I thought our fiberglass airplanes were way stronger than those flimsy aluminum ones. I saw a video of Burt jumping up and down on a fiberglass tail to prove it! :-) Just a quick estimate looking at t

I don't think a balloon will give you more than 1 psi...or 27.7 inches of water. Although it would be nice if someone verified this with an altimeter. I get the 9" toy balloons at the supermarket. I h

At least Al...you did have the foresight to see it coming! In Al's defense....the guy is an expert in his field. This is obvious to some of us. And regardless of how carefully he choses his words to a

Ken: After my failure of all three tanks..I researched extensiviley to find similar occurances. My plane was not my long EZ...but a small sport plane I built. I built the tanks with the same Rutan des

The last time Burt was at our EAA clubhouse last summer (he just lives 25 miles from us now) I asked him that question. The flying car project was his last project before retiring from Scaled. He said

Thanks to those who have jumped in on this discussion. First, Ken and Bruce are exactly correct on their advice....you don't want to do vinyl esters over epoxy. Supposedly you can do epoxy over vinyle

Hi Mike: I designed and built a single seat sport plane and made my tanks using glass and EZ Poxy 87 for practice when I get to my Long EZ. In Washington State we have 10% ethanol added to our gas. Th

Years ago I was involved in the development an angle of attack measuring and sending device. It was tested below the wing of a high wing cessna. Archive research told us that we had to be as much as t

I would like to use this discussion to acknowledge the excellent contribution we receive from members like Marc, Ken Miller and others. Marc not only has excellent engineering knowledge, he also is gr

Isn't it time we all chipped in and bought this guy some books? :-) Jack Hohner Spokane, WA Long EZ

Fellow Canardians: As you may or may not know, Burt Rutan moved to Idaho last year. He is now just a short 25 miles from EAA Chapter 79 in Spokane, WA. Once again, he is our guest speaker Saturday, Ju

Mike: I read your website completely. Awesome! It appears that you have taken the best design features and improvements that have appeared in the last 30 years for the LongEZ and Cozy and evolved a ne

Al: I just wanted to encourage you to hang in there buddy. There is an old saying, "one aweshit wipes out 1000 attaboys. There are contributors like you and Marc and several others that consistently p

I could never belong to any organization that would have someone like me for a member. Jack Hohner LongEZ Spokane, WA

Hi gang: I write a column for our monthly EAA79 Chapter newsletter. This month's contribution kind of fits with the current complaining about warbirds. I have pasted it in below. I write to entertain.

It was Chapter 79 in Spokane that Burt showed up at. It was a great weekend. However, he didn't just drop in, we invited him. He is now living in Coeur d'alene, Idaho just 25 miles to our east. It was

For those who may be interested, our EAA Chapter 79, SFF, Spokane, WA will be having Rod Hightower speaking at our hangar on the field Friday, June 3 and also Saturday, June 4. This is also in conjunc

Thanks Joe and everyone else who responded. I have received some good information. A few reported that in several years of flying with mogas and tanks built with EZpoxy 87 that they have had no proble

Chasing leaks in our fiberglass tanks has been a frequent thread on this forum. Recent developments in my custom sportplane (not LongEZ) that I built, may add additional information to this topic. I o

Marc makes a good point about the stiffness. I noticed this was also a factor when I was making parts for my sport plane. The parts I made were non-structural. For structural parts, definitely go with