Richard Schubert

All items still for sale. I should make clear that these are Cozy MKIV parts, not E-racer specific, and some could be used on a long-eze.

Make me an offer

I am looking for an alternative to Zolatone for the interior. I do not have access to a compressor, so I want to use spray cans. There are several similar products, but this one seems to be the only indoor/outdoor one. Does anyone have any experience with this product? I am trying to match this color scheme.

On my E-racer restoration, I am finding places where some genius laminated brackets and whatnot over Zolatone. Thank god for the Fein tool!

No worries, now I have more time to work on the plane. :)

The Ez types usually park northwest of the seminar tents. From the main entrance, head for the warbirds and make a left at the last taxiway. They do have a tendancy to spread out, part of the fun is trying to find them all.

No job = no money = no Oshkosh for me this year. First time I will miss it since 1997.

I truly envy those of you attending for the first time.

My advice, Wear Sunscreen.

I also have an original info pack that has pictures.

I thought it was on a pole at a golf course.

The tails look similar to the BD-10 tails, those who do not remember history........

Good luck on the english translation

Berkut 13 used jeffco, see

http://www.berkut13.com/berkut42.htm

I need some funds for my E-racer restoration project so I am selling some of my goodies:

New

Matco WHL51LXT wheels, brakes & axles asking $700.00

Wilhelmson nose fork and wheel asking $500.00

Featherlite nose strut, strut cover,wheel fairing asking $150.00

Originally Posted by TMann

 

I don't think you will be happy with the brightness of the screen

For software I am leaning in this direction http://www.aviationsafety.com/index.php?/flight-cheetah-fl190-149500.html

The reviews are generally positive. As far as sunlight readability, the canopy frame almost completely shields that area of the panel and I have the Ultra, which has the brighter screen.

I guess sight gauges and electric fuel gauges are for the belt and suspender types

Here is a CAD drawing of the new panel for my E-racer.

All I need now is some cash so I can get it cut with a waterjet.

The airfoil shapes are hotwire templates for the leading edge of the NACA scoop.

The space on the right is for a Samsung Q1 running moving map software(yet to be chosen)

Actually the bypass valve controls the oil circulating inside the rotors. This allows the engine to warm up faster for emissions reasons. The oil injection is a separate system that lubricates the tip seals. It uses oil from the sump, causing two problems, the oil is slowly depleted and needs refilled more frequently, and the sump oil is generally not designed to burn cleanly eventually causing the seals to stick. Later RX models required a special oil to be used if you didn't want to void the warranty. For our purposes the oil pump can be serviced from a separate reservoir filled with clean burning 2 stroke oil, or the pump can be removed and the 2 stroke oil premixed with the fuel.

Nawww, just wire it up to the PLC

And one other thing do you guys know what variant (Cosy IV 147" or 141" canard) the CAFE fondation tested

That was Mark Beduhn's Cozy. According to the CAFE article in Sport Aviation(April 1999) the canard span measured 145.2 inches(12.1ft) so allowing for the tips it seems his canard might be around 141"

do you know why they lowered the canard's position? did it produce any measurable effect?

I think it was done mainly for styling purposes. I don't know of anyone that has done a before and after performance survey

You are correct, I was going from my Aerocanard cozy plans which already have the 6" reduction in span incorporated.

The E-racer canard is 147" long, excluding tip extensions. IIRC, this was done to make the lifting surface outside the fuselage the same as the long-eze. The E-racer canard is also mounted lower on the fuselage, more in line with the strake.

The Cozy MKIV had an original length of 141", after flight testing this was changed to 135", also excluding tip extensions. The elevators were also shortened 3" per side. I will let others debate the relative effects these differences may make.

I think there are some layups in the internal structure as well, not just foam. Correct?

Ouch.

In the interest of staying on topic, Andrew C. Marshal's book Composites Basics fifth edition chapter 9 goes into seatbelt bracket design in great detail.

It's all part'n'parcel of the whole canard gig. PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWERS!!! Itty-bitty living space!

Gnat's ass

Very small measurement used by toolmakers & engineers, or roughly .0001 or one ten thousandth of an inch. Actual size may vary between shops,......

k1234 wrote

So don't call me a chicken for considering risk.

 

Statistics don't lie, but they don't tell the whole story. The P.I.C. of an experimental aircraft has a lot of freedom and a lot of responsibility. He(she)is totally responsible for safe operations. I don't think that anyone will argue that there aren't those out there that abuse those freedoms. Look through some of the NTSB reports and you will see that pilot error and mechanical failures are responsible for a large percentage of the accidents. Ask yourself if these accidents could have been prevented with better maintenance/design and prudent flight operations. It might be that the only thing as bad as a loose nut on the stick is a loose nut on the wrench.

A risk assesment chart at

http://www.dancesafe.org/documents/druginfo/risk.php

gives death probabilities for various activities.

Bottom line, if you want to be completely safe stay at home and restrict yourself to the activities at the bottom of the chart, although you might run the risk of spontaneous combustion :D

looks like a plane from the old e-racer site from an ad by the EZ-hanger

http://web.archive.org/web/20040615212742/www.eracer.org/ezhangar/index.html

heres a pic

shockwave.bmp

the wing derringer was the first certified glass aircraft