Hello Paul,

I subscribed to the newsletter recently, and I’m a little puzzled about how it works. It seems like people write to you about topics of interest, and then you resend their comments with your response to everyone on the list. Is that about right?

OK, here’s my situation. I’m a retired English teacher. I have a VariEze project which I purchased just before I retired. The hull is done, but there are no instruments or engine, and the finish needs to be re-sanded and painted. I would like to install a rotary in the VariEze. I have seen Perry Mick’s and Mike Collier’s Long EZ projects. We measured Mike’s engine, and it /looks/ like it would be too big to fig in a VariEze. So the first question is do you concur? If so, then is there a smaller engine that would fit, and who can I talk to about that? I don’t mind getting my hands dirty, but I’m not a gearhead, so I will need a lot of handholding.

Thanks,

Bob Chester
Tumwater, WA


That is about how it works but some messages do not need a response or if
I know nothing about the subject I will stay quiet.

The 2  rotor is a bit heavy for a VariEze. The O-200 weighs right on 200 pounds.
Typical fire wall forward weight for a 2 rotor is 310 pound plus or minus 15.
Even if you used aluminum end house the FW weight would still be about 250 pounds.


Richard Sohn is working on a light weight one rotor of about 100 to 120 HP.

 http://www.fairpoint.net/~res12/home.html


Paul Lamar

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