Jack Morrison

Big Steeve The pump ratio can be changed without to much effort. Jack E Racer 113

Jon I think I would do some more research on the 1.6 V 2.0 This is not a place to save weight unless the strength is equal to the designed foam. I find it hard to believe the two are comparable or that the 1.6 is usable for the application. Just a thought. Jack E Racer 113

Question: Why is aeropoxy never mentioned. I used aero poxy for my AC without any problems. It was recomended by Shirl Dickey for the E Racer and I have used it for about 10 years. I have been to where most have not been in airspeed and have not have any structural problems. I believe it is available at both sources, Wicks and ACS. Just a thought. Jack Racer 113

Jon I did not have to reinforce the fs28 bulkhead for the hinges. The only change when I extended the canopy frame forward 5 inches, I had to go from a 80lb shock to a 100 lb shock, works great with no problem so far. By the way, I finisned the nav/strobe lights tonight. Am working on a electronic wastegate control system for better low cruise fuel burn, looks very promising. Jack E Racer 113

Jon I think you are correct on bagging V infusin. I have vacuum bagged complex shapes for 10 years and have had very few problems. Vacuum bagging for our application in my opinion seems to be the ultimate bang for the buck. I have had only 1 dry part in many many parts and some are quite complex. Do not misinterpet my message here, you can get extremely quality parts without vacuum bagging, I just find it improves the end result a bit. Jack E Racer 113

Jon The E Racer forward hinged canopy was not very difficult to do. I changed mine a little because I extended the canopy frame forward 5 inches to give more access to the instruments. I am also using a Cozy 4 lens on my canopy. If you need templates for the hinges, let me know and I will be happy to send them to you. If you noticed at RR, I had center pull down catches. Since I replaced the original lens with the Cozy 4 lens and installed the lens to the frame, I put a 1/4 in block at the rear edge of the canopy frame and pulled the center catches down tight and let cure. I now no longer need the center catches and the catches at the rear of the canopy pull the canopy tight, even at 290+ mph. I have since eliminated the center canopy latches. All I use for sealing and rain is the 5/16 P stripping. Jack E Racer 113

I'm in the process of installing led nav/strobe lights in my E Racer. The units look very good and are a lot less expensive than Wehlen and they are legal lights. I should have the installation done by this week end and I will post the results. They can be seen at www.AirplaneGear.com or www.fly-RLSA.com. The name of the company is Rollison Airplane Company, Inc. Jack E Racer 113

Welllll, got the first 99 but the last.99, not even close. Im in the process of wiring my nav/strobe lights as of tonight. Still have a few items to finish but hopefully I should have it in the air Sunday. It will be interesting to see if there any improvements in AS with the airframe painted and clean. I'll let you know if there is any noticable increase. Jack E Racer 113

Jon Your project is looking great, keep pluggin away, It takes a lot of dedication and focus but the end result is well worth the effort. I should have my AC 99.99% completed this week end. If you are in th area, give me a call and I will take you for a ride. Jack E Racer 113

Or the other way around. Lookin good. Jack E Racer 113

Just a note. My E Racer is a center stick. It took me a while to get used to flying right handed. You drive a car left handed, you train in a certified AC left handed, throttle right handed, write, right handed, of course there are exceptions to that, but I am a right handed person. I am just glad I have an auto pilot because I cannot write left handed. I am very used to the center stick but really think the cozy setup is superior for the average pilot. Jack E Racer113

Rich That is why I chose the E racer. Unfortunately, my wife does not like flying small AC. Although, I might get her into the AC wnen I get it back in the air in a couple of weeks, keep my fingers crossed. Jack E Racer 113

I agree with Brett about the prop. I have two Catto props and am very pleased. Craig Catto is a first class guy and the wait is worth the end result. Jack E Racer 113

Richard You are right looking at the photos that it looks spindly and I agree, looks can be deceiving, especially the toe in. But seriously, this design is not new. It has been a proven design. I wil say though that I added some additional supports to my mount but only because of the additional HP and torque I was using in my application. I made my mount myself(like design) and consider myself a good welder, shipped the tacked mount to Shirl bolted in position on a 1/4 in steel plate and had a certifided welder do the final welding. Really do not know for sure if it was necessary, but I always like to stay on the safe side with the airspeeds I am running. Would like to touch base with you sometime, I spoke with you several times when Berkut was still in business. Berkut is a great AC, best of the canard design. Jack

Aubrey Have you ever designed a engine mount before? I saw nothing in your analysis of the HP of the engine, the weight of the engine, the torque of the engine, the type of isolation mounts and the total application of the engine mount. Your credentials are very impressive but you are way off base in your analysis of this perticular mount. This type engine mount has been around for over 40 years in one form or another and I have never heard of a failure. I have a very similar engine mount on my E Racer only closer to the firewall because of the weight and balance of the AC. I have pushed my engine to 448 Hp with 59 inches of MP. The problem I have come across in the last 5-6 years developing my electronic fuel injection system and supercharging system, is when I talk to the trained proffesionals for the systems I am working with, they have absolutely no knowedge as to what the application is. It seems to me your statements follow this exact line of thought. The CGs in my opinon are producing the right product and the right quality products for the application. Also about the hard points, where did you come up with that statement? There has never been a engine hard point failure , ever. The same hard point is used on AC with 85 HP to 448HP. Cozy Girrrls, keep up the wonderful work. Jack

I have a Aymar DeMuth 68/85 two blade prop (natural finish)7 hrs, cost $1250.00 in perfect condition, $700.00 includes shipping. I have a performance Propeller 67/93 three blade in excellent condition with 37 hrs, cost $2400.00, $1200.00 includes shipping. I will refinish either prop your choice of color for material cost of $75.00 each. There are only small stone pits on either prop. I believe I have a spinner for one or both of these props which I will include in the price. Jack Morrison email n345jm@comcast.net Eve Phone (630) 907-2040 Cell (630) 688-1295

I agree 100%. With 360 HP, it does not help a great deal. I have installed an adjustable wastegate on my intake side to try to improve MPG. I'll let everyone know how effective it is after all my testing is complete. This stripping project is a pain in the butt. Jack

OK I removed both wings and weighed the left wing, with all control surfaces attached, wireing for lighting and nav/strobe lights and weighed 93 lbs. I originally put on 5 coats of acyrlic laq. paint, did not like the results, sanded down, recoated with sealer, base coat stripes, and 3 high build PPG 2042 clear coat, sanded and buffed. Over the next 8 years painted the AC 3 more times the same way. I sanded the paint off to the substrate, bubbles, and reweighed the wing. I could hardly believe the results. Total difference was 10 lbs. I went to the paint store and weighed the product less the cans at 96.5 lbs to paint the total AC one time. I estimate that one wing is about 1/4 the paint applied, so that would be about 24 lbs applied and actual weight on the AC would be about 3 lbs per paint job. At this point, I would estimate that the total weight for painting this type AC, And I am talking primer, sealer, base coat, stripes, and 3 clear coat does not weigh more than 15 lbs at the most. I have painted all my life and had no idea on how much waste there was in the application of paint, there was no reason until know. I will not know the final weight savings until reassemble and do a final weight and balance. I painted a Lancair about 5 years ago and after talking to him last week, he said that he did a weight and balance before paint and without upholstery, and weighed in after painting and upholstery at 41 lbs more. Ruined my day. So I wouldn't be worried about putting a nice paint job on your AC, the weight penalty will not hurt you. One good note, 50% of the weight is in the wings which are way behind CG and I was able to remove 25 lbs of ballist from my nose. I'll post again when I have completed the project, hopefully by the end oa the month. Jack

OK I removed both wings and weighed the left wing, with all control surfaces attached, wireing for lighting and nav/strobe lights and weighed 93 lbs. I originally put on 5 coats of acyrlic laq. paint, did not like the results, sanded down, recoated with sealer, base coat stripes, and 3 high build PPG 2042 clear coat, sanded and buffed. Over the next 8 years painted the AC 3 more times the same way. I sanded the paint off to the substrate, bubbles, and reweighed the wing. I could hardly believe the results. Total difference was 10 lbs. I went to the paint store and weighed the product less the cans at 96.5 lbs to paint the total AC one time. I estimate that one wing is about 1/4 the paint applied, so that would be about 24 lbs applied and actual weight on the AC would be about 3 lbs per paint job. At this point, I would estimate that the total weight for painting this type AC, And I am talking primer, sealer, base coat, stripes, and 3 clear coat does not weigh more than 15 lbs at the most. I have painted all my life and had no idea on how much waste there was in the application of paint, there was no reason until know. I will not know the final weight savings until reassemble and do a final weight and balance. I painted a Lancair about 5 years ago and after talking to him last week, he said that he did a weight and balance before paint and without upholstery, and weighed in after painting and upholstery at 41 lbs more. Ruined my day. So I wouldn't be worried about putting a nice paint job on your AC, the weight penalty will not hurt you. One good note, 50% of the weight is in the wings which are way behind CG and I was able to remove 25 lbs of ballist from my nose. I'll post again when I have completed the project, hopefully by the end oa the month. Jack

Richard Not yet but it will be different. I'll send some photos wnen I have completed the painting. I am trying to use the BASF extreme rainbow colors in the flames. For all interested, I am using PPG base/clear coat paint and have painted several AC with this product and am very satisified with the results. It is no way the least expensive product but I have been using PPG products for over 45 years and have found them to be excellent in quality, performance and application. Jack

Lon I have experimented with at least 10-15- different designs and colors and I keep returning to the original scheme. There will be a new take-off on the flames but otherwise it will be the same. What can I say. About the striping of the paint, I talked with two people who do soda blasting and I am not comfortable with the process. I had one of the companies trial test my old lower cowling and it was terrible. So, today I removed the left wing and sanded it and the left strake to the primer, block sanded it and will reprime it tomorrow and block it a second time. I suspect it will take me at least 3 weeks to finish the repaint. The sanding is going faster than I would have expected but it sure is messy. I weighed the wing before striping and will weigh it when completely stripped. I started with 36 grit-to 80 grit-to 150 grit and reprimed. then 320 for final sand and then seal. Always block sand all coats. I'll let you know haw much weight I saved. Jack

Thanks Wayne/Bruce from dowm under. Tomorrow I will disassemble the AC, strip off the old paint and redo. It will be interesting to see how much weight I save. I will keep every one posted with the before and after weights. I am looking for 100 to 130 lbs reduction. If that is correct, I will be able to loose another 30 lbs in the nose ballast, because most of the weight is aft CG weight. That could possibly net me 150-160 lbs weight. I only weigh 165. Should take about 3-4 weeks. Jack

Thanks Jon I guess persistance and dedication do rule. One of these days soon, when I finally get back together, I'll take you for a ride, its impressive. I'll send some photos of the new cowlings when the painting is completed. They netted me + 8 kts. Jack

Wayne Last year I saw 253kt T . at 10,000 2980 rpm- 43in MP . That was turning a catto 3 blade 66/103. Im sure there was more left but I have been fighting cht gremlins for 5 years on this AC and I could not hold any HP down for over a minute or two. Estimated 360 hp is not easy to cool. I have changed my cooling system 6 times in the last 5 years and have tried about every alteration possible to improve each system with only limited success. That is until today about 41/2 hours ago. With the new(7) designed plenums I got the near perfect differental numbers I was looking for and the cooling was great. I still have not tested my new prop, a catto 64/113. I will post the results in the next few months. I am going to disassemble the Ac this weekend and strip all the paint off and do a repaint, (same colours)I should loose about 100+ lbs. Lousy job but I will enter the cup race this year and need to loose some weight. If all works out as planned, I should do well in the race, only problem I have to run in unlimited. By the way, that longEZ of your 's is georgous. You have done a great job on your EZ. Good luck down under. Jack

Mark is exactly correct on this issue. I have been there and let me tell you 300 mph is extremely fast for these canard AC. No one really knows where that edge is, and I would be verly reluctant to push past what has already been accomplished . If mach tuck occured at these speeds, there is no recovery and your last ride would wind up being a slow ride in a hearse. I am not a young person in age, but I plan to be around for quite a while Jack Morrison