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May 2013 Volume III, Issue 6

Picture of the Month

N86TZ at sunset in the fiery west. (Photo by Tim Uszuko)

FAA Developments:

AOPA Question: Can I use the GPS or the geo-referencing function on my iPad for IFR course guidance?

AOPA Answer: No. Although iPad apps may provide flawless position information, no mobile device has ever beenapproved for IFR navigation in flight. While operating under FAR Part 91, the pilot in command may allow the use of aportable electronic device (such as a tablet) in flight if the pilot determines that the device will not cause interference withthe navigation or communication system of the aircraft (FAR 91.21). These devices are often used to display electroniccharts, weather, and even traffic information. They offer increased situational awareness. However, as is the case withhandheld GPS units, using the device as a primary means of course guidance is both prohibited and dangerous.

RUTAN TIME:Al Hodges passed this on:

Great videos of SpaceShip2 powered drop test [4/29/13].

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Flyin and Young Eagle News:

CALENDAR - Canard Events in RED:

May 18th

, 2013 SpringVelocity Midwest Fly-inMay I68 (Cincinnati), This will be an 'official' fly-in supported bythe airport with food and some minor prizes, but details will follow. Clearly I'm hoping for a great canard typeturn-out, and will be cajoling as many Velocities to show up as I possible can, but everyone is welcome.

8 am - 2 p I68 - Warren County Airport / John Lane FieldBrett Ferrell 513-310-3387(cell)[email protected] All canardians welcome

JUNE 2013:June 1, 2013 Gulf Coast Canard fly-in at 2R5 St Elmo Alabama James Ealey [email protected]/o: Tony [email protected] Victor Taylor [email protected] canardians welcome.St Elmo Airport [2R5]

June 7-9,2013: GOLDEN WEST EAA REGIONAL Fly-IN: Yuba County Airport (MYV)

www.GoldenWestFlyin.orgor call 530-852-0321. ALSO AT the SAME PLACE:CONTACT! Magazines 10thAnnual Alternative Engine Round-Up, normally held at the tiny airport in Jean, Nevada, has outgrown its homeand is moving to Marysville, California, to be held in conjunction with the Golden West Regional Fly-In &Airshow. Although the Golden West Fly-In is slated for three days, the Alternative Engine Round-Up will takeplace Saturday, June 11, only.

June 21-23, 2013 CANARDS WEST At COLUMBIA CA (O22)http://www.haltonbrat.com/canardswest2013details.htmLast year: Although there is no charge to attend the Flyin, to cover operating expenses there is a charge for theSaturday dinner .Send checks to, with choice FISHER, TIM Fish& JUDY 1300 Marilyn St., Modesto,

CA 95350 209-996-9919(cell) 209-527-5901(H)[email protected]: Long EZ:N8714S

930 lbs, 850 hrs O-320 Modesto Airport [KMOD]

Columbia Gem 209-532-4508

http://www.columbiagem.com/business/gem

Columbia Inn has shuttle too:209 533 [email protected]

JULY 2013:

July 5&6, 2013 Truckee Tahoe Air Fair Tim [email protected]

Big July 5th dinner ceremonies the night before. Tickets to the dinnerwill be an early sell out if any is interested in attending. Our website

is up again for 2013 but does not reflect that this one will have several

performing acts. Eddie Andrieni, Melissa Pemberton and her "wing suit"

husband Alex, FireCat and the Red Star Formation Flying Team. The event is

free to all!

www.TruckeeTahoeAirFair.comThe camping will be over at the Glider Port

which has a hot shower. We can arrange for a truck to transport people back

and forth during the day. The EAA will have a pancake breakfast Saturday

morning and will be signing up kids all day for their Young Eagle rides

Sunday morning. Food would be available right on the field as we have a

dozen food vendors attending this year.
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July 11-13, 2013 ArlingtonNorthwest EAA Fly-in (AWO)www.ArlingtonFlyin.orgwith Canard Flyout

possible on Thus evening

>Camp under your wing with other CanardsKeep checking the Squadron III newsletter and Canard Web-sites for further information.

July 13, 2013:New England RV-Canard Fly-in Rain day ?Contact: JOEL VENTURA 978-475-6875(H)[email protected] http://www.106.eaachapter.org

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM 400 Holt Rd, North Andover, MA 01845 w/ SEMINARS. Seminar

details/schedule have not yet been set - check back soon

July 20, 2013 Rock Larocca will be hosting the 1st "Canards over Georgia" 8 am to 4 pmLunch Fly-in at Atlanta Regional Airport, Falcon Field, GA ( KFFC ). It will be held at my hanger so I willgive directions to park around "T-4" when we get closer to the date and details will be also posted on mywebsite,www.eraceraircraft.com

I will be providing a free lunch and a shady hanger. In addition, Aircraft Spruce East is a quarter mile away ifyou need to pickup anything (they will shuttle you back and forth also if needed). KFFC is also home of theCommemorative Air Force. They have a hanger and museum on the field that is always great to go check [email protected]

Flyin HISTORY:

Mojave had an Experimental day - and I see a lot of you made it:

And Tim Andres send photos tooto include:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pulzv3f2goqs71i/DGFs2FJMR0?n=85513956

Boomerang: N187RR (whos got it?)Long EZ:N51EZ (Gary Spence) CALong EZ:N132EZ (Rocket) CAXCORs space plane CALong EZ:N360KS (Klaus Savier) CALong EZ:N121DT (Dave Timms) CACozy IV:N175PT (Tim Andres) CA

Ric Lee sent this set of photos:http://www.mojaveflyin.com/http://tinyurl.com/Mojave-Fly-in Beagle sees:
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Cozy IV:N333VM (Jon Dembs) CABerkut: N268DK (Dick Rutan) CAAnd a few out of range to recognize them, on the website (Not this photo silly.)

AZ Bunch does Ryan FieldAnother sunny day in Arizona with smooth early morning air enticed several Phoenix area

EZ drivers to make the flight to Ryan field (Tucson). The air was so good we even had to

dodge a few hot air balloons in the Chandler area and conditions were perfect for doing

max throttle speed runs with N433EZ.

Included in the gang was John Makarounis, Gary Hertzler with passenger Dave Wilcox,

Richard Rivet with passenger Bill Lermer, Bill Maxey with passenger Ron Landen (both Long

EZ builders), Chris Zollars with fiance Kristen, Rick Reuland, Gary Hertzler and Don

Berlin. Can you believe that we were all happy to be paying just $5.34 per gallon for

100LL. A few years ago we would

have choked at this price.

AUSTRALIAN CANARD MUSTER:

Bruce Sinclair Reports:The Muster went well, but not as many people stayed over night, so the dinner was alittle quieter. A front was approaching, so the people up from Melbourne decided to head back mid afternoon.

We had 4 Long EZs, 1 Cozy Mk IV, 1 Cozy III, and Australia's only flying Defiant. The timed event was run

again this year, albeit with less runners, with improved times over their last year results.


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TEXAS GIG somewhat rained on:Gary Mowed Reports they had:One velocity, one Varieze, one Cozy IV and one Long EZ. We had five other canardscoming but got rained out. They were coming from Houston but the Houston area received 6" of rain in 3 hours thatmorning. I actually had to leave at the end of day one and just beat the rain back to Austin.

AZ Bunch fly to Coolidge, AZ:Six different canards arrived in hazy conditions at Coolidge airport.

These were piloted by Gary Hertzler, JD Walker, Brian Scott, Mark Broom,

Rick Redland and Richard James. Those who arrived early were able to tourthe hangar areas which make Coolidge look like a Phoenix based Area 51.

We'd love to see what is hidden in all those large hangar and storage

areas. Obviously some of these facilities support the C-130 and DC-7

firefighting aircraft.

For those not familiar with the Coolidge airport it was originally

constructed in the early 1940's by the U.S. Department of the Army.

Originally constructed as an air transport command base, Coolidge Army

Airfield served as an auxiliary operating base for Williams Field during

World War II. The original airfield was constructed with three runways in

a triangular configuration. Of these three runways, two remain: Runway17-35 and Runway 5-23. Numerous support facilities were constructed, of

which a 120-foot by 80-foot hangar still remains.

From 1962 until July 1992, operations at the airport were dominated by

training activities of T-37 jet aircraft based at Williams Air Force Base.

The Air Force had a lease agreement with the City of Coolidge for four

parcels of land and joint use of the main runways and taxiways in return

for the continued maintenance and upkeep of the main runway and taxiway.

In addition, they constructed several facilities along the runway and

apron to support their operations. The Air Force lease was terminated in

July 1992 and training operations at the airport ceased in June 1992.

Williams Air Force Base was closed in late 1993.Nine planes made it to Kearny Saturday morning including 6 EZs, plus Dave McNeil's RV-10

with passenger Gary Christiansen, Brian TriggermansZodiac, and Chris Collarstrusty C-

172. John Macaronis, Rick Redland, Gary Hertzler with passenger John DE stories, Brian

Scott, Richard Rivet, and Don Berlin landed their EZs in somewhat variable wind

conditions that resulted in several of us landing downwind. Kearny is located in a valley

with several ridges in the vicinity, so, with certain wind directions at altitude,

misleading windsock readings can result. Leading the charge, Don Berlin and Rick Redland

made several go-arounds before completing their downwind landings. This all made for some

good decision making on the relatively short field. All the go-around activity alerted

the mayor (also the restaurant owner) to drive her pickup truck to the airport for

customer pickup. With 10 of us in the back of the pickup, we were driven slowly to the

restaurant so as to avoid a repeat of the Marc Broom incident a few years earlier.

In Memorial:

Verne Simon informed me that this crash on April 30, 2013 of Ed Berlins planeinvolved our member, Chris Wadewith instructor CJ (Berlins girlfriend) with him, theywere checking out a newly rebuilt engine. Chris was a wonderful guy who did EZupholstery, those great little spinners and was an A&P.

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Dick Rohaly organized a 4 ship formation for a missing man

over the memorial celebration at was used to be the 20thCentury Ranch:

Marky Bender reported:I was on the site today when the 4 ship made the passes. It really looked exquisite

from the ground. I know Chris would have been elated. His entire natural family including his 95 yr old father,

his entire school family which included more than one school by the way, and his builder and SMO-HHRfamilies where all there. The whole crowd stood still with total focus and were moved by what all of you did.

Everyone appreciated all the guys performances and efforts to be there. Please let them know how much the

crowd was impressed. Marty (Chris wife)was standing next to me so she was able to broadcast her thanks toall of you over my ol hand held. Verne (Simon) gave a beautiful heartfelt speech that was loved by all. You

would have really been proud of himI couldnt stay very long but I would not have missed this sad but very

moving ceremony, paying tribute to a very special friend who had an important role in my life.

Builders Help Desk:It occurs to Beagle that the people in chapters 4,5,6 of the canards are

not getting enough support - I got this photo from David Uhlmeyer:


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Saying he was running out of the wood for the next chapter and asking if

he can substitute wood from a different area of the project , before I

could react much (this plans stage was exactly 30 years ago for me) he

said he realized the plans called for BID tapes not more wood used up in

the fuselage sides. Who is in Chapter 6,7 or 8 of the Cozy? I'd like to

provide him someone ahead of him to talk toin fact, if you haven't told

me your chapter of plans in the last 6 months, why not send that in?

Would you like to know who is ahead of you in who can give some guidance?

Beagles answering questions based on 30 year old memory is pretty risky.

Nate Mullins of Clarksville, Tennessee wrote: I went up in an EZ for a ride to keep my

spirits up as I have just reached 900 hours in the shop. When the speed brake was

deployed on downwind I didn't notice any change and the pilot said that it was useless

really and an EZ doesn't even need one except to "block rocks". What are your thoughts on

its effectiveness?

Beagles preachingbased on 30 year old memory: If you are at 900 hours you are likely well beyondconsidering building it or not. But here goes. Both rudders going out at one time is about as effective. TheSpeed Brake provides a higher descent rate (so say idle gives you 300'/min descent, then the speed brake willincrease that o 350'/min - if you lose an engine you are more likely to be able to glide to the runway when youpull it up than if you were flying without it as I do. I don't use it much at all, except for possible resistance to

fod being thrown up by the nose wheel. When I do, I forget to retract it (electric on my plane) and I firstwonder why the takeoff roll is longer and then what the vibration is when I'm at speed, I've turned and landedtwice due to the noise of forgetting the speed brake so far. I have a light that doesn't work to tell me the speedbrake is down. The manual one kicks up at 100 mph, slaps you on the left hand. When you really need todescend and keep your speed down, both rudders out and speed brake down is even more effective.

There are tricky airports where you need to drop over an obstacle and the speed brake helps you do that - easilyput down, easily pulled up again.

Those who have added electric actuation to speed brakes are endangering the cooling systems, if forgottendown through climb or cruise - there is an added electrical system available to kick it up whenever you apply

full throttle. (The Berkut cooling isn't on the bottom of the fire wall -it has armpit scoops, thank goodness).Based on years of hearing about the vital canopy and gear down warning systems being left "inop" by variousowners, I'd bet the owners of the kick up system don't all keep the auto retract system fully function, if theyhave one. With the electric system, you can free up a place for map box in the left armrest. Those who havethe electrical speed brake for higher speed use don't seem to have run any test program to confirm that thestructure can withstand high descent speed loads over the long term - and a speed brake through the prop will doenough damage to result in an emergency landing. Electric speed brake actuation is sexy, just like the electricnose lift for those guys who don't have a bad back and don't need one. In the case of the electric nose lift, theyare lengthening the emergency stopping distance of the nose dropped to the ground - something those with themanual system can do quickly (and apparently seldom remember to do) when running out of space on therunway...

Lastly, when it comes time to sell, you have to explain the lack of a speed brake - so you might put off 5% ofthe buyers. By the same lights, electric speed brake and electric nose lift will make the plane easier to sell, justbecause they are sexier.

Key Maintenance Tip:

BEAGLE is not sure Ive seen it as a Mandatory Change but I have been preaching this or yearsput chains on

your fuel capsit is in the prop arc for the Varieze and has killed people and may be outside the arc for your

Long EZ, but can be sucked into the prop and do great damagemore to the earlier version props, less damage

t the Hertzler (as here) and Catto props. But damage neverthelessI watched my cap sitting upside down on


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the right strake as I descended to Guadalajara one yearnot only didnt leave the plane, but dancing on the top

of the strakeit did no damage at all and I didnt have to get a new cap just tighten the retention system.

GET CHAINS ON YOUR FUEL CAPS! (If you simply put a pvc 8 elbow on the chain and feed the pvc

elbow through the cap, you will be doing welldont put some sort of added washer on the cap shaft

you might introduce a path for rain to get into your fuel. But you can drill the fuel cap bolt and wire the

chain on the end of that bolt.)

Our Honduras Long EZ flyer says: Well, I lost one of my fuel caps on flight yesterday. And yes, it hit the

prop!!! Thank god it was a Silver Bullet with composite covering because probably I wouldn't be writing thisemail. I heard of fatalities of straight wood props being cut by the impact of the fuel cap. I will be putting the

ball chains soon.

I never knew exactly when it happened, because there was NO vibration or lack of performance. I found outwhen I was going to fill her up with gas and saw that the cap was missing and immediately saw the huge "nick"

in the prop....., Yes I said SHIT!, but then I humbly said "Thank you Jesus!!". (Beagle found him a

replacement cap, modified to take a chain.)

What the flyers are doing:

JAMES REDMONs BERKUT 13:

Canards did very well in judging this year at Sun n Fun. Thirteen took the 2013 Sun n Fun Grand ChampionHomebuilt - Plans award (awards were presented on the 13th too). A very cleanly built Velocity took GrandChampion Homebuilt - Kit award.It was a spectacular thrill to take the top award!!...I was also asked to do aphoto flight, ground shots, and an interview with the Sport Aviation guys earlier in the week. So, there may be amagazine article in the future. Congratulations Jamesit couldnt have happened to a better canard guyand a prettier canard!

Referring to Ric Lees 540 Berkut: I've done the initial crow hop flights on Ric's Berkut...all workingnominally. Oh man, what a torque monster! He's in the transition training phase now, and we're looking for agood first flight weather window.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NpEH6j0bwo
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Next day:I am really enjoying this bird. Today I expanded the speed envelope to 190 kts. IAS and flew aroundthe airport breaking in the engine. So far the engine is cooling well and the controls are well harmonized. Itdoes have a slight right turn at 180 Kts IAS and above.

Few days later: As of yesterday (1 May), I have completed 7 flights in our new bird. Speed range has

been expanded up to 220 knots IAS @ 3500' MSL. Controls are crisp and well harmonized. No major

problems encountered, just the usual trimming tweaks. We added 1 thin washer to each wing to bring

the canard elevators in trail at speed. The engine is cooling well with OAT in the mid eighties. Credit

goes to James Redmon and Scott Carter for their cooling work before first flight. Now that the speedrange has been upped the main focus is seating the rings in the engine. I am doing a racetrack pattern

around the airport keeping the MP up. The tower personnel down here are very friendly and

knowledgeable and a joy to work with. Glad I brought the bird down here (Redmons hangar in North

Texas) to fledge!

A few more days later (May 7): To date, I have completed 13 flights for a total of 8.6 flight hours. Engineand airframe working well but we have been chasing an elusive radio problem. We have 2 early model Microairradios that have intermittent transmit problems. James has identified and fixed 3 different problems that he

believed were the source of the trouble, but the electrons continue to misbehave. Each time the radios transmit

perfectly on the ground but one or both quit transmitting in the air. It is making us a bit crazy, to say the least.For you performance guys, yesterday I was running WOT at 3500', OAT of 81 degrees seeing an IAS of 222Kts.

The fuel burn at that speed is measured in cubic dollars so it will not be our normal cruise.

Later still (May 10): Took our bird up to altitude for the first time yesterday to conduct some cruise settings and do

steep turns pulling some G's.


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This was taken at 10,500' about 35 NM North of McKinney, Texas. Testing is going well.

The Generals Latest update:


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Wolf Volker in his long canopy EZ type Valkyrie: I have 6 hrs on her now.

Jerrold Jorritsma, Wellington, CO: [Berkut]N3255U gets trailored to the

airport this Saturday.

Marc Oppelt, builder:As a builder I hope to be able to get to at least one event this

summer. I am in Brazil now for work, but will be stateside mid-June. Hopefully I can

make it to Arlington.

Regarding airport towers- and take this for what it's worth as I am not yet a pilot

- I would rather fly into a non-towered airport as towers are staffed with Gov't

employees and I generally don't like the authorities watching over me. I think that if

pilots can get the job done amongst themselves (keep from trading paint...and changing

their shorts too often) then we don't need "minders". When finish building and move to

an airport I am considering a non-towered airport even though is is 30 min further away.

(Centralia, WA) (Thats 2 votes to none. Beagle)

Allan Floyd and Laura Noel:David, good news as I brought the Velocity home yesterday from

our unplanned stop in Monroeville Alabama. The #4 cylinder head separated from the barrel and forced Laura

and I to land in Monroeville. Flew down on Monday to put the bird back together and flew her homeyesterday. Laura and I enjoyed your company in the Bahamas and look forward to next years event.Heforwarded a photo:


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New Defiant owner confessesHello Beagle, thanks for the chat today, as mentioned I forgot the gear and destroyed my

Prop, bummer. (Beagle: You pusher guys are luckier!)

I have a Hertzler Prop on Order, the fiberglass done end of the week and we dial the

crank next week as well.

You mentioned today that as owner, not builder, I only have to have sign off the

conditional inspection. I went over my Operation limitations and the only mentioning ofthe A&P I find is for the conditional. So in inverse conclusion I don't need sign off for

repairs, right. (Beagle note: AS OWNER YOU NEED TO SIGN OFF REPAIRS, AND IF YOU REPLACETHE PROP WITH SIMILAR I DONT KNOW IF THAT IS A MAJOR CHANGE NECESSITATING A 4 HOUR

FLYOFF AND LETTER TO FAA, IF YOU MAKE MAJOR CHANGES YOU NEED TO FLY OFF 4 HOURS AND

ANNOUNCE THAT TO THE FAA. I'D CONSIDER ANY CHANGE IN BRAND OF PROP WORTH TREATING AS A

MAJOR CHANGE, FRANKLY. I'D HATE TO HAVE AN INSURER DECLARE YOU WERE NOT IN COMPLIANCE

WITH FAA FLYOFF REQUIREMENTS. If you had the pre year 2000 airworthiness letter, the

local GADO will issue you the new Airworthiness letter in about a week with the new

more liberal maintenance rules of course if you dont know the system, you can

obviously hurt yourself.)


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Jorge Bujanda. Palmdale CA.

UPDATE: N478B / Velocity XL FG / IO540jorge at jbujandadotcom

Dr. Tuky has completed 87 hours of flying. During the first 60 hours it presented the following problems at various stages:1. Oil leak from the front crankcase seal (or rear in canards :), that developed in the first 10 hours.2. Fuel leak coming from the pick up on one of the strakes during the first 10 hours. I found out that this is a frequent occurrence in

Velocities. For some reason we first time builders fail to properly seal the fiberglass around the hard point. So I decided tomodify the system on both sides.

3. Unable to idle lower than 880 RPM on the IO540K, lengthening my landing roll significantly and having to use brakes on shorterrunways. After trying all adjustments and everything everyone recommended without success, I pulled the fuel servo and sawmarks made by the butterfly on the inside. I sent the fuel servo for diagnosis and they found it to be deformed. Not been a perfeccircumference inside, the butterfly was unable to seal properly and let too much air through on idle. No one that I have asked,including the shop that worked on it, has known of a case like this. The engine was properly shipped in a crate. My best guess is

that at some point, the engine was dropped and the fuel servo took the force. The unit was repaired and tested to specifications,and the idle takes normal adjustments now.

4. The engine came with aMagnaFlite starter when I bought itfrom the overhaul station. It wouldtake a lot of juice to start crankingthe engine, burning the ANL fuse acouple of times We thought itdidnt like the long cable with thebattery in the nose compartment.However, I read that even RV guyswith starter cables 30 inches longfrequently have a similar problem.

We tested all components in thecircuit and found nothing wrong,so I decided to replace it with aSkytec, but came to find out it wastoo late for the solenoid. (Beagle

has heard a lot of trouble with

Skytecyes they are cheaper

but B&C makes a great starter.)Igot stranded in Reno Stead on aSunday on my third start because the contacts had already been damaged. Thanks to my friend and fellow Velocitian CraigWoolston (N541SW) he offered to pick a replacement at a friends home in Rosamond and fly to Reno to get it fixed (talk abouthelp by a friend and fellow pilot). By the time he landed, my son and I had everything ready to change the part. He confirmedthe problem with a tester and replacing the part and cowls took less than 30 minutes. We flew back home together uneventfully.The engine starts like a match ever since; and ]


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5. Background noise radio problems that turned out to be too much gain on the headset microphones and minor adjustment on theSL30.

Dr. Tuky has been flying for the last 25 hours or so without problems that need fixing. My list has mostly minor stuff that I want tochange or improve. So, I have decided it is time to start making it look a little nicer and have grounded it for upholstery work.1. I designed my seats with two grades of foam, including lumbar support, and a final layer of memory foam on top. I sent them to

be covered by aprofessionalshop. I havebeen using themwith my familyfor about 45hours and theyare extremelycomfortable.We have hadflights of up to2:45 and we alllove them.

2. I made the rearcabin panelswith pressedboard supported

by aluminumangles and a piece of wood on top of the sump tank. I can place three 21 inch rollers standing on the shelf and still haveadditional space on the floor behind the rear seats for my emergency back packs. Velocities also have baggage space in thestrakes, on both sides of the cabin.

3. Instead of finishing the cabins surface before upholstering directly into it, I decided to make all side panels out of ABS sheets,cover them, and attach them in place with Velcro or screws. I plan to only upholster the overhead console and window framesdirectly. So far, this method is looking and working very well. Ill let you know for sure when all done.

Tim Uszuko of Albuquerque:Had an ifgps.....it was great but then I saw the iPad....soon realized I could takeout of the airplane and use for every other

task.....have always like multi use electronics. Apple has made it possible to have a semi glass panel without having totake out a second mortgage on your house. I try to give good remarks for my standby AI...pocket horizon....


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(The attitude instrument was not down.) If you know someone that wants a backup ....for a nominal price this is the only

one that works for iPad/iPod.....apple gyro has allot of drift but the designer came up with this design and it works

great.....go to u tube....type attitude indicator and you will see my short videos...5 of them

Bill Norton, California City on last legs before plane flies: Sent the steel parts off

to one company in Tulsa and the case off to another. They called yesterday to say they

were getting to work. Already told me the lifters were shot. The jugs are ready to go

when I get the rest back. So, flying the Chipmunk to practice flight test techniques and

optimize the test cads while I tinker with a fuel leak, getting the warning tone into theheadset, plus more filling and sanding.

Gary Hertzler, usually in Arizona:Iwill be working with Bill Allen on his stable of 3 EZs [In England].Plan on staying for 2 months. Quite an adventure.

Glenn Moore, Elkhart Lake, WI: Things are starting to happen here on my EZ. Its been a long time

screwing around. Actually, my bird has been doing a lot of sitting. But now, . .Ive been getting some

progress. Ive decided to skip the O-235 that I pulled from the aircraft and concentrate on checking out the

rebuilt O-320E2A that I bought from Paul Poberenzy at Sport Aviation. I couldnt find anyone to help me

rebuild the engine so I finally went to my FBO and asked the mechanic if hed be willing to look over my

shoulder as I tore it down. He said I just needed to pull the jugs and hed look at the cam and other innards.So I did that and the engine is beautiful and he said the cam was in super good shape. Two of the four

cermichrome cylinders had some scoring on them. One bad, and the other not so much. I sent them down to

a place in Indiana that specializes in cylinder repair. Theyre going to hone them and then return them. I was

discussing the stock 150 hp pistons that I had and asked them if I could just change pistons to the 160 hp

variety and they indicated that I could. So I think I will. Lycoming frowns on this as they say the crank journals

are not strong enough for this conversion. Well see. So . .I already have the larger prop from Gary Hertzler

for the O-320. Come to think of it though. . I told him I had a 150 hp engine. I hope itll work with 160 hp. I

also have the prop extension and bolts from Saber Engineering. I just ordered the Airflow fuel injection

system from S. Carolina so that will be coming soon. Had to order the fuel pump separately as they dont

include it anymore. $450.00 more. Then I ordered Hal Hunts 4 exhaust pipes. He told me the price went up


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and I owe more.My question I have for you is : [I was told I need to replace the 1extrusions with 1.5 ext. for the extra

weight. Is this necessary? How hard is this job ? I didnt build this thing, butit looks like major surgery!

He said something about them being 20 long. I think the ones I have now are about 9 long. Beagles advice

based on 20 year old memories: Burt never designed for an O-320 on the Long EZ although his brothers first

Long EZ engine was an O-320. Ronneberg who led our O-320 conversion for virtually all of Squadron II guys

at Santa Monica, except me, recommended we add the same length extrusions, but 1.5 instead of 1 on

the side. (I cant imagine 20 long extrusions the passenger space is already way too narrow, perhaps the

suggestion was for adding reinforcement sections in the engine compartment that effectively double the

extrusion.) However, if the 1 versions were already installed, he recommended we replace the top two

alone with 1.5 extrusions, as a minimum. He would add filets to the engine mount for anyone who asked

to make the Brock Engine Mount stronger for heavier engines. I started with an O-235 and when the time

came, I left my engine mount untouched on the 1 extrusions and even with the very hard landing that

collapsed all three gear, the extrusions and Brock mount looked good and strong when I cut up the plane. I

did plenty of aerobatics and suffered my share of hard landings. The Brock engine mounts sometimes

cracked no matter what extrusions involved, and many did not. Whatever engine, whatever engine mount,

whatever extrusions, be sure and inspect those parts after every hard landing and whenever you have an

engine vibrationif you paint the engine mount white, you might be able to see cracks in it easier. Inspect

the mount, particularly, quite regularly. To take out the upper extrusions, you need to dig into the outerskin of the turtle deck to get to the two bolts that run through longerons and extrusions. Take them and

those that go down through the spar out, you can rap the extrusion with a hammer and pull the old

extrusions right out. Dig out some material on top of the spar (careful with the spar) and above the 1

mount to fit in the 1.5 extrusions. Replace the layups on top of the spar and up the extrusions do you

have the plans? Watch that you drill the holes for the mount itself so that the bolts are a tight fit, there are

oversized bolts if you screw up the holes. Again, I defied good advice and left my engine mount

originalbut Daves advice made good sense.Also, . ..he told me I need to send him my brock engine mount so he can modify it with extra tubes to take the

extra weight. Is THIS necessary? It is advised.

I havent even started thinking about the baffling. I have a new starter from Skytech. Id send it back and get

a B&C starter, were it me.

I also need to figure out where to mount my oil cooler & lines. You run the lines to the coolerthe

Squadron II solution seemed to be to put the oil cooler ahead of the rear bafflefacing the incoming air

from the NACA or scoop. Run the lines to the accessory case of course.

Then. . . .after reading your article that you sent me. . . . I realized, . . .there is some legal FAA paperwork to

do too! I was just planning to run with the existing certificates and hope not to show up on the radar. Not

wise? Not if you want to be insured. See the advice above about the new and pre-2000 Airworthinessletterget the new letter so your work will be legal without signoff and then do a 4 hours test program

(hoping the FAA doesnt insist on more hours for this major change of engine and prop.)

Changes in E-mail:Al Brug, St. Anthony, ID: [email protected]

Robert Asis, Huntington Beach, CA: [email protected]

Changes in address:
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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KYZAR, RYAN Audioflyer100 Satilla Ln., Warner Robins, GA 31088 662-435-9593(cell)[email protected] Cozy IV:Ch 10

Next group of 10:

99 ROE, MICHAEL Renegade& GEENEE, Aero Speed Composites, 3269 Maricopa

Ave., Suite 114-247, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406 303-271-9532 [email protected]

Cozy IV:Ch6 (N726CZ)

09 BIRD, CORY R. 16134 H. St., Mojave, CA 93501-1502 Has Homebuilt:N241T

12 CARRIGER, DUANE 11057 Allisonville Rd. #438,

Fishers, IN 46038 317-379-7207(Cell)

[email protected] Berkut Kit

10 LINDSAY, TERRY 13803 Burbank Blvd., Van Nuys, VA 91401

805-404-2120(cell)818-997-8449 [email protected]

bought Long EZ: N600TD Whiteman Airport, CA

13 LANDGREBE, THOMAS 514 Dittman St., Mishawaka, IN 46544

574-855-0118 [email protected]:Ch4 Southbend

Airport

13 ADRIEN, Dr. PAUL H. & BARBARA 2706 Grand Island Shores Rd., Eustis, FL

32726 352-250-0055(cell) 352-483-4642(H) [email protected] EZ:N46AA

1858 hrs O-235 Leesburg, FL (KLEE)

13 GRIMM, STEPHEN Colorado [email protected] with Art

Olson on: Long EZ:N26TR 1250 hrs, O-320, Platte Valley Airport (18V)

09 MOORE, GLENN N.8163 Snake Rd., Elkhart Lake, WI 53020 920-946-4756 or

4656 [email protected] EZ:N600EZ 70 hrs Installing O-320

99 MOYA, ADELINO LINO & BACA, JEANNINE 5619 Mariola Pl.NE, Albuquerque,

NM 87111-8332 [email protected]:N77VX Subaru Double Eagle Airport

03 KEY, JERRY 75 Spring St., Savanna, TN 38372 731-926-4972 [email protected]

Vietnam F100s bought:Long EZ:N88LE 850 hrs. O-235 Savannah Airport(KSNH)

Oh and Trivia:Not so trivial: I recommend these stick on bifocals to attach them to the lower part of your sunglasses. Theyare removable and can be used on other sunglasses. $30.00 well worth it. A lot cheaper than the prescription

glasses. http://www.stickonbifocals.comAfif Saybe

Why not start the Air Venture Cup at the hold short line, charge a fortune, allow forultralights too, and time it to the other end of the runway? EAA announced:New Starting Line, More Classes for EAA AirVenture Cup
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EAA AirVenture Cup Race officials announced a new starting point - Mount Vernon (Illinois) Airport (MVN) -for the 2013 AirVenture Cup Race, scheduled for Sunday, July 28. Also announced this week was the additionof several new aircraft classes to allow even more aviators to participate in this fun competition prior to EAAAirVenture Oshkosh 2013.

Tennessee canard guy, Jerry Key forwarded these photos by Marcelo Pennell, 2730 McLemoreRd., Franklin, TN 37064 Give a look with his permission:https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lxfimw35ujojme6/DDajHu5NPV
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