Att. Brien Seeley. CAFE Foundation President.

   As per our conversation at Reno about PAV.

   I have updated the VTOL section on the web site.

   http://www.rotaryeng.net/VTOL.html


   Paul Lamar


   .

Paul, I'm still playing with the modified Long-EZ in X-plane. I
downloaded X-plane 8.60 and that allows the direct creation of movies.
(I had v7.61 previously)

Takeoff is effortless.
http://www.bridgingworlds.com/VTOL/X-Plane_movie_take-3.mov
17Meg

Landing is easy too as long as about 80 degrees nose high attitude is
maintained and throttle setting is correct.
http://www.bridgingworlds.com/VTOL/X-Plane_movie_take-4.mov
18Meg

What about swapping the location of the engine and pilot, get the engine
closer to the props and shorten the drive shaft, while maintaining CG?
That is what I'm looking at now for the LEZ model.

Perry

Well the problem with that is the engine always weighs the same
but passenger and pilot weight can vary greatly.

You want the pilot and pax as close to the CG as possible.

Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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