Jack Morrison

Welcome to the canard world Dan, great bunch of people and great AC. Where will you be flying out of? I'm in Aurora ARR building an E Racer. Jack

Nice to see the new posts Tony, first class stuff. Jack

What a bummer Drew, very sorry to here of your situation. Hope everything falls in place back home in the states. Jack

Way to go on the winglets Wayne. You should see about 10 mph increase from the info I have. I showed a 10-11 kt increase on my E Racer but that intersection has a little more drag than the Long, no one knows how much, but there is a slight difference. Besides the increase in airspeed, it really looks neat. Jack

Beside doing what has already been suggested,I would also take a very close look at the airfoils on the elevator and canard and the gap between the two. Full forward stick and flutter could be a disaster waiting to happen. Be carefull. Jack

Chris I placed an order with ACS on Monday and received it Wed. Jack

I agree with Kent. I had two true tests of the strength of the plans seat belt construction. First was when I was doing the testing of the supercharging system on my E Racer in 2000. Was on a extended downwind for rw33 and on my turn to final, 1/2 mile out at 400 ft the engine quit. would not restart and I did a gear up landing in a bean field about 1/8 mile short of rw33. The groung was soft from two days of rain and when the AC was at 2ft, the right dug into the raising terrain and exploded(blew of the right wing ) flew 300 feet behind the AC. It felt like I hit a solid rock. Point being, the seat belt anchors were not compromized in any way. Second, When I had the inflight fire incident last year, I put the AC on the runway hard and fast, 200 mph, colapsed the left main grae and slid down the runway 1500 ft, still did not compromize the seat belt anchors. That is until the fire consumed the AC. My opinion, move on, that little air bubble will make no difference in the safety of the seatbelt system. Jack E Racer Extreme

Hey Bruce: Project is moving right along. If you need the nose leg ng6 pivot, I have two of them you can have if interested. Let me know an I will ship them to you. My new project is coming along also. Jack E Racer Extreme

The 10540 was fine after my incident. I went to high compression pistons, klaus duel electronic ign and airflow performance fuel injection, 325 hp at 2800 rpm. Fuel burn at altitude should be 11 gph at 200 kts true. Top end should be 275 mph. Everything was set up for the lyc. engine and I have an option of several cooling systems. Because of all the changes I have made to the new AC, I cannot call it an E Racer. Testing will tell exactly the performance and modifications will tell their worth. Jack

The proto type had a CM F58 olds basic aluminum V8. bored and stroked with cut down chev. 327 rods, a combination of many engins with an end result of 289 cu-in about 225 hp at rpm NA. I had a all aluminum 4.3 chev V6, srroked to 4.9 with a vortec supercharger, 365 lbs, 280 hp at 4000 engine rpm, above 300 at higher rpm. It was also mounted in front of the firewall as per plans, in my opion not a good design. My new AC will have the 10540 with high compression pistons, twin Klaus ign. and an airflow performance injection, 325 hp. Weight should come in around 415 lbs, I will know for sure when I weigh the completed engine which should be very soon. Project is moving right along. Jack

Richard You are right on. The E Racer top of F22 is at WL 17 and the LE top of F22 WL is 18.9, quite a difference. Interesting tidbit, thanks. Jack

I was not aware there was any difference in the LE and E Racer canard location. I will look at the plans of both and report back. Jack

Chris Barber has a mistral intake on his 13B in his velocity, he should be able to get you the info. Jack

Actually the foam is 3/8 thick. The E Racer plans call for scoring for the leading edge, no big deal, works great. Jack

Funny about weighing product going on a project. When I painted my E Racer, I weighed all the product to paint the AC, less packaging and can weight came to 97 lbs. Weighed the AC before painting, all preped for paint and weighed after completed. Painted AC weighed +23 lbs. Go figure. Jack

Your schedule is very doable, I built my E Racer in 18 months, from start to first flight. Takes patience, dedicated time and the funds. It gets expensive near the end, engine,avionics, upholstry and paint. Absolutely worth all the effort. Jack E Racer Extreme

I best not post on this thread. Jack E Racer Extreme

Tom Is 30 lbs the weight of the canard without the elevators and ends. I'll go out tonight and weigh mine which is complete, ready to install and fill. I have a good UPS 50 lb scale. I'll get back to you. Jack

I have a new complete set of Matco wheels with dual puck brake assys for sale. 50 series. These are for the LE and will not work on my E Racer. Jack Morrison n345jm@gmail.com 630-688-1295

Right on A perpetual motion rocket engine of 1000lbs thrust that runs on air, brilliant. You two Girls never seen to stop amazing everyone. Jack E Racer Extreme

I don't think you could improve on your system Wayne, great engineering and workmanship, plus a beautiful AC. Jack E Racer Extreme

Mr Aiman from location: none. Not sure where that planet is located but give me some time, it might come to me. Being one of those gentle readers I thought I needed to respond. Marc Zetlin has given more free advice and answered more aernautical questions on this forum and other forums than anyone I know. Something he is not required to do. He does not have to stand on a soap box like you as he answers all questions with responsible and accurate answers. He does this for the safety of experimental aircraft and trying to keep other builders from making any foolish mistakes or errors in their build. If you have some positive or constructive information to add to the forum or a subject, go for it, otherwise go back to planet None. Jack Morrison E Racer Extreme

Truly a sad day for the canard community. My sincere condolence to his family. Richard will be missed by all. Jack Morrison E Racer Extreme

I also like the Matco brakes. The only problem is their linings or pads. Use the Cleveland linings and you will be very happy. I could stop my E Racer at MGW of 2200 lbs (80 kts) and stop in 1200 ft with the Cleveland linings. It would take another 400 ft with the Matco linings. I questioned Matco about that and they did not have an answer why. I had the dual puc arrangement, also going on the new AC. Jack

Ha Ha, your funny Tom. Your right on the time schedule though. I work about 1.5 hrs each day and about 20 each weekend. Unless I tip over, I should have it flying in the spring. Jack