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Hangar Flying => Hangar Flying => Topic started by: Zeek on May 26, 2006, 07:23:59 PM
Title: Would like some help before Long-eze Plan purchase.
Post by: Zeek on May 26, 2006, 07:23:59 PM
I was wondering if someone would be so kind to post all the template sheet numbers and plan books that would be required to build a long-eze. I really want to make sure I'm getting a full set of plans and templates.
Thanks!!!
Title: Would like some help before Long-eze Plan purchase.
Post by: NWade on May 26, 2006, 09:47:12 PM
As a follow-up, I'd love experienced builders/owners to respond to this question:
What is the hardest pre-fabricated part to get ahold of; and how hard is it to find? (I'm speaking of items like the canopy or landing-gear assemblies that would be very hard, or impossible, for an average builder to make)
Thanks!
--Noel
Title: Would like some help before Long-eze Plan purchase.
Post by: swinn on May 30, 2006, 05:41:25 PM
The Original Long EZ plans consist of:
Section I: 26 chapters of building instructions. Entire airframe, wings, canard, etc... There are 14 pages of 18"x24" templates (Appendix drawings as referred to in the plans).
Additionally there are the Roncz Canard plans, the LongEZ Owners Manual, Large Rudder Plans, and Flush belhorn plans.
The Large rudders and speed brake should be considered mandatory. Flush belhorns look good, but they are harder to build. The LongEZ owners manual can be downloaded from ez.org. The Roncz canard has advantages in the rain but also suffers from a 'dead zone' in flight in some installations (I don't know if this happens on all planes or not). I understand that the original GU canard has some good points as well and the rain issue can be minimized/fixed with vortex generators.
You will need the Canard Pushers from issue 26 and beyond. There are compilations of changes available that list all of the plans changes and updates in one place.
For difficult components, I would think that the Engine mount and Nose gear casting/mounting hardware would be hard to get. Also the manual nose gear system would be difficult to find. Most all of the other metal parts are manageable by the builder, but you will need some metal cutting tools and you'd probably have to make them all up at one time so you can have them plated for proper corrosion prevention. The other option is to eliminate as many of them as possible. If you use an electric nose lift and speedbrake actuator you eliminate quite a few parts that would be difficult to source and/or build. There are electric options for trim that eliminate even more of the metal parts required in the plans. Some of the parts are shared with the Cozy and can be purchased at: http://www.cozygirrrl.com/
www.toddscanopies can provide LongEZ canopies.
I know that featherlite has been a source of parts like gear bows and cowlings in the past, they don't seem to have much of a web presence so you'd have to dig up their contact info.
--Scott
Title: Would like some help before Longeze plan purchase
Post by: Bruce Hughes on May 30, 2006, 06:34:04 PM