Return-Path: Received: from relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net ([66.133.131.35] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.7) with ESMTP id 2742212 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 17 Nov 2003 23:31:37 -0500 Received: (qmail 9499 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2003 04:31:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO frontiernet.net) ([170.215.97.8]) (envelope-sender ) by relay02.roc.ny.frontiernet.net (FrontierMTA 2.3.6) with SMTP for ; 18 Nov 2003 04:31:36 -0000 Message-ID: <3FB9A0C0.C6C45D51@frontiernet.net> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:32:00 -0600 From: Jim Sower X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] inline twin engines? References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------19E48A6683C8E048EA6A3AFA" --------------19E48A6683C8E048EA6A3AFA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Re-engineering requirements would be HUGE. Burt did it (Defiant). Nobody else comes to mind (that could do it - right). Why reinvent the defiant. Just find some plans. There have to be a few around. It is NOT a fast airplane like Cozy, RV. Compared to EZ, Cozy it's as much a tandem wing as a canard. Takes at least twice as long to build as EZ/Cozy. Not a terrific idea .... Jim S. Russell Duffy wrote: > Greetings,While I should be worrying more about finishing the > Rev 2 FWF project on my RV-3, I can't help but think about > what I'll do next. I've always thought the ideal plane would > be a twin engine, in a centerline thrust arrangement. The > only homebuilt that I can think of that fits this description > is the Rutan Defiant. For you guys that have backwards > planes, how hard would it be to modify a Vari-EZ, or Long-EZ > into a push pull configuration, using two single rotor > engines? Would this be relatively EZ (sorry), or a major > effort? I would be willing to set it up as a single place, > flown from the rear seat if that will help with the CG. Since > I'm fiberglass challenged, I would be looking to buy a nearly > complete project, and modify it from there. Think it will > work out ?Rusty -- Jim Sower Crossville, TN; Chapter 5 Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T --------------19E48A6683C8E048EA6A3AFA Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Re-engineering requirements would be HUGE. Burt did it (Defiant). Nobody else comes to mind (that could do it - right). Why reinvent the defiant. Just find some plans. There have to be a few around. It is NOT a fast airplane like Cozy, RV. Compared to EZ, Cozy it's as much a tandem wing as a canard. Takes at least twice as long to build as EZ/Cozy.
Not a terrific idea .... Jim S.

Russell Duffy wrote:

Greetings,While I should be worrying more about finishing the Rev 2 FWF project on my RV-3, I can't help but think about what I'll do next. I've always thought the ideal plane would be a twin engine, in a centerline thrust arrangement. The only homebuilt that I can think of that fits this description is the Rutan Defiant. For you guys that have backwards planes, how hard would it be to modify a Vari-EZ, or Long-EZ into a push pull configuration, using two single rotor engines? Would this be relatively EZ (sorry), or a major effort? I would be willing to set it up as a single place, flown from the rear seat if that will help with the CG. Since I'm fiberglass challenged, I would be looking to buy a nearly complete project, and modify it from there. Think it will work out ?Rusty

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Jim Sower
Crossville, TN; Chapter 5
Long-EZ N83RT, Velocity N4095T
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