haiqu

Bugger. After being away for 14 years I came back a month too late! Congrats to the buyer.

[The shipping would have killed me though.]

Yah. I did an assessment of available engines about 14 years ago and that was what I selected too. Probably still on the forum, I haven't been here since then. 🙂

 

If in doubt, add some alcohol intentionally.

I'll drink to that!

Rob

Then why don't you ask Mr. Rutan to release the whole shebang into the public domain?

I've seen written elsewhere that Burt did that with design #54 (Quickie).

My guess is that despite his vast achievements, the RAF homebuilt designs still hold a place dear to his heart.

Consider this though: as long as Burt continues to passively hold the rights to the designs, he affords anyone the freedom to build those designs and fly them, providing they take full responsibility for the consequences. That's altruism at its finest, and neatly gets around the problems of living in a litigious society.

I think we owe it to him to continue to build his designs, out of respect for a pioneer who has shown remarkable wisdom in his actions.

And here is the Cozy Mk IV for X-Plane v7.62:

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/Cozyposter.jpg

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/CozyMkIV.zip

 

This one carries the tail number that we have reserved for the Cozy that we are building, N272CZ. Still trying different ideas for the panel and the paint, just like many at our stage of building. And it is the sweetest-flying one of the whole bunch. That figures- the Cozy is the most-well-developed one in reality, too. (The trim color is Copper, not orange ... seems appropriate.)

 

Oh, also- here's a Defiant with O-360's:

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/Defiantposter.jpg

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/Defiant.zip

 

A Freebie ... oh wait, they're all freebies ...

 

 

P.S.- if you downloaded the LongEZ, here is an improved version (engine gauges):

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/LongEZ.zip

Apparently all these files have been taken offline??? I'm still using v7 and v8 of X-Plane and would be delighted to have a valid URL for this collection.

Rob

And here is the Cozy Mk IV for X-Plane v7.62:

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/Cozyposter.jpg

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/CozyMkIV.zip

 

This one carries the tail number that we have reserved for the Cozy that we are building, N272CZ. Still trying different ideas for the panel and the paint, just like many at our stage of building. And it is the sweetest-flying one of the whole bunch. That figures- the Cozy is the most-well-developed one in reality, too. (The trim color is Copper, not orange ... seems appropriate.)

 

Oh, also- here's a Defiant with O-360's:

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/Defiantposter.jpg

 

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/Defiant.zip

 

A Freebie ... oh wait, they're all freebies ...

 

 

P.S.- if you downloaded the LongEZ, here is an improved version (engine gauges):

http://www.vigilanceaero.com/LongEZ.zip

Apparently all these files have been taken offline??? I'm still using v7 and v8 of X-Plane and would be delighted to have a valid URL for this collection.

Rob