Take a look at this. http://www.cozybuilders.org/ref_info/Internal_Rudder_Belhorns.pdf Chris Seats Long Ez in progress On Sunday,

I am preparing for glassing the inside layups of the wing and winglet. I am going to use the hidden bellhorns. The question is: What do I do with the rudder conduit? Just follow the plans and glass

Hi Ken, Over the years there have been a number of folks who learned to NOT leave the heaters run for long periods of time. One guy even made up a cell phone operated switch so he could control his

Following the recent thread on mounting the pitch servo, here’s a few pics on how I mounted my Garmin pitch servo under the canard. Similar method as described by David Hanson except we fabricated a

I was at the hangar this afternoon doing some testing of oil dipstick heaters on the O-360s in my Defiant. One was a 55 watt, the other was a 90 watt. They both took about two hours to raise the

Ken, Well-stated. I know some out there who could use some wire cutters and a rock. -Joe Person

:) love it Izzy quite so

Here’s what I did The second ball joint is for the trim Rich

Simon, I feel your pain. When I built my second LongEZ it took four years, twice as long as my first. Problem was, I had my Kingfisher Amphibian to fly, but also I'd made a deal with a friend who had

That depends on what your scoping into your calculation. If you start to count the years of storing the plane in heated garages and hangers while your working towards getting time to work on it,

I’m with you Simon. My Varieze has been a total distraction for the last 6 years. In that time I’ve done almost nothing on my Cozy. However, I did use the Varieze to do a lot of learning, mostly

Attached is a servo mount that might give some ideas on how to provide a very firm base for a servo. This one is for a Trio Gold Standard servo. The screws are flat head machine screws ( you will

Building: RVs clean and noisy EZs quiet and messy and dusty and sticky and and.... more challenging to build and more fun to fly ( or so I have been told) Rich ......creating lots of quiet dust

So RV’s come in a set of boxes with a ’some assembly required’ sticker on it, right? And Longs in an envelope that says ‘Read ALL directions carefully, THEN panic.”?

I would like to add my thoughts and experience in building Canards to the discussion. I was thirty years old when I started my Vari, full of energy and drive to get it flying. It flew in 3-1/2 years

Don't leave out the cost factor. Kit planes especially quick builds are way more expensive

I only know of a few guys who can do it in a year or two or ... These guys have all had previous builds. Lessons learned is a great thing to have. It took me ten years but that’s including life

Yeah, I agree. There's a difference between a "plans built" and a "kit built". They all have "plans", but the kits have the vast majority of parts pre-fabricated with emphasis on assembly. The Rutan

I would have finished my Aerocanard build if it hadn't made one mistake. I decided to buy a LEZ in order to take advantage of all the flying everyone was doing. Trip reports got to me, and I spent

I’ve always looked at RV aircraft as assembled planes. Canards are crafted by artists. David Kissick