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Magnum I don't know how to put pictures onto this site so here is a link. www. If you go out to the last picture under the long ez you can see what I have. Make me an offer what ever you think its worth to you. The picture inst very good because I dropped my camera into the river but it still works, kind of. Wildbird

I have a bunch of the old crank stuff I pulled out of my Long EZ to put in the electric gear. You can have it for short money if you're interested. I will look to see what I have. Wildbird

You should consider buying Bruce's Vari-Eze not only his RR-O240 it is one of the nicest Vari Eze out there. Wild Bird

Believe it or not I sell bird seed and rehabilitate injured squirrels. Thats why it is taking me so long to finish my plane. But I don't hate going to work every day. Wildbird

thanks a lot that makes much more sense to me. The picture is worth a 1000 words, nice looking job by the way. Wildbird N227EZ

Do most of you mount the oil cooler directly to the lower cowl? It seems to me someone must have come up with some sort of solution so that you can remove the lower cowl with out disturbing the oil cooler.

Bruce Stephens has a 0 time Factory new RR-O-240 for sale. That is the dream engine for the Vari-Eze If I'm not mistaken it is the weight of an O-200 but is 140HP This engine was slated to go into a VAri-Eze but the economy changed all that. I can get you his contact info if you would like, he is in MA. Wild Bird

I bought a conical engine mount for an O-235 from the Cozy girls. It uses a different rubber bushing than called out for in the plans. The plans call for a 3/8 bolt and it has a 1/2 inch steel sleve that is inside the rubber bushing, and requires 220-320 inch pounds of torque. The engine mount I have uses 1/2 inch bolts and has no rubber sleve inside the rubber bushings. A Cessna 152 has a similar set up and the tourque reqirements are 450-500 inch pounds. With out the sleve it seems like it would crush the rubber bushings to oblivian. Any help would be appreciated. Wild Bird

I think I will go with my original Idea and make a conduit of some sort and come out of the spar box and down into the hell hole and out the fire wall that way. The previous owner mounted the strobe pack in side and down the right side of the spar box about a foot and half down the right side. It is mounted with 4 #10 screws that penetrate the back of the spar and screw into nut plates that are riveted to the strobe pack. They are accessible from within the cowl. That would not have been my choice, and was also a concern. But with that said the the installation was done neatly and the plane has more that 400 hours of flight time and everything look perfect.

I was wondering if any one knows if it is acceptable to drill two 3/8 inch holes from within the spa box behind the seat, either through the bottom into the hell hole or directly through the fire wall. I plan to mount some censors for the engine monitor in this area. I need to make 2 maybe 3 small hole to run the wiring back to the engine. My gut tells me it would not be a good idea to drill the spa but the plans depict only one ply of bid inside the box and two plies outside the box in this area. The other option is to run the wires out of the access hole and around and through the access hole into the hell hole. But it will require much more work to make this option neat and well done. Wildbird N227EZ

Mike I made 2 taper pins that fit into the canopy with a spring loaded receptacle that is mounted on the stringer. When you shut the canopy the tapered pins fit into their respective receiver and center the canopy. It works slick. I had a machinist friend make me 5 pins and receivers and ended up only using two. I paid $300.00 bucks for them and I have 3 left. If you are interested I will let 2 go cheep and I will keep a spare for my self just in case. If you go out to wildbird.zenfolio.com and look at picture 57 and 58 you can see them. Obviously they were only roughed in at this point. WildBird

Any recommendation on a 406Mhz ELT? They are so expensive! About the least expensive I can find is the Ameri-king AK-451w/whip for $869.00 I guess if you crash and survive you wont think its so expensive. Wild Bird

The rear knob is carb heat. I haven't done anything fancy its mostly a stock ez except for the rear efis, electric gear and speed brake. It has an O-253 with a carb and mags how boring. But I am using a silver bullet prop with ken millers Hershey kiss spinner. Wild Bird

HI guys I thought you might like to see how I decided to do my throttles. I wanted a throttle in the back because I spend a lot of time in the back seat. I used the Bowden push pull cables and and baxter quadrants. I am not very good with the computer and I don't know how to shrink the images to post them on the forum. But you can see the pictures at the link below. Keep up the good work Wildbird onhttp://www.wildbird.zenfolio.com

Kraig: I pulled out a manual gear from my long ez to put in the electric gear.If you want it for short money its yours, Hows $50.00 sound? I can box it up and ship it to you I'll pay the freight. Wild Bird