Nice video, but that seems like a very awkward combination of materials. The LongEZ has a much more elegant attachment scheme that plays much better into the strengths of composite materials and away from their weaknesses.
This attachment method is basically a way to cut the spar and re-join it. It's light weight. The first Varieze prototype was designed to be very light and VW powered.
@@the_wrong_engine ...And now it's limited to +2.5g/-1.5g. This is the assembly that almost spread me over a few acres of the Mojave desert in 1989. I got called out on a retrieve and missed my chance at that ride.
Only 8 comments. Obviously, not too many people are involved in this hobby. I have almost started building a VariEze, maybe in other life.
Nice video, but that seems like a very awkward combination of materials. The LongEZ has a much more elegant attachment scheme that plays much better into the strengths of composite materials and away from their weaknesses.
This attachment method is basically a way to cut the spar and re-join it. It's light weight. The first Varieze prototype was designed to be very light and VW powered.
@@the_wrong_engine ...And now it's limited to +2.5g/-1.5g. This is the assembly that almost spread me over a few acres of the Mojave desert in 1989. I got called out on a retrieve and missed my chance at that ride.
@@hpaircraft2187 What G is the Long EZ safe to fly at?
Nice vid, Karl. Will you be documenting the center spar fittings as well?
I only got the wing pieces to experiment on. The center spar will be more difficult, I think. Not sure if the tanks have to be removed or not.
@@the_wrong_engine Have you talked to Joe Person yet?
@@saromarcarian4709 No, but someone sent me a copy of his match drilling technique for re-using fittings. He obviously knows a lot about this.