Sohail

Kent, thanks. Good point... Keep it Stupid Simple and I may end up building AND flying the plane at some point :-) Is there a comprehensive list of feature or central place that Long-EZ builders use to share the Berkut's enhancements in Long-EZ? I searched this site with various keywords but no hits... I spoke with Bob Setzer last night. He said he is done with the mold and likely to sell cores in about six months. He admitted that it is slow going and he has not updated his "A-Solution" thread for a while (more like 5 years).

Thank Jon and Avi. My bad for cross-posting!! You can tell I am a newcomer to the forum. I am going to order the drawings from JG soon, looks like even if I don't go with Berkut at least I can take some enhancements from this plan/drawings. I am hoping that JG drawings at least have the exact dimension for Berkut fuselage so I can develop a method to build one I have the exact specs. I guess I will stick with Long-EZ (baby steps) for now until I figure out a way to build a Berkut fuselage (with mold or moldless). I must have a removable canard and wings because of my garage door though in the final product. These are the dimensional constraints I have to work with otherwise I am quite flexible. I am sure I will have more questions soon. Thank you for helping me understand what I am getting into. Sohail

CutieDarkFae, Have you reviewed JG drawings? Do you think you can make the plane from those drawings especially the fuselage (of course after research)?

Avi, I am in touch with JG for the plans and he mentioned someone building a Berkut in Canada. I am guessing it could be you -- "Another person in Canada is developing his own version of Berkut on computer by going moldless with my drawing set and the Eze set you have". My debate (with myself) is whether to go for Berkut or stick with Long-EZ for which I got drawings for from Ary Glantz. My biggest concern or rather fear is that unline Long-EZ, Berkut was kit-based especially the fuselage was molded. If I spend money to get Berkut drawings and found out that I cant really build Berkut the money is simply wasted. I don't have any fancy goals other than building a simple, nice and fast plane whether it is Long-EZ or Berkut. What is your take on JG's Berkut plans? Can I build a Berkut fuselage out of those plans? Will it require me to build a mold? What about Berkut mechanical parts? I saw on their website Aircraft Spruce sell Long-EZ components but did not see anything for Berkut? Are Long-EZ parts usable on Berkut? Thanks Sohail