Kent Ashton

In the pics I've seen, the bolts through the aluminum angles begin to elongate the holes in the angles, then the angles start to crack. Never seen bolt failure or elongation of the holes in the engine mount tubes but I don't work on other people's airplanes--just look at pics. 🙂 I think it would be hard to convert the plans mount angles to Cozy style firewall mounts. The Cozy has extra layups inside the firewall and outside overlapping the outside of the fuselage. A few pics of the bottom inside here http://forum.canardaviation.com/showpost.php?p=70747&postcount=64 I think the plans EZ mounts are OK, just need to be beefed up. As far a repairs go, I haven't worked on those plans mounts but I would think I'd get in there with a die-grinder and grind away the bad stuff and lay up new angles and glass. I know that has been done a few times.

Today: Cozy iv bathtub, wings & canard, $3,000. Seen at FB Homebuilt Aircraft Exchange posted by FB-er Jerry Nash, in Camano Island, Washington state. Good deal but bring your mask, gloves and bleach sprayer. 🙂

Saw an article about this chap (video) who is pushing a program to train pilots against synthetic aircraft for the military using a Berkut. Interesting. It seems the synthetic airplane is projected in the Berkut pilot's helmet and they fight it out in the air. I wonder who is "flying" the synthetic airplane? The Air Force is 2000 pilots short and having a hard time training enough people fast enough. I don't know why they just can't use simulators which are fantastic these days. In about 1977 I went through an air combat program run by Vought in Dallas. Vought had set up two spheres with a cockpit in each; the opposite aircraft was projected inside the sphere of the other. They could set us up line abreast or head-on and we would go at it. There was not much else to it except a crude ground projection and the opposing aircraft. You would maneuver for a gun or heat-seeker kill. An instructor could sit in a chair beside your cockpit and reverse the last 10 seconds of a fight and show you where you went wrong. Even that was great training (and fun) for basic close-in air combat.

Saw a fellow on FB asking where to buy one of the old Brock gas caps (pic 1). Actually, the one he has can be cleaned up, o-rings replaced, and be as good as new. It was a nice light, inexpensive cap and replacing them is a chore. However, they can be made (pic 2). I did not hollow-out the inside like the Brock cap but it was not too hard to turn down a piece of flat aluminum. Grind a small bit to make the o-ring groove.

This beef-up (pic) is pretty common and seems to be adequate for bigger engines. http://www.longezpush.com/chapter-1423-engine-mount/ Similar mounts here http://www.aryjglantz.com/2017/05/center-section-spar-install.html I have seen steel angles substituted for the aluminum or two 1/4" 2024 angles used. Also mounts made from 1" X 1/8" wall steel tube. A solid piece of steel is welded into the square tube and drilled for an engine mount bolt. Those are probably overkill. The only failures I can recall are overload-cracking of the plans aluminum angles where the 1/4"(?) mount bolts go through the angles. The angles can be removed and replaced.

This Aerocanard today: N341AC https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=341AC Was flying; word is that the buyer started refurbishing but has to sell. "Marc Zeitlin fuselage windows"! That ought to add thousands! 🙂 (Wait! I thought those were "Klaus" windows?) AEROCANARD SERIAL #1 • $39,500 • FOR SALE • Original AeroCanard Serial #1. Move forces sale. Aircraft is disassembled for transport and the original panel/old wiring is out. Original instruments included. Air-frame complete with all fairings & manuals/plans. Front oil cooler. Includes new EZ-Noselift, speed brake, Power Panel (and backup). REBUILT LIO-360 YELLOW TAGGED! Cato prop. Only needs new panel, gear installed. Includes 3-blade Cato prop & prop extension. Features Marc Zeitlin fuselage windows. Must clear out of hangar ASAP. • Contact Sid Lloyd - KESTREL AVIATION SERVICES, Owner - located Cottonwood, AZ United States • Telephone: 928 239-4101 • Posted March 10, 2020 pic 2 in its former livery

I see that a chap on FB is trying to diagnose cooling with a wireless manometer (pic 1, $118). He got a differential of 3.86" (pic 2) which is 30% less than the Lycoming-recommended 5.5" for an O-320 so it's no wonder the engine runs hot. The chart (pic 3) looks official but I don't know what it comes from. I would not have used the small piccolo tubes that came with the kit (pic 4). I would have used longer ones (pic 5) and mounted them just above and below the cylinders--seems more accurate that way, and I would have plumbed the manometer to the cold side of the firewall or cold side of the baffles. He says he has only 1" from the top of his cylinders to the cowl. Visualize: air is blowing out of the fins (at what velocity--100 knots?). One inch later it impacts the cowl and has to make a 90° turn. What direction does the air go? Aft, off to the side, towards the engine centerline? Who knows. My guess is that the small space is creating back pressure and not allowing the cylinders to evenly pass air through the fins. Sharp turns, turbulence and nearby surfaces create cooling drag. Here is my gripe with Facebook: Most of the pics below are in the chap's thread but you would never find them with a search and they do not show up unless you click on every "view 8 more replies". It is a dog-ass way to display and archive good information and a shame the canard community is divided among 4-5 FB sites. 😞 tags: cooling manometer pressure differential piccolo tubes

This EZ project today, B-stormers: LONG EZE UNFINISHED PROJECT • FOR SALE BY BUILDER • Structural sections built by an A&P. No engine/instruments. text to phone only. KFXE • Contact gary hall - NONE, Owner - located N. Lauderdale, FL United States • Telephone: 954-979-9494 • 9494 • 979 • Posted March 7, 2020 BTW, if you are ever trying to sell such model, it is a "Long-EZ", not Long eze. It makes a difference if someone is searching Craigslist. Craig searches for only what you type. However, Google will help you out if use the search "site:craigslist.org longeze". Google will return "no results for Longeze, searching instead for Long ez" I searched CL for an EZ in the Lauderdale area, came up zero. Yeah, and try searching Google for "Cozy" without some airplane terms. You will get nightgowns, slippers, cottages, etc. What a stupid name for an airplane. 😞

Other induction-leak finding ideas: Spray carb cleaner or propane from an unlit torch around the joints but, of course, the engine has to be running. Idle will increase.

A chap on FB asked about how to do an induction leak check. I saw this interesting video on how to do one in conjunction with a compression check. Essentially, you are pressurizing the cylinder and cracking open the intake valve which burps the pressure into the intake, checking for a leak with soapy water. https://youtu.be/CfG4QGv-r64 Be careful with that prop. I visually position the prop to TDC using marks on the flywheel and hold on for dear life as my wife slowly opens the compression gauge. Usually there is no tendency for the prop to turn and I can wiggle it a bit around TDC to get the highest reading.

Yeah, mine looks like your first picture but it is mostly a cosmetic problem. The nylon inside that has not been exposed to UV will be fine. Couple of ideas: -If you are willing to replace the cable you could perhaps drill out a half-inch of the old nylon and flox in a new short piece of nylon; use a guide inside the tube to maintain alignment until the flox cures. - Or maybe enlarge the hole and glue in a small puck of UHMW material at the surface or a short length of UHMW rod. http://www.fluorocarbon.co.uk/news-and-events/post/18/what-is-ultra-high-molecular-weight-polyethylene-uhmwpe

I bought some from McMaster-Carr. Teflon 0.125 OD, a wall thickness of 0.010, an ID of 0.105, and uses a 0.094 302 SS welding rod pin. BTW, I found the specs here: "Resource Guide for Non-builder owners of canard aircraft" For some reason I could not get the PDF version to load but there is a .doc version http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:t5QAecs7HRgJ:v2.ez.org/Appendix%20A-Guide.pdf+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

That's sweet! Thanks. 😍 (ha!)

Yeah it works fine. With a Lycoming, you have to entirely block-off the oil cooler at cold temperatures to get the desired 180° oil temp. On a cold day with no blocker it might only get to 120° which will not readily evaporate the moisture in the oil. It's nice to be able to block it for takeoff, let it warm up a little faster, and open it a bit to maintain around 180. Yesterday at 9-10°C inflight air temp, putzing around at 2250 RPM, I opened it about 1/4. I got along for years just setting it before takeoff. One time I had to land and reset it--oil was getting too hot. Another time I didn't land and the hot oil cooler melted the drive ears on my vacuum pump! 😞

I use the whiz wheel to torture my wife: “we are at 12,000 feet, 5 deg C, 125 KIAS. Compute our true airspeed.” Always good for a laugh. 🙂

Some final pics of my oil cooler door. Nothing cosmic here but it works well and can be adjusted from the cockpit (I am a right-seat pilot). The cable is mounted below the canopy rail with a couple of small angles

Submitted for your approval . . . one WRC100, stiil searching for plans . . . in the Twilight Zone. But seriously, Dub, they are here. Use the search: “open-ez”. We don’t have time to answer the same question every decade. 😜

Hey, didn’t you ask that same question 13 years ago? 🙂 What happened? You finally paid off the mortgage? The divorce got finalized? https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/17223-open-ez-templates/

This EZ project on Ebay today, item 153823002619. In Washington St. Most of the big parts are done. Fair price ($5,000) when you start looking at the cost of gear struts and brakes, canopy, cowls & materials. Seller says he has $10K in it but that is probably in 1980's prices.

Nice looking E-racer at a fair price, on Barnstormers. Good chance to visit Norway this spring and fly around Europe for a bit. E-RACER CANARD AIRCRAFT • AVAILABLE FOR SALE • 2003 SDE E-racer eksperimental canard aircraft. Lycoming O-320 160 hp. Airframe 280h, engine 900h. Always parket in hangar, can be shippet in standard 20 feet container. P.t located in Odense, Denmark. Asked price $35000. • Contact Tore Bjolgerud, Owner - located Drammen, Norway • Telephone: +4745027746 • Posted March 3, 2020

I have never seen just ailerons for sale and the cost of boxing and shipping to the UK, paying the VAT, then you don't really know if you will get ailerons that will fit your plane. . . I think it'd be easier to build them from the Open-ez plans. Search for Open-ez on this site. The build manual is here http://www.aryjglantz.com/p/documents.html?m=0 The blue sytrofoam is commonly used for boat dock flotation billets or insulation so you might find that in the UK or you can order from Aircraft Spruce Europe.

Saw these pics of a chap building a twin EZ (pics 1,2). Not sure what to think about that. The standard Long-ez main gear mounts are nowhere near stout enough for such a heavy airplane and that's just the first question. It has been tried before (pic 3). http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=5252 and here http://stargazer2006.online.fr/derivatives/pages/two-ez.htm (pic 4) The example in pic 3 never flew and was bought by a chap who extensively rebuilt it as a single-engine airplane and killed himself in the test phase. The example in pic 4 was apparently converted back to a single-engine. If I wanted a twin-engine canard I would beg some Defiant plans: a proven design with no unknown unknowns. I can't recall the name of the fellow who flew his Defiant to Australia and back a few years ago--but he did without much fuss. The interesting thing is that he didn't go through all the rigamarole of getting permission to fly his experimental in various island airspace. He and his brother(?) just went and had no problem where they stopped. I guess the locals were too agog at his airplane. tags: twin-ez, twin ez, twin Long-ez, two engine long-ez, defiant

Just pondering if I can re-use some rings I took off at 100hrs. At that time the cylinders seemed to use oil and were glazed. I suspect the overhauler did not hone the cylinders properly but maybe I didn't break them in right. Pics here http://forum.canardaviation.com/showpost.php?p=69231&postcount=40 I honed and re-ringed the cylinders with new rings and they worked better. Now I'm wondering if I can reuse those 100 hr rings. Pics 1 & 2 are new Superior (Lycoming) rings on some other cylinders. Pics 3 & 4 are two of the 100 hr rings. I can barely see any difference--maybe a very slight wear in pic 3. I think I would re-use them, but I would feel better if I could find a picture of a 2000 hour ring to compare. Must look for one. Of course the ring-gap might be too great when fitted up. We'll see.

This EZ project today in the Iowa/Nebraska area. Fuselage, cowls, canard and other bits. The work looks good. Seller wants $2500. Fair price. . Ad was on Craigslist but it leads to here https://longezforsale.godaddysites.com/ Lots of pics in the ad

The New Hamshire EZ on Ebay sold for $4400. This one https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=66835