m2 75mm **On Sale**
- Fish's Cozy MKIV - Welcome
- Walsh Cozy pics
- Fabricating a Light-Weight Cowling
- CSA / Canard Owners and Builders Association
- VAF cooling cyl tips
- Bob Lee- Twin EZ
- Yahoo Groups
- Front Panel Express Front Panel Designer
- Tape
- LEP 2 filling, finishing
- Long-ez blog
- old ez.org
- Charles' Cozy Project
- Free Flight Composites
- Kissick Cozy build
- Chapter 9: Wheelpants
- EI System for Dual-Mag Engine - Page 4 - VAF Forums
- Cozy MK IV Serial #1537
- Builders links - CZ
- Ellison rebuild info
- X-Jets: The Experimental Workshop
- LEZ changes.xls - Google Drive
- Where to find EZ answers
- Kent's Perf. Prop mod
- My First Prop
- Rutan Database
- Prop balancer
- Foam post
- Bob Bittner ideas
- Canard pages archive (ex-Maddy)
- The Electronic Canard Pusher
- Ellison-The Grose Jet | JIM'S GARAGE
- GroseJet valve list
- Kent's Long-ez Lipps cooling pics
- Cozy IV flying again
- Cozy Aircraft Project #1037
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On 12/9/2021 at 11:18 AM, Kent Ashton said:
It appears I can use a CD3014 IC chip and divide the 2 plasma pulses into 1 with some simple wiring. https://www.eleccircuit.com/cd4013-dual-d-type-flip-flops-datasheet/
Sorry, I meant CD4013 chip. The link is correct. I will let you know if it works
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Seen today on the NFN site. Cozy plans, not the Mk IV. In Houston
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My philosophy is that good workmanship is fairly apparent. If it looks bad, decide if the price reflects your effort to make it right. Most things can be fixed—see my thread where I cut off a winglet, for example https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/18661-kents-long-ez-project/?do=findComment&comment=49356. It is always good to have an experienced builder take a look and go see projects under construction. Lots of them do meticulous work
if a seller can explain how he built and checked fuel tanks and he makes sense, they will probably be OK. You could borescope and pressure check them but we take some things on faith when buying a project. -
A rant about JP Instruments: I used their Slimline Tach, a nice little digital tach which expect a +5V, 1 pulse per rev signal. My Lightspeed Plasma puts out a +10V, 2 pulses per rev. So I need to fool the tack into thinking my 4-cyl engine is an 8-cyl. Their literature says
https://www.jpinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/SLTACH_INSTALL.pdf
Here is print 420810, See any "Pin 9"? No. In fact the pins are not numbered and there is no Pin "9" marked on or inside the unit although the print is adequate for use with a magneto. JPI Tech support is worthless: no idea about the pin or how to wire the tach to a Plasma. JPI Sales also has no idea and says "This tach is obsolete and we are going to probably discontinue it" but they are still selling them with their faulty 1994 instructions. I asked who manages the company. Somebody named "Scott" but they won't tell his last name or email. A little sleuthing reveals one Scott Waldmann.
It appears I can use a CD3014 IC chip and divide the 2 plasma pulses into 1 with some simple wiring. https://www.eleccircuit.com/cd4013-dual-d-type-flip-flops-datasheet/
I suspect the tach will tolerate the Plasma +10V signal but I can step it down with a simple voltage divider if necessary. Waiting for parts.
The funny thing is that I used the tach with a Plasma I and got it to work somehow although it was a little squirrely.
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Saw a plaintive post by Martin Skiby on the Fake News site complaining that he can't sell his E-racer project. There is a lot there and worth his price, IMO. https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=80218 However, I think I would build it as a non-retract and sell his retract gear. You might get $1000-1500 if you're patient which more than pays for bow and probably makes the build faster. I do not know the E-racer well. You might have to put in some Mk IV-style bulkheads to hold the gear bow but that sounds pretty easy.
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Hmmm, what's going on here? From http://www.kathrynsreport.com/2021/12/cozy-iii-n22az-incidents-occurred.html
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This morning. I thought we had seen this one before but seller Jamie Hicks has sold a couple other airplanes seen in this thread. No pics.
QuoteAEROCANARD SX/COZY IV PROJECT • $45,000 • PROJECT FOR SALE • Project 95% in primer w/ IO360 1400TT core, beautiful work, CozyIV plans, too much to list, no logs • Contact Jamie Hicks , Owner - located Cincinnati, OH United States • Telephone: 432-349-7577 • Posted December 5, 2021
Also this Q2 looking a bit sad (pics 1,2) but the price is right with engine & prop. More pics in the ad. "Purchased, covered, placed in hangar where it sat for 5 years, [now for sale]". A man's gotta know his limitations. 🙂
QuoteQ2 QUICKIE PROJECT • PROJECT FOR SALE • Q2 Quickie fiberglass fuselage and VW aircraft engine & prop for sale. It was purchased, covered and placed in the owner’s hangar, where it has sat since, about five years. The original builders manual is included, but no other logs or information are available. $2,000 or best offer. • Contact Mike Fagan , Friend of Owner - located Fayetteville, AR United States • Telephone: 4798794321 • Posted December 4, 2021
Finally, this seller back with his Long-ez project. No pics, no price, same ad, no buyer. I wonder why? https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=67078
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36 minutes ago, Barry said:
It's also the color of your lines. Standard nylaflow is not fuel rated. Nylaflow LM is fuel rated. Not sure if that is an issue...Are your lines nylaflow? Looks like it might be something else.
Yes, they are Nylaflow. There should only be air in them, however. Klaus just told me this size line with a primer fitting in the cylinder head was too restrictive and I should drill out the primer fitting and use a slightly larger line (min .1" ID)
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Good reminder, Barry. On a different topic, my dual Lightspeed Plasmas use manifold pressure inputs to vary timing. The input into the boxes fits a small 1/8" ID hose so I was using small Nylaflow lines forward of the firewall. I noticed that the lines had avgas residue in them and blew them out but I also found the "T" connector was completely clogged with a gummy avgas residue which was probably blocking pressure. No telling how long that had been there. I have about 750 hours on the systems. I think I will go to bigger lines.
The manifold pressure is taken off a primer fitting (with a tiny hole) screwed into the intake of one cylinder, thence via a 1/8 soft copper line through the firewall--about 3 feet of line, then to the Nylaflow and T divider. I am not sure why avgas would get moved that far away from the intake but the lines need a regular check.
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2 hours ago, mquinn6 said:
Well Professor Google has something different to say...
https://www.emcstandards.co.uk/cable-shield-grounded-at-one-end-only
I will research more - but one of the reasons I recalled is if your primary grounding strap to whatever becomes compromised - having it grounded at both ends makes THAT the grounding strap...
You might be right. I just don't know enough to say. Generally I just do what they tell me to do regarding wiring but when I installed the power for the Lightspeed, I used some two-wire twisted cable with a shield. Lightspeed does not require that sort of cable. He uses a single-wire with a shield. The power travels up the inner wire and returns through the shield (pic). I figured it would not hurt to ground the shield of my cable at one end so that's what I did. It may not have been necessary. I think I'll redraw that again and use Lightspeed's wiring (and keep my own bunged up wiring to myself). 🙂
But yes, I'm sure you are correct about grounding audio wire shields at only one end--the radio end. I have a friend using a Sigtronic intercom that picks up the transponder pulse. The Sigtronic diagram does not call for any shielding. I showed him the PM1000 diagram which calls for shielding. Better intercom, I think.
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Small change to my Lightspeed ign power diagram - add grounds to ign power shields
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Off topic but I feel compelled: I am 74 and have had two heart blockages that would have killed me but for stents. For years I have taken statins but I am going off them. More and more evidence is coming out that statins are over-hyped and hurt you. For example, a major study showed statins lowered the mortality rate from about 3% without statins to 2% with (i.e., 1%). The drug companies trumpet that as a "30% reduction in mortality". Statins are a $1Trillon industry. Side effects are barely discussed by doctors: muscle weakness (yep), low sex performance (yep), cognitive decline (yep), high blood sugar & diabetes (yep). Yes, they reduce LDL and increase HDL but there is little evidence that they improve mortality, in fact, evidence shows otherwise. I feel more educated now on what cholesterol does and I am becoming convinced that insulin-control is more important through keto dieting and intermittent fasting. Here are some things you should check out. PM me if you want.
This Doc brings up issues with statins I am reading in many places https://youtu.be/Odvt4EaGPLw
This Dr. Nadir Ali gives a very entertaining & informative discussion of cholesterol https://youtu.be/o_QdNX9etCg https://youtu.be/qXtdp4BNyOg
This fellow has a good channel devoted to Keto dieting https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3w193M5tYPJqF0Hi-7U-2g
You might ask why I've had two heart attacks. I have always eaten better than many people but we ate the usual carbs: potatoes, fries, cookies and my glucose scores have climbed over the years. I have been overweight since I retired. The statins have not helped and I believe I'm slowing getting prediabetic. Check with me in 5 years. 🙂
I feel that I have friends here and I hope you will consider this. -Kent
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The guys who make the struts say it is S-glass and somewhat difficult to buy due to restrictions on sales based on military use. I googled S-glass roving and did not immediately see any S-glass roving for sale although I found manufacturers for it. Some things are just not worth the time and effort to make. With Aerocomposites you know you are getting a reliable product.
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1 hour ago, Matt Radcliffe said:
Forgive me is this inquiry is unwelcome but you seem to be open with your opinions here.
Who me!? 🙂 I'd be glad to give you my opinion but it'd be a long one. Give me a call (text first) and I'd be glad to talk to you Seven Oh Four, Seven Nine Six, Oh Nine One Nine. Overall, I think you'd find it better to stick to a certified airplane for training because instructors and examiners are used to them, they know how to fly them, and they trust those junky spam-cans. Perhaps you could partner with a couple of guys to buy a trainer and sell it when you're all done with it. It would also give you a chance to learn the maintenance on a certified airplane (with the cooperation of a kindly A&P/IA). See particularly 14 CFR 61.45 for what aircraft is required https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.45
I would look more kindly on something like a Zenith for training but you would still want to find an instructor willing to instruct and insure the airplane can do the maneuvers (soft-, short-field takeoff, stalls) that are required for the checkride. However, I imagine the FAA would want you to use a Cessna/Piper/Diamond type for a checkride. Just a guess.
https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/media/private_airplane_acs_change_1.pdf
I have never flown a Dragonfly but those airplanes with the wheels on the canard tips have a reputation for squirrely handling and many were built with close-set main gear. The Corvair engine has a weak crankshaft nose but there are mods for that and good support by William Wynne https://flycorvair.net/
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Two things: One is this informative post by Paul Saccani discussing electronic "whiskers" from lead-free solder. I have heard of them but I didn't think to look for them in my broken ignition box.
QuoteThis brings to mind some thoughts about improving the reliability of Commercial off The Shelf (CoTS) electrical and electronic modules incorporated into aircraft.CoTS are generally produced to Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) standards which eliminate lead from solder and tin plating. In aviation, tin and zinc whiskers are a serious issue for electronics and electrical systems, most aviation standards require lead in electrical and electronic tin and zinc coatings, and in solders to prevent whisker growth.It isn’t practical to do anything about pure tin plated leads on components (but if you are making something from scratch, you can dip the leads in solder), but the main issue is with lead free solder, and you can easily do something about that. If before using the commercial modules, you rework all the joints by reflowing the solder and adding a small amount (ca. 6%) of 50/50 fluxed electronic solder and removing any excess. It only takes a small addition of lead to the alloy to prevent tin whiskers growing.Tin whiskers are nearly invisible and grow to in excess of 10mm, and go straight through protective lacquer coatings. How and why they grow isn’t fully understood, but we do know that lead stops it from happening, and high reliability electronics usually use lead to prevent it.Tin whiskers are now one of the leading causes of failures in CoTS electronics, due to the shortsighted EEC RoHS directive.Some of the new alternative whisker mitigation methods also fail, in novel ways;These are micro-tube tin whiskers growing despite nickel being used to prevent tin whiskers.It might improve reliability to pot un-potted CoTS modules in epoxy resin, it will very likely prevent whisker growth, prevent moisture getting in and reduce vibration induced failures, though heat management needs to be considered. If you don’t want to be able to repair it and don’t want to reflow the solder, this could be the easy way out.If you have the choice, a potted CoTS module, such as the buck converter Marc chose on this occasion, is going to be a much better bet than an unmodified, unpotted CoTS module.and
QuoteG’day Bill,
twenty years old is less cause for concern, the RoHS directive didn’t come into force until 2004. After that date, most CoTS electronics is lead free. Before that date, most would have lead content of at least 3% in tin coatings and solders. But pure zinc plated enclosures and the like would still be likely to make zinc whiskers - when this “fur” breaks off, it creates a headache. Simple spray on circuit board lacquers are effective against that risk. With LSE, clearly Klaus should know best whether or not lead free solder has ever been used in production, but it is likely that pure tin plated components would have been used sometime after 2004, unless strict QA designed to prevent it has been used, even if components with lead in coatings were specified. Pure tin coatings turn up a lot, even when 3% lead is part of the specification.----------------------------
Another think is the Archive.org--(Google Wayback Machine) a great resource for finding dead websites. I was looking for a dead link to this lightweight headset (pic) and found it there. H/T Drew Chaplin
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An engine and some EZ-specific parts today
QuoteEXP O-320 LONG EZ SPECIAL • $26,000 • PRICED TO SELL • Firewall Forward, no airframe: O-320 (conical mount), overhauled 8/21/19 TTE 2865.6. O SMOH. New ECI cylinders. B&C L-40 alternator, SkyTec 149-12pm light weight starter, SDS 8 Amp alternator, Casper labs 90* oil filter. Full FlyEFII System 32 (vertical throttle body) in boxes + System/buss controller. Catto 60X80 Long EZ prop, never mounted. 6 inch Saber extension. Photo's available.. • Contact Tom Haefeli , Owner - located Del Norte, CO United States • Telephone: 719 850 1411 • Posted November 29, 2021
And a pricey $55K EZ on Trade-a-plane, N367MS, Lexington, SC https://www.trade-a-plane.com/search?make=RUTAN&model_group=NO MODEL GROUP&model=LONG E-Z&listing_id=2400306&s-type=aircraft# (pics 1-3)
Finally, we have seen N36SD before here. Now on Ebay for $20K (pics 4, 5). Oregon
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Some notes on LIghtspeed Ignitions: One of my original Plasma I ignitions developed a high-speed miss. I sent it off for a check and Lightspeed said it was 25 years old and too expensive to repair. The electronics looks rather intimidating (pics 1,2) but my EE buddy said it is likely a bad transistor or capacitor that could be tracked down and replaced but I had already sprung for two used Plasma IIIs. (I use two ignitions--one triggered by a crankshaft sensor, one triggered by a hall effect sensor mounted in a magneto hole.)
The Plasma IIIs use a newer crank sensor ("Mini-Sensor") (pic 4) than the old Plasma I but either box can use the same Hall Effect sensor I have now, however the D-Sub connectors are different from the older models so there is a bit of rewiring to use my existing Hall-trigger device. The Mini Sensor unit came with a prewired cable. The Mini Sensor is easy to mount if you already have the case drilled for Lightspeed's older trigger
With the newer Plasmas, a ring with small magnets is installed inside the flywheel (pic 5). The magnets trigger the mini-sensor and the Plasma linked to it. Installing the ring requires a bit of precision but I have a mill and a rotating table so it was pretty straight-forward. The mini sensor must be adjusted to a .030"-.060" gap from the ring. I have learned to measure the depth of the ring from the inside flywheel surface and make a small jig that allows me to set the gap at a nominal .045" before installing the flywheel+magnet ring. (pic 3,4) It is probably not necessay as you could get a feeler guage in the gap later. Note that a crankshaft has some fore-and-aft movement so check the gap later when the crankshaft is pushed forward as in flight
I noticed that when mounting the flywheel with the alternator belt installed, it would be easy to damage the trigger ring. So I painted a note on the flywheel. I have various note written in paint-stick on my flywheel: "Caution: damage to trigger ring", "TDC #1", "Torque [prop extension] to ___", and "Alterntor Belt!!" because I have forgotten to install the belt before the prop extension. 😞
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I am getting outside my experience but if the Vari does not already use UNI strips, the Long-ez builder manual (Open-EZ) show a pattern that could be used. You don't say what was wrong with your old gear or what kind of "long gear bow" you have now. I suppose a Long-Ez bow could be sanded down to fit the Vari but it would be a heck of a prickly mess but maybe could be done by fitting an open-sided box over the strut and using a shop-vac inside and sanding with and angle-grinder.
To work on the present bow, I think I'd figure out way to take it out of the airplane.
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The Open-EZ topic needs a good weeding but here’s the link to the plans themselves.
https://www.canardzone.com/files/file/3-open-ez-drawings-revision-5-package/
Roncz canard plans and the builder’s manual are in the topic somewhere
Sales I've seen
in For Sale (or for Free)
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Seen today: A very complete Cozy III "kit". 150 pics! I did not go through all of them but it seems everything is there down to the bollts and washers! (Ad says Cozy MK IV but the parts and firewall are Cozy original)