Easy Riser foot launched part 103 ultralight aircraft, Eric Wallner owner, builder pilot.
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Easy Riser Foot Launched, Antique, Vintage, Ultralight Aircraft. The Ultralight Flyer takes a trip back in our vaults and comes up with a short clip on the Easy Riser foot launched, ultralight bi-plane.
The Easy Riser, and John Moody the “Father of Ultralight Aviation” launched the ultralight movement when he flew an Easy Rise at the EAA Oshkosh Convention in 1978.
Some people have inquired about buying Easy Riser plans. Plans for the Easy Riser are actually assembly instructions for the pre-fabricated parts and there are no detail drawing from which the parts can be made. In addition, some of the parts would be very difficult to make from scratch because complex tooling is required to make the parts. Bottom line, a person cannot build the Easy Riser from scratch using the plans provided in the kit..
Larry is only marketing an improved performance, foot-launched, Easy Riser kit as a glider. He had started developing a powered version but ultimately decided to terminate the project.
Currently, we don't know anyone offering power packages or landing gear for the Easy Riser so anyone wishing to add power to the Easy Riser will need to design their own unit or copy a previous design. We would go so far as to suggest that a power unit mounting on the Easy should not weigh more than 35-40 pounds and have no more than 15-20 horsepower.
We have found that the Hirth F-36 engine (a Solo 210 engine marketed by Hirth, about 15 hp) is an engine currently in production that, along with the 2.5:1 reduction unit and F-4 propeller has made a good power unit for the Easy. This package is used a lot by foot-launched powered parachutes. I use it on my Easy. You can watch me fly it by clicking on "air show video" (above left) then clicking on the Sussex air show movie. I also installed a compression release valve that I bought at a local chain saw store and that made starting the engine a lot easier. The Hirth F-36 engine can be purchased from POWER EQUIPMENT, 419-585-7002 and ask that the engine be equipped with a Tillotson HR carburetor.
My 1979 Power Package plans ($30) and/or my 1979 Crosswind landing gear plans ($30) are available for purchase. The plans include detail part drawings and dimensions plus some pictures.
They provide a good idea of where we beefed up the Easy Riser's structure, one way to mount whatever engine you decide to use, approximately where I put the thrust line, and one way to mount a landing gear.
(Hint: the engine was rotated 2.5 degrees to compensate for the Mac 101's torque.) Plans are supplied on computer CD so add $10 if you want a printed copy of the plan set in addition to the CD. To order plans, send an email to me including your shipping address and I will have PayPal email an invoice to you which you can pay using a credit card (You do not need a PayPal account,). Of course, cash or check mailed to me will work too.
A harness is not supplied with the kit but Larry is planning to sell a swing seat type harness as an accessory. The final design and price has not yet been determined. There is a hammock type seat available that works well on the Easy Riser. It was designed by Jack McCornack years ago and can now be obtained (while they last) from Dave Froble, 724-529-0450. The cost is around $60.
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I always loved these ever since i learned of them from "Fly Away Home" and ever since seeing that movie when I was very young I'd always wanted to get into ultralights
I had an Easy Riser back in 1976. Purchased it with two of my co-workers. I think it was around $1500 in kit form. Then we purchased the motor and prop. None of us had pilot license and basically no pilot training. Mark, our third partner, could not get it off the ground because he was six foot four and weighed about 230#. He couldn't run fast enough to get it off the ground. I was 29 years old then. Finally, I got my pilots license when I was 40 years old. Jim, my second partner, was killed a couple of years later, in a gyrocopter accident. He had never had and flight training, an stalled the aircraft at 300 feet off the ground.
God bless John Moody. I built an Easy Riser in 1977. Never motorized. Flew a few times off hills as hang glider.
Eric is a member of our EAA ultralight chapter here in Wisconsin, he's a great guy and pilot. So many good stories!
I remember when John Moody showed up at Sleeping Bear Dunes with his McCullogh powered Icarus II in 1975. Interesting times Dan. Cheers, JD
If someone made a kit like this now, I think it would be my choice.
I built an easy riser back in the 80's. This was before I knew anything about aircraft control other than my learning to fly rc planes. The first time I took it out (note: out and not up) I brought along 2 friends to help me out either to get it airborne or to bury me. I got it all put together and fired up the motor and while it was warming up I was telling my help to just keep the wings level as I'm running down the runway (like someone that just robbed a bank and the driver of the getaway car chickened out and left without me). So... I picked it up, stuffed the safety switch in my mouth and poured the coals to it, and took off. As I'm running down the runway, a paved runway at that, (trying to take off on a grass runway just didn't cross my mind) I noticed my pride and joy was trying to stuff me into the ground. This being my first try at flight things were kinda hectic to say the least. With the noisy McCulloch directly behind me screaming like a little white girl on fire and my riser trying to dig us both a hole in the ground I did manage to look over and see one of my helpers trying to keep the right wing level by holding up the TRAILING edge of the lower wing, hence: down elevator. My first thought was how he was able to keep up with me cuz I know I was probably running a cool 45-50 mph. My second was hoping I wasn't going to bring my bird home in a bunch of 5-gallon buckets like a lot of my RC planes ended their short life. Welp, we didn't dig a hole because my knee broke our fall. It took the brunt of it. I actually peeled all the skin and meat off the knee cap without tearing a big hole in my levis. I still ponder that now and then. Thanks John for that 8 or 9 minute 8mm soundless video that did absolutely nothing to enhance my flying skills. :0) I guess I should have waited for a day that didn't start out with Mount St Helens blowing up on the other side of the state and dumping 2 to 4 inches of ash on us.
Great video that brought back memories. I built my Easy Riser in the mid seventies from John’s kit that had no wheels, no muffler, a 10hp engine and a 28.5 inch direct drive prop. The kill switch was a metal closepin. After working with John to get it flying (I think I was the first) I eventually sold it back to him so I could go back to hang gliding with my friends. I’m pretty sure the clip in your video of John is the wing I built. One day I may get back into ultralights as I do miss flying. Nowadays I’m into my first love of ADV motorcycles.
Back in the 70's - early 80's, I was in a local EAA club which was Ultralight based. One of the members had an EZ Riser with trike gear on it, and I always loved that craft. One of our members was the founder of CGS Aviation (Cleveland) which made the CGS Hawk. After Hugh Downs did his "hit piece" on ABC's "20/20" news program, showing an ultralight pilot falling to his death, it seemed like the entire Ultralight movement crashed and burned, as lawyers crawled out of the woodwork and started issuing law suits left/right. It was about then I figured that my dream to own my own aircraft was over. Nice to see reminders that the ultralight movement still exist.
I saw Eric fly a few times, once at Summerfest in Milwaukee in summer of 1979 , Elastic Frog was the name of the business... he flew an Easy Riser with "WLPX" on the wing.... I think I was at his folks' house in New Berlin to see the paperwork on buying one... good to see he is doing well...
Brings back memories. I had one in Alaska and flew it all over.
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Takes the term ' belly landing' to a whole new level
This is what got me into flying ultralight aircraft! I saw a video of an EZ Riser on the news, I said to my self, I need one, a few years later I got Pterodactyl Ascender had it for about 4 years, sold it and got a Mitchell Wing B-10, had that for a few years, sold that and got a Falcon XP, now that was a nice plane! but I love all of them!!!
Did you ever fly the EZ or the B-10? I have a B-10 in the last phases of construction and an Easy kit.
amazing, few months ago i find vintage footage abt these and others pionners ultralights and i really thought what about the developpment of these ideas, ..... and congrats!!!! wonderfull to see these idea flying again, i will share these video in my country experimental aviation facebook page!!! (sory abt my english, im from Argentina)
Very good spectacular. I send a very big greeting for everyone from Buenos Aires.
That is fantastic thanks!
Glad you like it!
@@ultralightnews I spent the afternoon with John Moody yesterday! Thanks again!
G'day,
Yay Team !
All this is great, but I do wish you would emend the Clip Description to note that while John Moody's 1978 addition of a Chainsaw Motor onto an Icarus did indeed kickstart the Minimum-Aircraft/Ultralight/Microlight "movement" in the USA...
The Easy Riser in the USA in 1978 happened a full THREE YEARS after Ron Wheeler in Sydney first put a Victa 120cc Lawnmower Motor onto a Tweetie Hang Glider, in Sydney Australia ; in 1975 he built 3 Prototypes, each successively more refined, and in January 1976 the 3rd Prototype was demonstrated to the Federal Department Of Transport, Air Safety Branch.
In August 1976 the Australian Parliament gazetted Air Navigation Order 95.10, which permitted the operation without Licence, Certification, or Inspection, of "Minimum Aircraft" weighing under 400 Lb at Take-off ; providing they did not fly above 300 Ft, not over Sealed Roads, not within Municipal Boundaries, not within 1,000 Ft of any Clouds, not over any Public Regatta, Race, or Meeting, nor within 5 miles of any Registered Airport, Aerodrome, nor within Controlled Airspace, and Aerobatics were prohibited.
ANO 95.10 was literally written around the 3rd Prototype Skycraft Scout.
To see more about it, feel free to backtrack me to my "Personal Aeroplanology..." Playlist, or title-search YT for,
"The 8Hp, 1975, Red-Baron Skycraft Scout..; World's 1st Legal Minimum-Aircraft..!".
I used to own it, I was it's 3rd Owner, I was the last person to have flown it, on 17 November 1978, and in January '79 the Density-Altitude prevented it from lifting-off the 8,500 Ft Runway (I was being a bit naughty, by using the local Aerodrome) ; my parents sold it in 1982 while I was out of town, and the last time I saw it, about 20 years ago, it was chained-up to the Roof of the Inverell Transport Museum.
"First in the US...", does not at all mean "World's First..." ; and it would be nice if you could remember that...
Thanks,
Happy Solstice Festival...!
;-p
Ciao !
Just a note in 1972 I saw a number of ultralight weight shift, and three axis control style aircraft flying with power in Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana.
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Cool, thanks...
Um, two questions then, 1) were they legal, or were they the work of "Outlaws" ? (when the 2nd prototype Scout was successfully flown the "Fed's" heard about it, and they warned Wheeler through an intermediary not to engage in such naughtiness ever again, least he be duly prosecuted....; so he built the 3rd Prototype in it's "Red Baron" plumage and called them back, inviting them to inspect it and then tell him why it should be illegal - banking correctly that the Officials would be laughing so hard they couldn't think of any reason not to permit people to play around with "Minimum Aircraft" - so they went back to their Office & made it all happen, within 8 months..!).
2). If people had motorised Hang Gliders in 1972 in California..., A) why is John Moody in 1978 so often cited as the first Motorised Hang Glider flying in the US (?) ; & B) if there were Motors on Rogallos in 1972 in California, then why did Volmer Jensen (who was Hang-Gliding in California since 1945 & started selling Plans for the VJ-11 Biplane Hang Glider in 1948...!) wait until 1978 to put a McCulloch Motor onto the VJ-23 Swingwing, which thus became the VJ-23e, and was then the first "Microlight" to cross the English Channel, flown by David Cook in '78 - who was British... ?
Things happened pretty quickly, once the Idea crossed the Pacific, so it seemed to me, at the time.
My own Jensen started out as a VJ-24 Hang-Glider being scratchbuilt from Plans in 1979, and in 1980 the bloke who was making it was convinced to modify it to '24e status by putting a McCulloch in the Hang-Cage behind the Pilot, after written correspondance & maybe a Phone-Call or three with Volmer himself...; and the next year ('81) he again upgraded, to '24w standard after Volmer himself had begun testing it in '80.
At that time I became involved in redesigning the Undercarraige to incorporate a Bungee-sprung Floating-Axle, and changing the underside of the Wing's Trailing-Edge..; and finally I bought the almost finished project in 1991, after which I redesigned & rebuilt the Leading-Edge of the Wing (in Aluminium Sheet) & built an actually-streamlined Fuselage Pod, before finally flying it in 1992.
So..., all I have to go on is hearsay, from a bloke who told me that he'd spoken with Volmer, back in the day...; and Frank Smallman's story was that Volmer Jensen told him that he had put an Engine onto the Swingwing after hearing about John Moody with his Easy-Riser, and also that Moody was quoted (by Jensen...?) as having told how he had heard about Ron Wheeler selling a dozen Mk-1 Scouts in Sydney in 1977-'78, with their 12.5 Hp (160cc) Pixie-Major Engines, which duly inspired him to add a McCulloch 110 Chainsaw onto an Icarus, and see what happened...(!).
Of course, it probably doesn't matter to most people, but having owned the 3rd Pre-Production Prototype 8-Hp Scout, and being the last person to have levitated in it, as well as still having the (rather broken) "22 Hp VJ-24w...; World's First Ultralight Motorglider...", which I flew for six & a half hours before crashing it....; I feel that Ron Wheeler and Volmer Jensen don't get nearly as much recognition as they deserve...., so I keep trying to politely raise their contributions.
(Did you ever see one of those ghastly footlaunched Rogallos with a Pulse-Jet on each bottom corner of the A-Frame, and a Tank of Liquified Petroleum Gas on the Pilot's Backpack...? I saw some Film of someone prancing about with one in front of a Camera, and I still have an Advertisement trying to sell the Jets featuring Photos of them on a Rogallo in 1976...; but I heard afterwards that the first powered Test-Flight went very badly, with Thrust on the A-Frame exceeding Weight-Shift's ability to control, but being insufficient to maintain Airspeed in the resulting 45-Degree Climb - so it pitched-up and stalled, and then fell, roaring, and crashed, and then the Dacron Sail hit the Red-Hot Jet-Pipes, and everything went "WHOOF !" with the burning Plastic shrink-wrapping the poor bloke who thought it was a good idea...
Life is a Learning-Curve, they say, apparently ; and I still limp with a Stick, from having learned all about why not to attempt taking off Downwind, in an Ultralight Motorglider, in 1992 (!).
Have a good one,
;-p
Ciao !
Yes they were legal Part 103 ultralights, even though the rule hadn't even been written.
John is given credit for "being the first" because he was the first to fly at Oshkosh - (Airventure) in front of cameras. He had actually been flying for several years before his adventure at Oshkosh, along with a number of others in various ultralight style aircraft. I have some old 8 mm film of powered EZ's, Quicksilver style, & Hi Nuski that predates John's flight at Airventure.
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muito bom ser o primeiro a assistir seu vídeo....gosto muito do canal.
Brings back good memories.
Just curious..did you call yourself Eric the Frog from Nuberlin, Wisc? If so..we met way back when at Oshkosh.
I first saw John Moody fly his Icarus 2 powered ultralight at Frankfort, Michigan back in the 70's. Yummy Yummy Neds Pizza on the wings. Powered by a Mac 101.
I'll try and contact Eric at his gmail.
I want one
A question who is the picture of the profile?
The control inputs being so small must make it fly like a bird.
Interested in purchasing plans to build as a *glider*. Are these available from you?
My father built this same model ultralight in 1980. Does anyone offer the plans?
There is a link at the bottom of the text which gives the latest information.
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The components are factory made and beyond the skill of home builders the plans are just assembly instructions. Your best bet is a good used one.
a museum? Shit, I was wondering how I could get one...
Should still be selling today .
Aluminum extrusion ....... the aluminum is forced through a tapered die and is shaped .
Then cut to length .
I saw the ad in mechanics illustrated in the brake room one afternoon in 1976 - ft wainwright Alaska. just so happened there was a guy , cal spurrier in town that was selling a partial built kit.
after I built it there was 4 of us- mike jacober , cal and bob spurier and me tom Bruner- only ones in Alaska. Mike Jacober saw my first flight and said your crazy , he said " your going to step in a hole and break your neck ha. He said he was going to design wheels and he did and started the first flying bi-wing with wheels Company in Alaska.
Ck out this vintage footage: czcams.com/video/mgi2NSfdK2I/video.html