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RAF is really closed and nothing is for sale anymore. I sent them an email on 9/25/07 asking about plans and a POH and this is the reply I got on 10/16/07 - "RAF has closed. None of the items are available. Thanks for your interest, Tonya, RAF"

Apparently the LEZ landing light installation is not in the Section I plans. I read somewhere here that there is a 1 page Addendum for landing light installation. Does anyone have a copy or can point me to a site with the addendum? Ron

TMann -your are correct. I will be building with the Roncz canard. I was just checking the validity of a set of plans I bought on ebay against the Open-EZ templates. The plans I bought appear to be copies and I just wasn't sure about them. I thought if the A1-A14 template were a good match that I could trust the Roncz canard (April 1985) templates would be good. When the Open-EZ templates for the canard are available I will compare them. Jon M. has been very helpful in my trying to get started on this project.

I had A1 and A2 printed at Kinko's today. I needed to get home quickly so I will do the rest later. I compared these to mine and they don't line up exactly. I think this is what others have seen also. However, the canard and elevator drawings on A2 line up perfectly.

Jon, I don't really care about the Section I and Section II plans being copies. If these are copies they are very well done. The serial number thing is what led me to believe these were original plans. Also, I did get quite a bit of other "stuff" in this package. I could care less about any collector value in all this and I know RAF is done and I am on my own for the most part in this build. I was more concerned with getting accurate templates. If the templates are good to go, then I have want I want. My # 1 question is - If these are copies, then how do I verify that I can build from them? If I can verify this somehow, them I am ready to get started with my first materials order. The other thing I learned from this experience is the importance of the Open-EZ project. Ron

This was not the $250.00 auction you refer to. I spent a lot more for this stuff. Let me talk to the seller before I get too bent out of shape. I have sent him an email. He had been pretty responsive after the auction. I will see if he replies. Ron

I saw a photo of another build manual this morning and now I think the plans I bought may be copies. I don't see any of the copyright text on the cover of the Section I or II manuals. From my earlier description can anyone confirm this? Why would a four digit number (#31xx) be written on the lower left corner of both manuals?

I started out looking at the Open-EZ project as a way to get into a Long-EZ. However, I have since picked up a set of Long-EZ plans with the A1 thru A14 templates on ebay. Can I still build this as a Long-EZ or does it really matter? The section I plans are March 1980 First Edition and have a #31xx in the lower right corner(gray cover). This same number (#31xx) is on the Section II L plans also - First Edition January 1981(also gray cover). I did get some extras - 1. Moldless Composite Homebuilt Sandwich Aircraft Construction - 3rd Edition September 1983 (yellow cover) 2. Optional Special Performance Canard Plans(pages A,B,C, and C-1 thru C-6) 3. High Performance Rudders(Optional) - pages R1 thru R4 4. Brake plans - page "TWO" and V-Eze Landing Brake pages A1 thru A3 I do have a few questions - 1. Obviously I am missing page "ONE" from the landing brake plans. Where can I get this missing page? 2. Does the rest of this sound complete? 3. There are notes throughout the Section I plans that reference "LPC # xx" - ie. on page 2-1 (Bill of Materials) there is a note under Tools "LPC #15 1 1/16 or 1/8 24' x 48" What is the "LPC # " referring to? These notes seem to have been written on the plans as corrections prior to printing and not someone updating the plans after the printing. (I know I have to update the plans with the Canard Pusher newsletters 24 - thru 82). My next steps will be to join a local EAA chapter for some help. I am concerned about Minnesota winters - no heat in garage build area. I would appreciate any guidance.

I have been lurking here as a guest for the last few weeks reading everything I can on Long-EZ's and the Open_EZ project. I want to start on the Open-EZ asap. I downloaded the templates and looked them over. I will burn them to a CD and take to Kinkos and order the Terf CD next. I know the Terf CD contains the CP newsletters and I will need updates from 24-82, but does the Terf CD include the photos/drawings? Every CP newsletter I have ever downloaded from various sites have had the photos/drawings omitted - why?

I started looking at the Cozy MKIV, but really wanted a Long-EZ. I have been lurking here for the past few weeks trying to learn all I can. I downloaded the v5 templates and looked them over. I have decided to get started on the Open-EZ. I haven't ordered the TERF CD yet, but I understand that the Canard Pusher newletters for plans updates are on the CD. All of the CP newsletters I have seen on the web are text only and have the photos/drawings omitted. Does the TERF CD include the photos and drawings like the originals? It seems I need to find the Roncz canard plans somewhere. I will send RAF an order and see what happens. Do I also need to order the flush bellhorns, large rudder & speed brake plans?