X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao09.cox.net ([68.230.241.30] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1074823 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:35:09 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.241.30; envelope-from=dale.r@cox.net Received: from [192.168.1.104] (really [68.2.139.17]) by fed1rmmtao09.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060420223422.YNAI18566.fed1rmmtao09.cox.net@[192.168.1.104]> for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 18:34:22 -0400 Message-ID: <44480C6D.5060700@cox.net> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:34:21 -0700 From: Dale Rogers User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Why a Canard References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, Joe did say "canard", so that *could* include the Long-EZ and Vari-EZ.

Those, and the original COZY are the only canards to which the Vision can
reasonably compare itself. Flying a Vision is the same good-news/bad-news
situation as riding a motorcycle.

The bad news? It can only carry two people.

The good news? It can only carry two people.

;^)

Dale R.
COZY MkIV-R13B #1254

george lendich wrote:

One could go for something in-between these two ( Canard and Van's) and build way cheaper with a Composite Vision (very similar looking to a Van's) and is Plans built.

Simple construction, and parts like fuselage spar wing skins etc. can be purchased, which would of course cost more than doing it yourself.

Vision plans sold to date, over 325.

George ( down under)

I chose the canard for build cost, build noise, and forgiving flying qualities.
The cost advantage was plans vs kit cost, and my entire bird cost less than
the Vans basic kit. Your Velocity kit may not have that advantage.

I was living in an apartment where I built in a spare bedroom, so riviting was
not a welcome idea. The epoxy was not a problem, and finishing was
not a big deal.

I was not a pilot yet, and past 50 yrs old, so I need a forgiving bird, and am
very happy with the canard.

I hope that you will rethink the RG option. That fixed gear is so wonderful.

George Graham
Mazda Rx7ez N4449E
Sarasota Florida -SRQ