Billledger

I need some help on the info needed to preform a new weight and ballance on my varieze .... All Paperwork was stolen from airplane and have all sign offs execpt need to redo my weight and ballance. I have someone that can do it for me I just need them the pertinent info. Thanks for all your help ~Bill

I am having a overheating issue .. I am thinking it may have to do with airflow but would like some input. I have the 0 -200 engine and would like to know what temperature I should expect to see when flying for: oil? egt? cht? has anyone else had this problem? and if so some input or schematic of what the air should be doing would be helpful. Thanks Bill bill@labuynow.com

I found a small crack in the prop. any suggestions on props? who to send too for repair and better yet ... any recommendations for a new prop? has anyone used one of those carbon fiber props? will they improve performance that much... or are they overrated?

Ok I started working on nose gear a few weeks ago.... one thing led to another and before it was over Tim and I have totally went through the whole plane and fixed repaired ...etc everything that looked like it needed it or not. nothing that was making it non airworthy but we did find a lot of areas that we needed to add some fiber glass .... we did redo the area where the nose gear was as it had a crack (looked like it was previously patched before) and reinforced it. It is being re-primed today and will be painted this week. should be up in the air this weekend. Thanks for all the help. I am now much more intimate with this airplane ... it was the best thing that could of happened. now on another note I found a small crack in the prop. any suggestions on props? who to send too for repair and better yet ... any recommendations for a new prop? has anyone used one of those carbon fiber props? will they improve performance that much... or are they overrated?

Well .... I took it out yesterday and put it back in. and it worked fine going down .... what i did not do is raise it up all the way ... before I left checked it out one more time. and it would not go all the way up. I didnt have time to check it but I think maybe I didnt align the gear up like I should. On the good note. I at least understand everything better and have more of an understanding of what actually happened. My conclusion is ...... ..... ..... PILOT ERROR I think when the wheel touched the ground I felt the resistance and thought that it was all the way down. evedintly it was not and will not make that mistake again! Now my intentions are to get it back to my hanger! I plan to lock the ger down and visually inspect it after put down and fly it 15 min to my home airport and hanger (where all my tools are). working away from your home is not as fun! then make any adjustments there. ~Bill

thanks for all the help I will be going to the airport to look it over tomorrow. I have not built one of these so all of this info is helpful. I was wondering weither I could just turn the grear around .. and you answered that question. to do this work .. do I take the whole gear out of the plane or do I work on it inside the nose. any pics or help with getting to this gear. Another question: I assume that this gear has some sort of gear lock but the only thing that I have done is turn knob till it stops both ways ... I have not ever felt a lock if there is one ... would probally help if I had a schematic of this nose gear althou it does look simple (of course that is looking from the little nose hole

I have just purchased a vari eze ... after a great frist 30 minute flight landed like a dream but very long. I landed and checked the plane over then got back in for another thrill, on the way to the runway 15 for take off my nose gear failed and my nose hit the ground. no major damage to aircraft but after an inspection I noticed that the grear teath were worn off on the back side (where almost impossible to see without very careful inspection. well anyway ... has anyone else had this or simmilar experance and Where do I get a replacement? Or do I just take it out and bring to a machine shop or something? Thanks for any input Bill