I'm back playing with my learning project. Got a question. I have a piece of 1.125 dia anodized aluminum tubing, which will be bonded into a composite structure. I'm worried about the bond breaking lo

Hello Everyone! I am Jason Wagner (Alan’s son). In addition to being a long-time fan, I am now a Defiant owner. (I have acquired Charles’ beautiful bird (N176PC)). My father and I flew it back to Virg

Its that time of the year for the Wings Over Houston airshow, 9 and 10 October, and we are looking for people to help staff the static display both days. If you are planning on being in the area or wa

The attached photo is a Long-EZ NACA inlet. Has anyone seen a geometry like the parts I've circled? What is their purpose? Is there any basis in science for them? (I'm tempted to cut them off to get m

Does anyone have some extra 5/8” R45/H45 foam that they’d like to sell? I only need a few square feet and A/C Spruce doesn’t have any in stock. I have a couple holes in my Defiant fuselage that I’d li

Hello, Looking for some pictures of a throttle quadrant installation that is using the Kevin Walsh style throttle quadrant levers (boomerang shaped). A view with the push pull cables installed would b

Hello. My sponsor, mr. Ron Jones, from ThunderBird Aviation Michigan, http://www.thunderbirdaviationmi.com/ wants to build me a full scale P-51D Mustang Replica airframe and he wants to donate it (off

I have 11 blocks of the original blue foam for sale that I used to build my Longez. contact me at 22118jm@...

Installing a new set of wheel pants to my LongEz. In setting them up I currently have about 1" inside from top of tire and about 1.5" from bottom to floor. Is this about the right amount of spacing?

I just saw this on Craigslist. I'm out of town so can't look it over myself. https://boulder.craigslist.org/avo/d/erie-varieze-85-complete-with/7183127477.html Good Luck, Ion 0-320 Long EZ 1640 hrs.

Hello Long-EZ builders, it seems Aircraft Spruce no longer provides Divinycell H250 foam. Are there any alternative know distributers of Divinycell H250 in Europe? I tried to contact Diab directly, bu

As there seems to be a bit of a pause in group correspondence I thought I'd raise an idea sparked by a comment in March 2018 from David Frobe re. a possibly of a structure able to provide protection i

Canardians- As noted in Mr. Orr's newsletter, we lost Bruce Smith over the winter. His family is trying to move his project Long EZ on to a new owner. I've been up to see the project, and this is what

Good morning all, Looking at upgrading and just asking for current thoughts or experiences. Thanks in advance!

Campers, I know there has been a lot of discussion on the ADSB-In antenna placements a few months back, but curious to see what people are getting good results with in a Classic Cozy 3 now that there

Hello everyone, We recently had a spammer sneak through the approval process, post 1 on-topic message (barely), and then followed with another trying to sell face masks. The person has since been bann

Graphene makes carbon fiber stronger, stiffer and possibly cheaper While the high cost of production has proven a limitation to the widespread adoption of carbon fiber, scientists have found that a sm

Hello, Does anyone have an idea of the tension in each spring of the speed brake? I was measuring the tension on the speed brake itself as per the plans, speed brake open and was getting around 30lb o

At 500 lums this works just fine for me. Tom Smith A&P/IA Long-EZ N12TS Cell-707-592-0869 KVCB KJ6PZN

Read your operating limits, it probably says “ unless properly equipped” limited to day vfr. Tim Andres