Kent Ashton

The New Hampshare EZ first listed here with pics for $9500, reduced today https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=65528 LONG EZ • $7,850 • PROJECT FOR SALE • 1985 Rutan Long EZ AFTT 398. Lycoming O-235 TT unknown. More info and pics available. • Contact Kevin Provost, Owner - located Keene, NH United States • Telephone: 7602075101 • Posted February 10, 2020 ----------------------- I saw that David Hanson has a Cozy IV gear bow for $600. His phone number is in this thread.

If it was this accident, there is no mention of a lost canopy and it appears the non-instrument rated pilot flew into IMC https://planecrashmap.com/plane/ne/N360KK/

Just thinking about this post I saw on a FB site where the chap has cooling problems. It looks to me like his exit area is inadequate. I do not think there is any great suction created by the prop at the cowl exit. A 2-blade prop spinning at 2700 RPM has a blade passing through the cowl exit flow 90 times per second (45 Revs per second X 2) so my guess is that the spinner and hub are just a big ol' block to exit airflow and in fact might be creating a high(er) pressure area ahead of the hub and spinner. To illustrate this, one time I had a fuel leak from the vent at the top of my fuselage and I found fuel had been blown aft along the top of the cowl, then back under the top cowl and forward 8-10" resulting in fuel stains on the inside of the upper cowl! It blew my mind to find that airflow was being blown into the upper cowl (with standard updraft cooling). I think the air exiting the fins in the upper cowl and exiting the cowl is very turbulent and disorganized and has to be pushed out of the cowl by the pressure of air coming out of the fins. Any restriction of the exit area resists the flow of air out of the cowl, and thus, resists flow through the fins. It is in our interest, I think, to make that exit resistance as low as possible. When I look at this fellow's exit (pic 1), I would guess he is trying to push the exit air through fairly small openings at the sides of the cowl exit. In my downdraft EZ project (pic 2), I had terrible cooling until I installed exits just below the fins and set forward from the prop. I surmise that with my new exits, there was very little resistance to the exiting air. The best way to troubleshoot cooling problems is with piccolo tubes installed above and below the cylinders. A Lycoming takes about 5.5" of pressure differential to cool adequately and with the piccolo tubes and a manometer, you can quickly see if your changes are improving the differential.

New lisiting, I think. Looks OK but could use a good spiffing-up on the inside RUTAN VARIEZE • $17,500 • AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR TRADE • Rutan Varieze...ready to fly away...your very own mini Thunderbird. Current condition inspection done by The Jet Guys in Covington TN. 707 hours on the airframe, Continental O-200 engine, TSMOH 405.5, VFR, Bendix King KY 97A, No ADS-B, Has the upgraded front wheel fork from Nate Mullins 3:23 business. Would trade for a Flying Zenith 701 or 750 • Contact Jonathan Lundberg, Friend of Owner - located Eagleville, TN United States • Telephone: 5027449537 • Posted February 8, 2020

This on the Cozylist today. Yeah I can well-believe he has $18K in it. Heck of a deal: Cozy Mark IV Project for Sale $5,500 - - - engine mount, canopy and windows, cowling, electric retract, almost all needed airframe parts; $18,000 invested Nelson Amen 210-834-1991 nelson.p.amen@gmail.com Located in San Antonio, Texas

Correction: I previously posted this was in Colorado. It's Ohio. Likely N47VE. The owner owns several canard airplanes. A 1600 hour engine is basically a run-out but if it has good compression and is not making metal, it could be nursed a while longer. Don't know much about Continentals. VARIEZE • FOR SALE AS IS • Currently stored TT258 engine 0200 T T1600 Too many projects. 15000. Obo. Raymond Parker513-884-9637 • Contact Raymond Parker, Owner - located Loveland, OH United States • Telephone: 513 884 9637 • 513 583 9637 • Posted January 12, 2020 https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=47VE See it flying here: https://youtu.be/njAg0o8FAx0

New today: LONG EZ MOTOR MOUNT • FOR SALE • I have a new motor mount for a Long EZ conical style Lycoming engine -never used $200 you pay ship • Contact Mike Proshold, End User - located Longview, WA United States • Telephone: 360-636-0788 • Posted February 6, 2020This EZ today. Couple more pics in the ad. Yeah he probably has $10K in it. GU canard, short nose but those could be changed. Good deal for a new mount. BTW, I have a Type 1 Dynafocal ring I never used. Will sell it for about half the Spruce price. Make your own engine mount! PM me.

Sorry, i forgot you are the guy with the big ball. Here’s a chap that built what you’re interested in. http://longezpilot.com/N6PC page3.htm

In a post from 2/16 on canard-aviators list, Dale Martin said he was going to make them but I do not see them on his website: http://www.long-ez.com/custom-parts.html Here is the post: https://canardzone.groups.io/g/canard-aviators/message/88414?p=,,,20,0,0,0::relevance,,blackler+cooling,20,2,0,54473715 I have played around with those NACA-style intakes on top and they did not work for me. The flow above the strake is probably somewhat turbulent and in a climb, low pressure above the strake does not lend it self to flowing air into the intakes. People have had success with forward-facing scoops of various kinds which is what I converted to. My effort is in my Kent's Long-EZ thread. They cooled very well in cruise but not at well as a bottom NACA scoop in a climb. After experimenting with downdraft, I would say an updraft NACA configuration is probably the easiest idea to implement.

This EZ today on Barnstormers (pic 1). Couple more pics in the ad: Cowls, pre-formed NACA. Has a GU canard and short nose but those could be changed. A good start on an EZ. Think of it as a Quickbuild fuselage for $1500-2K. The seller probably wants more but compare to the last airplane listed here for $2500. LONGEZE • FOR SALE • Unfinished Long EZ Over $10,000 spent. 49% of the work is done. Air frame is mostly complete. Includes wheels and brakes. Does not have engine, instruments or radios. Includes Manuals. • Contact Ron Piercy - RAINBOW FLYING SERVICE, - located Moses Lake, WA USA • Telephone: 509 750-2327 • 509 765-1606 • Fax: 509-765-1616 • Posted February 5, 2020 ------------------- also "Assembely Required" first listed in November '19 relisted at $16.5K https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=64458 He must be ready to deal by now. ------------------- EZ "75% compleat" listed in the Denver area Jan 11 https://denver.craigslist.org/avo/d/hilger-for-sale-long-ez/7054485474.html No pics. ------------------- Another EZ listed a couple weeks ago in Chico, CA. (pic 2) More pics in the ad. Really good deal at $2500! https://chico.craigslist.org/avo/d/oroville-longez/7061495887.html

Looks pretty easy to make for someone with some tools. If I did not have the tools, I would precut the aluminum a bit oversize and take the pieces and a 4130 rod to a machinist.

Sure would be nice if you could scan or photograph the plans for the wing attach plates and taper pins and post them.

I have never seen the TERF CD or Varieze plans but folks say that the TERF CD contains the Long-ez plans so I believe it has the Varieze plans but at $295 a pop, I think the seller is gouging. http://www.dragonaero.com/RAFCDROM.htm I would find a Varieze owner on the FAA Registry and try to get some copies of the attach hardware plans (assuming they are in the plans). This question comes up fairly often but not a definitive answer. The plates look easy to make and a machinist could make the taper pins. Post a question on the canardaviators list. https://canardzone.groups.io/g/canard-aviators

Working on a cockpit-adjustable oil cooler air control. This is what I have come up with. Just waiting on a 6"-travel cable to install it. It is shown with a spare cable which is too short. I am planning on mounting a push-pull lever or knob under the longeron above my forearm. The metal is .040" except a thin spacer between the sides which is .050". The cable is from https://www.cccables.com/Home.aspx 300-036CC-0099 (99 inches)

A lot of folks like the B&C regulators. I have had three of them on different airplanes. https://bandc.com/catalog/ [Edit: nevermind, I see you are on to them already]

I doubt it. It will be tough to get any kind of decent airflow around a big ball in front of the intake. Downdraft or armpit intakes could work for you. Like this except use an armpit scoop for the oil cooler and a small forward facing scoop anywhere for the carb. https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/18661-kents-long-ez-project/?do=findComment&comment=57587

Nice looking Dragonfly on Barnstormers. Great price and there does not look like anything to fix. More pics in the ad. DRAGONFLY MK 1 • $14,000 • PRICED FOR FAST SALE • 1993 2180 VW, 250 hours total time airframe and engine, 150 mph cruise, 4.25 gph, 100 octane low lead, Very safe design - will not stall. Beautifully built, no damage. Instruments, radio, transponder, needs ELT and ABS-B out. With plans, jigs, parts, tools. Always hangared Jimmy Stewart IDI. Reason for selling - lost medical. • Contact Alan Luckey, Owner - located Indiana, PA United States • Telephone: 724-422-7200 • Posted January 30, 2020

oooh, that will change everything. For example, just leaving the landing brake extended will cause the engine to overheat pretty fast. I am thinking you might mount it like a travel pod hanging from the wing or inset in the leading edge of the wing. There is nothing but foam there so I would guess that would be pretty doable. Or maybe just build it onto the nose if it is not too heavy. I defer to the engineers. What are you searching and tracking, if I may ask?

The intake looks pretty nominal to me. It should work. Maybe the leading edge is a little fatter than others. However, that's only 1/3 of the story. The baffles have to be tight and correctly oriented, and the flow has to have a suitable-sized exit. More pics plz. 🙂 Top and bottom baffles, exit opening, diverters in the lower cowl. Sometimes wrong timing or intake tube leaks will cause hot running, too. IMO the best way to troubleshoot cooling is with piccolo tubes and a manometer--old style or digital. A Lycoming requires 5+ inches of pressure differential to get adequate flow through the fins. If you only get 3.5 or 4" it will overheat. If you have 5+ inches then look for another problem. https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/18661-kents-long-ez-project/?do=findComment&comment=61602 A couple of large angles (vortex generators) installed ahead of the NACA will often improve the flow but they are a Band-aid

Lightspeed Engineering sells a NACA duct similar to yours but any refit into an existing fuselage is going to be a fair-sized job. NACA intakes are not hard to build. https://lightspeed-aero.com/Services/NACAduct.htm Not sure what you are trying to achieve. A new cowl?

One time, I self-honed some cylinders and re-ringed them but they were not that corroded--mostly just polished. I think I would clean up the rust with some emery cloth and kerosene and see how they look. If the rust can be removed, re-honing does not take off very much more material. Shame people let cylinders get like that but I know several airplanes that have been sitting for years. http://forum.canardaviation.com/showpost.php?p=69231&postcount=40 http://forum.canardaviation.com/showpost.php?p=69232&postcount=41

From Barnstormers today. No pics. Project? Engine only? Flying? I could find no Cozy in the Omaha area with a Registry search. COZY MKIV - AS IS - QUICK SALE • OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING!! DON'T MISS OUT • Cozy MKIV Lycoming IO360 engine Reasonable offers considered Text Sean (402)979-2024 Wahoo, NE • Contact Sean Burns, Owner - located Omaha, NE United States • Telephone: 4029792024 • Posted January 28, 2020

What does this mean? Dead?

The $29K Hanson-refurb Varieze listed last May (Barnstormers) is relisted today for $35K with a new Trig/ADSB transponder. https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=63399

It must be working for you but I see that a Skytech can draw 80-120A so I am puzzled why a 40A breaker doesn't pop. P. 2-5 here https://skytec.aero/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ES1033-Rev.-.pdf