Nice airplane, but it does say you can use

lighter engines but not

heavier engines siting the Continental 65HP as an

example of too heavy. My

BD-4 will have wheel pants almost this big as this

bird. The 12A would have

plenty of excess power for this design, but the

installed weight will be that

of a O320 or more. You could scale up the plans enough

to account for the

increased weight, and do a new stress analysis, if you

love that shape. The

VariViggen is a Rutan designed Delta wing canard in

all wood, with tandem

seating. Very fast and designed for the heavy 320s and

360s. A 12A or 13B

would work there. It has a small footprint if building

space is a problem.

Lynn E. Hanover

Hi Lynn;

A while back an aquaintance asked me if the Rutan plans
were still available to builders specifically the Vary
Viggen, I quickly and matter of factly informed him that
Burt had taken them off the market due to product
liability insurance issues conflicting with his much,
much bigger business ventures. I also informed him of
the Rutan CD's available through Wicks A/C Supply but
that I thought the plans were for reference ONLY!! .....

Based on your above recent posting, I may have
erroneously mis-informed this gentleman and in fact you
can acquire plans or build and register an aircraft from
the CDs.

What's the skinny on this?????? ......I would like to
set this record straight ..........Lynn?, anybody.

                                   Thanks,
                                    Butch

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