Limo EZ

I have a small sump just below the main spar. The tank is V shaped with both tanks feeding it via 3.5 square inch holes. The sump is plumbed through the firewall so lines should be short. It is like a tunnel that connects the tanks with the lowest point in the center. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Rick, I have found that the larger the foam piece is tha longer the dwell time before you try to form it. The bottom of my project was done by heating a flat sheet of PVC foam inside of a female mold inside a vacuum bag inside of an oven set to 250 degrees F. I let it sit at 250 and then pulled vacuum. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Marc, Thanks and you are too kind. Here is an excerpt from the CSA article for Sam's Limo EZ and some of my words: From the article: "The firewall was widened 2 1/4"...The aft compartment being stretched 4 1/2". The pilot station was moved forward this amount. The canard also went forward this "limo" amount plus an additional 2" making it 6 1/2" farther forward than a stock Long EZ. The calculated CG shift forward was about 2". The m.a.c.of lift also had to move forward so I (Sam) achieved this by two means. The canard shift forward handled half the requirement while a 7" canard span increase took care of the remainder." The standard canard is 140". The Cozy MkIV canard is 147". I built the canard using the methods used to build the Cozy card. The center is different and the lift tabs were placed for the widened fuselage. Back to the article: "The nose gear also went forward with the canard plus and aditional 1"" ... In addition to moving the longerons apart 3/4" at the pilot panel, the fuselage sides were constructed out of 2" urethane foam to permit 'hollowing' thereby limiting cross section drag. It was necessary to jig each side and bottom into curved shape before skinning the inside to prevent 'suckin' during fuselage assembly" Joe Berki

Marc, It is 110" from the firewall to the F22, It is 93" from the firewall to the IP, it is 55" from the firewall to the front of the front seatback at the longeron. This is measured off of my Limo EZ not Sam's. I have the seatback angle at 36 degrees and the IP has a 7 degree tilt. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Marc, I am at work and do not have access to all of the particuliars but I will follow up from home. What I would do is try to layout the fuselage either in cad or scaled drawings. I started with graph paper and built templates from them. You could then build parts of a full size fuselage out of cardboard. This will allow you to actually see how much room you have after adjusting the template. The templates affected are the F22, IP, seatback and later on firewall. The spar stays the same with the exception of the lower inboard line that is not parallel to the spar top line. That angle will change as the lower line of the spar is stretch to accomodate the 22" firewall. I did not make the bottom of the fuselage flat. It is curver from fron to back so there may be a little reduction in lift but probably imeasurable. It is amazing how much room you pick up for to aft when occupants sit more upright. This can also be modeled using full size templates. Also curving the fuselage (top to bottom) gives you more room where you need it. Here is a pic when I started painting. It shows just how much room there is with a 4.5" strech.

Now that Richard mentioned the Rotorway that looks like what was in there. I agree with Joe and would pursue the 0 235. The rotary is too heavy and single rotor versions are a little hard to aquire or build up. Joe Berki Limo EZ 13b P Port

I do not think it was a rotary. They do not use that type of ignition coil. And it appears that the engine was located further aft than one would require with a gearbox. Could be direct drive . Joe Berki Limo EZ

Ronny, Check out DIYdrones.com These guys have overlayed video out the nose of their UAVs with the same info that Dyon does on their EFIS display ( heading, altitude, airspeed, attitude, battery life and more presented in different formats I like the F16) at a fraction of the cost. I would like to build an artificial horizon instrument that does this. Most of the hardware that they are using is plug and play. The one thing that prevents us from using their stuff as a true autopilot is the A to D accuracy that they use in their processors and the accelerometers and gyro chip's drift or accuracy. But we still use a gyro that we have to update with a compass and the FAA approves that. They are always improving the hardware and the shareware which is apparent when you monitor the website. Joe Berki Limo EZ

The drawing refered to in the plans on the disc is part of a template set of drawings and is not included with the disc. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Waiter, Sorry to see what happened. Glad to see you were not hurt. These planes are never done. I am confident after you get done with the system it will be bomb proof. Joe Berki Limo Ez engine work

Super glue is good for holding the washers in place. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Try inserting the pin with the canard right side up. You might try sharpening the point of the pin and chucking the end in a variable speed drill and push i slowly. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Edge, I am not sure what posting you read but as I understand it the Cozy MkIV front seat load limit was around 400lbs. When I looked at the Eracer plans the front load seat limit is higher and the King Racer option moves the front seat back 4" permitting a larger delta when flying pilot only. I was going to build the Eracer and took a long time evaluating how to build the plane based on the plans I have. I found the statement that if you have a set of Long EZ plans the building would go smoother. I got the Long plans and Terry made me aware of the Limo EZ so I decided that was the best plane for me. Even with stagger seating and a 540 in the back Scott Carter had to move ballast out of the nose at RR. I just did not want to deal with moving that ballast around. Joe

I even bought the Eracer plans and ditio for me. I believe buiders or even the plans thermselves indicate that a set of Long EZ plan would assist the builder in building the Eracer Joe Berki Limo EZ

Well I got the wheel pants fitted, mounted and primed. I started tearing down the so called 89 rotary motor. As I started to un-stack the housings I noticed that rear housing rear rotor housing and intermediate housing were in excellent shape compared to the 88 that used as a form fit engine. As I pulled the front rotor off the stack I sa a loos portion of an apex seal. The rotor housing was gouged trying to expell a piece of apex seal. So I need to find a 2nd genration 13B housing in great shape. Here is a pic. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Way to go! Congradulations Jerry! Joe Berki Limo EZ

No, really, a lot of people brought their four legged friends with them. Joe

Here are some pics. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Just got back from RR. There were about 16 or 17 canards. Weather was bad Saturday morning but by noon flight operations commenced. Sam Chambers had his LongEZ there giving rides and Cris Isley (apologize for sp) and Scott Carter thrilled the crowd with high speed formation passes. Door prizes and lots of dogs rounded ot the festivities.

Bob, Great work by you and all of your team. Your at a level of building beyond plans methods. Keep up the great work and keep posting. Joe Berki Limo EZ

Dick, Thanks, I guess the fact that you have had no trouble with your EZ indicates that you and your Dad built an outstanding airframe. My friend will be at Reno. He was invited to crew for a guy from Canada in Formula 1 in a Cassut. Dan has built a Midget Mustang that is ready for 1st flight. His plan is to at least race once. He has been through pylon scholl a couple of times. I am fitting wheel pants and trying to save som $$ for avionics and engine. 2 kids in college. Joe

Dick, There is a section called Progress reports and I have a thread there so you can view the progress. Joe

Hi Dick, Good to see you are still in touch. My Limo is painted, Check out Progress reports Limo EZ. How are You? Joe

I am building a Limo EZ which will be heavier than a standard Long EZ. I currently have a fork that I made out of 4130 that I thought could do the job. I am leaning toward the MkIV unit because of watching people taxi through the grass and the electric nose gear raising the plane with pilot on board. Kind of scary. Joe Berki Limo EZ 13b

Tracy tested the Spintech and it worked very well. At the time most of the people flying were RVs and they were looking for a muffler that was streamlined so they did not prefer the Spintech as it is a box. It can be built with 321 stainless. I was going to order a steel unit to see how it would play with the augmentor then get one built in SS. It is inside the cowl so aerodynamics is not required. Joe Berki