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Welcome to Project Long EZ

This is the official web site of

Project Long Easy

The West Island School cordially invites all people to join in the Project Long EZ.

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What is Project Long EZ ?

It is an aircraft building project initiated by the West Island School. The project is to build a home-built aircraft called the Long EZ. The ultimate aim is to build a real 2-seater aircraft and fly it in the Hong Kong blue sky !

Rutan Long-Ez VH-LEZ

Rutan Long-Ez VH-LEZ (c/n V69) of A. Meehan, Cairns, Q. at Cairns airport, 2 March 2002.

This project is open for all. All school age children and adults can join. This project is for you if you are interested in either flying, aircraft, machines, engines, fiberglass, handyman, painting, or even publicity, news/story writing, photography, computers, computer graphics, web hosting or web management, advertising, accounting etc. etc.

Blue Print of the Long EZ

Rutan Long-Ez

TYPE: 2-seat homebuilt sporting aircraft.
PERIOD: 1979-
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United States
ENGINE: One Avco Lycoming O-235 flat four cyl. engine of 108-115 hp. (sources vary); or Continental O-200.
DIMENSIONS:
- Wing span: 26 ft 3?in / 8.01 m.
- Length: 16 ft 9 in / 5.11 m
- Height: 7 ft 10 in / 2.39 m.
WEIGHTS:
- Empty: 710 lb / 322 kg
- Empty equipped: 750 lb / 340 kg
- Max. takeoff: 1,325 lb / 601 kg
PERFORMANCE:
- Max. cruise: 184 mph / 296 kph
- Economical cruise: 144 mph / 232 kph at 40% power at 12,000 ft/ 3658 m
- Initial climb: 1,750 ft per min. (solo), 1,350 ft. per min. (2-seat)
- Service ceiling: 27,000 ft / 8300 m. (solo), 22,000 ft. / 6706 m. (2-seat)
- Range at economical cruise: 2,010 mls / 3235 km. with max. fuel (solo)
CAPACITY: Max. 2.

The Long-Ez is one of a line of canard designs produced by Burt Rutan, and is derived from the Vari-Ez, which was offered to home-builders from 1976. The larger Long-Ez was tested in 19769, the prototype, N79RA, making its first flight on 12 June.
The aircraft is intended for efficient long-range flight, and can travel for over ten hours and up to 1,600 miles on 52 gallons of fuel. With a rear-seat fuel tank, a Long-Ez has been flown for 4,800 miles.
The pilot sits in a semi-reclined seat, controlling the Long-Ez with a side stick controller on the right console. As well as having an airbrake on the underside, the wing-tip rudders can be deflected outwards to assist the brake. If the aircraft reaches too low a speed, the front (canard) wing will stall and lower the nose until speed is gained. It will not stall as would a conventional aircraft.
18 Long-Ez were on the Australian civil register in 2001.

Mark and Francis joined hands today to put the project to full throttle.

Mark at work. Note the plans and bulletins.

The completed cockpit of the Long EZ aircraft and the bubble canopy.

It is all free.

How to join us ?

Send your email to Francis Chin or Alan Sankey or call the West Island School at telephone 2819 1962.