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Hi Justin, A Long-Ez is not a good choice if you need to remove wings for storage. The outer wings are removable, but not designed to be done regularly like the Zenith example you provided. Modifying the wing design for easy folding would likely be a significant re-engineering project.

Hi Llyod, good to see another 'local' on here. Where are you based?

Jon Matcho I'm not sure of the site costs and so on, but there is a store link at the top of the page, it has some resources you can buy, or just fund a coffee in appreciation!

I'm no prop expert, but I'd have concerns about what I cannot see. It's going to be spinning at 2700RPM or so, there's lots of forces. If it were my airplane.. do I want to have that lingering concern always in the back of my mind? I'd always go for skinned prop too, whether that be glass or whatever.

Thanks Wayne. The new wing has shorter span, two-segment (spanwise) ailerons, and a new laminar section. Still a WIP. He definitely has the old wings on at Osh, I have seen other photos now.

Is that a cuff on the wing, or a transition piece between new strakes / old wing? I presume he came without the new short-span wings?

Do it. It doesn't cost much to get started on one of these birds. You could get a head start and save on total project costs by picking up a partially done project.

Peak power is at 3600RPM, which may be a bit quick? And you'll probably need something to support prop loads anyway, so can you find a PSRU for it?

Hi Eric, congrats on the purchase! There are lots of Ez drivers in CA. David Orr (Socal) knows just about everyone, you can contact him directly at: David@CanardFinder.net Cheers, -Cameron

Woah! That's a steal!

If you want to build, build. If you just want to fly, buy an airworthy example. If the build isn't of much interest to you, you'll never finish. Yes, there are lots of very smart, highly qualified folk that have done this. There's also a lot of folk without fancy qualifications that have built excellent aircraft. A high-school dropout by the name of Mike Melvill comes to mind... If you have the inclination and ability to learn and maintain a decent standard, you'll be fine.

I had the same issue with my supplier here. I went with -200 instead. Seems fine?

A reasonable expectation these days. However sale of plans is by nature very low-volume, so automation may not have been implemented - it would explain this situation, at least. A bit more information from the vendor during and about the process might reduce the stress for all concerned!

Some people don't work over weekends, too.

UL Power 520 powered Long-Ez

The shape is quite different, see below. GU in yellow (top), Roncz in blue (bottom).

Hi Lauren, As someone on their first homebuilt, I don't see any issue building from plans - IF that is what you want to do. For me, it allows to me make some, uh, adaptions to the design that would be very difficult with a kit. Agree Cozy IV is a good way to go for greatest flexibility. But a Long is a bit cheaper to build and operate (slightly smaller, can go Cozy fast on a slightly lower fuel flow). Support is definitely no issue. Unfortunately most of it is still stuck in e-mail groups, but you can read it in the mailing list feeds on this forum without signing up. Buying a partial project is a great way to get started at a big discount (less than materials plus free labour!). Look at the 'Sales I've seen' thread on this site, and consider the partially done projects as 'kits'! Check out RAFE as well: https://www.rutanaircraftflyingexperience.org/

AFAIK long-nose mods are all custom - you design it yourself. Don't put more area ahead of the nose than necessary to achieve the look or space you need. It eats into yaw stability faster than you expect.

Of lot of medicine like that is intended to remove symptoms, not solve the underlying issue, so... no surprise that the underlying problem sometimes rears its ugly head. Lots of money in drugs like that though, so they won't change much anytime soon. On the subject of crosswinds: I love 'em. Now, I've nearly no canard time, so I've only flown them in conventional types. But I enjoy the challenge. I fly them as taught: crab down final to the flare, then rudder to point straight down the runway and wing-down to prevent drifting sideways. Works great if you have enough rudder authority. I flew some crosswind circuits in a C-172N a few months ago, crosswind was 20-25kts. There was no-way of bringing that airplane straight with rudder - maybe that's why the max demonstrated X-wind in the POH is 15kts? Anyway it worked fine easing down on one main, then the next, with plenty of aileron into wind. Not recommended for low-time or fair-weather pilots! I was fortunate to learn to fly in an area that had regular strong westerly winds blowing through (fohn winds, a 'Norwester' here in NZ), so we got some great crosswind training flights in. Being on short-final with the nose pointed at the FBO (club rooms) was just another great day of flying!

Hard to compare, the two fuselages are very different. On one, the top opens and is non-structural, on the Velo the sides open for doors, thus the top is structural. Apples and oranges. The different options may appeal to different folks.

The entire top of a Cozy can open up?

No website or anything that I am aware of. I'll try to get back in touch with him. The only other detail I can recall right now is that he had planned to actuate the canopies hydraulically as well as all-3 gear.

Link to a couple of photos. I met this one and it's builder around 10 years ago, it was almost structurally complete then, but unfinished and the engine (Mazda Renesis) was just a core on the floor. I haven't managed to visit again since, as it is a long way from home. As noted in the link, this is the builder's third Long (he sold the others). His second, ZK-LET, you may have seen photos of, it is a jet now. I believe this one is also slightly stretched.

Wing and canard polars are something like this. These are for solid 2D shapes - no separate elevator or slot.

For me, I just keep an eye on the New Posts. There isn't too much new content in general, so I keep up with content that way exclusively.