Hangar Flying

Well I'm biased as  I have a Varieze.
They are Fantastic docile  fast economical a/c  - easy to handle in the air and on the ground and to trailer/take home if you run out of money to pay hangarage
If building from scratch this would be my wish list
O-200 with gravity fuel flow - no pumps to go wrong - B&C starter and 30amp B&C alternator
LE Main Gear, 5.00 x 5 wheels and full size tyres and spats  and LEz fuselage attachment method/aluminium extrusions  and LEz extra plies glass structure to the main spar
Brake cylinders up front
Nose gear hatch
GU canard with Roncz tips
Vortilons
Main wing fences
Baggage pods
Bigger tanks (137 Litre inc Fuseage tank) using long ez type pvc foam
Maybe 1-2" wider fuselage and build it from PVC foam / LEz UNI layups
Use longer LEz NG30 nose gear  foam plates & lengthen nose to blend in aesthetically better to the fuselage tub
Cozy IV 10" nose wheel and swivel mount
Jack Wilmhelmson Taper bearing nose gear strut top pivot
Alodine all ali fittings inc elevator tubes and support brackets and wing fittings

Live your dream
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Steve

Thanks for that Dick - that is really good reference quantitative data that is useful to know.
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Steve

I'm no expert but do the corner angles show a reference distance of 8" apart so you can scale up/down accordingly?
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Steve

Thanks for responding  Dave - no problems but just by chance our Eze was one of those featured on the front and it would be nice to have a copy.
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Steve

Principally corrosion, not just the visible bit but where the glass meets the metal you can usually see signs of it if it is present. Definitely need to take the wings off and examine all the parts. That is not a big deal to do - 20 mins! Fittings should have been kept greased all over.  Other main point is the 1/8" thick plates should be parallel and not bind on the wing tongue and  fit of the taper pins which should be slightly proud of the surface and again free of corrosion. They can be lightly ground with grinding paste to get them snug.  Also check the 4   1/4" through bolts for thread quality (rolled - not cut treads) , corrosion  etc. These can be replaced if unsatisfactory. Also look for surface cracking of the glass around the fitting in  case there is any sign of poor workmanship causing movement of the spar cap. That pretty rare.
In my opinion the wing fitting issue on the VE has been overstated : actual failure (with or without early signs of failure) is very rare / almost non- existant. There are a lot of doomsayers about! I have every confidence in my VE. It is immensely strong and Rutan built in very large factors of safety. And it is an incredibly fast, efficient and benign handling aircraft. And very good value for money when compared to other types.
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Steve

Hi Bill. Since you have had no replies ref TT, I thought I'd say that on my Trio Ez Pilot servo I started off by using the hole on the servo arm that had the same radius as that of the  link rod connection to the belcrank ie a 1:1 ratio of movement. That seemed logical and actually worked out well without any further adjustment.

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Steve

And after all the cost, fuel load trade off, complexity, risk of landing gear up and extra build time, it might well look good - except as P1 you're the only who can't see it!
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Steve

I agree, SuperEze - it appears to be a cleaned up, polished Gerdes wheel, so much prettier (if you like bling!), but main benefit is the machined spacers to put the correct pre-load on the taperbearings. I did this machining myself but I agree the CG option is good value if you dont want to do that task yourself.