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Originally posted by jljones:
I just wanted to let you know, we re all counting on you.

Get me someone who won't crack under pressure.

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I just wanted to let you know, we re all counting on you.

The hell I don't! LISTEN, KID! I've been hearing that crap ever since I was at UCLA. I'm out there busting my buns every night! Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes!

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No, but it looks like an EZ or Berkut with more $$$ on the dash than my entire LongEZ is worth.

its an EZ retrofit - I've been following this guy's progress for about 8 months...pretty impressive for a home built

I've done avionics work on two EZ's and a Defiant in my previous life and also started building my own VariViggen but then I became broke

There are two Variviggen operating in AZ, I believe. I think one is at Glendale, and the other in Marana. Or used to be.

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
There are two Variviggen operating in AZ, I believe. I think one is at Glendale, and the other in Marana. Or used to be.

2 viggens' might be 25% of the worlds airworthy inventory of those early Rutan, very complex homebuilts. I have about 5 hours in one, odd flying airplane. The one below is Burt's prototype and Mrs Rutan #1

I was surprised to see one. I thought of constructing one many years ago.

How was it to fly?

still have a full set of plans, all the tech notes and the plans for the SP outboard wings

when I was a student at Northrop I made all the metal parts as class projects after hours and lost them all relocating back to Nova Scotia....

I still think its one of his best and could easily be resurrected with an updated fuselage for a bit more room

I don't think I ever saw N27VV but I did see N27MS several times, including an airshow at Edwards AFB

Rutan's Viggen has an aspect ratio of less than 3, and negative dihedral effect ...meaning you need to use the same rudder as the bank to raise the wing!!! I think this is called negative roll stability. Also, with the high thrust C/L, adding power drives the nose lower, removing power raises the nose. Rejected take off is a surprise as the nose rotates when power is brought back.

Like all the EZ variants, the planes will tip over backwards without the pilot as the pilot sits well forward of the CG. EZ's however, have a retractable nose gear only, so they park on their nose (nose dragger). The Viggen, however, has full retracts so the plane parks like this :-)



Fun plane to fly, just different. I flew N27MS belonging to Mike and Sally Melvill before they donated it to the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

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