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Event Schedule

May 1, 2 and 3, 2009


Friday Afternoon (May 1, 2009) Saturday Morning (May 2, 2009) Saturday Afternoon (May 2, 2009)
Saturday Evening (May 2, 2009) Sunday Morning (May 3, 2009)

Program Description

"Making a hobby into a business or the story behind Feather Lite"

By Larry Lombard

Highlights of commuting to Mojave via. Vari-Eze and the evolution of Feather Lite, Inc. for the past 24 years touching on some of the projects encountered on the way.

 

 

"My Plane Loves Me" or "Safely flying an EZ in 10 easy steps and two hard ones"

By Burrall Sanders

An honest and sometimes humorous discussion about attitudes for safe flying and building. A focus on the challenges builders and flyers encounter as builders, owners or pilots of EZ type planes. There will some discussion regarding the utility and efficiency of our  Canard planes, including many rewarding experiences that I and others have enjoyed. The talk will be supported by photos and graphics in a PowerPoint presentation.

 

 

"Efficient Pusher Engine Cooling and Drag Reduction"

By Gary Hertzler

Would you like to improve your engine reliability and increase the speed of your canard aircraft? This seminar will give you the background to do both by decreasing your engine temperature and decreasing the drag on your aircraft.

Discussed will be techniques for evaluating your aircraft for cooling problems with proposed solutions siting the advantages and disadvantages of each. Several areas of high payoff drag reduction will be covered with expected performance improvement estimates.

A Tale of Two Engines

By Joe Hull

This will be a presentation of my experiences on both sides of the “Great Engine Debate”. My Cozy began life with a Mazda Rotary engine. After 70 hours and a few interesting adventures, it was reborn with a Lycoming HIO-360. However, this presentation will be an objective look at what it took to install and prove out both engines – not encourage or endorse either.

There will also be some great stories on what to do and not do in an emergency – and how to avoid at least one kind of emergency!!

Everything you wanted to know about Vortex Generators and were afraid to ask

By Jim Price

The presentation will touch on the program development for setting two World Altitude Records with a Long-EZ (35,027’). Although many enhancements led to the flight's success, two were the most significant: 1. the use of Vortex Generators; 2. dual electronic ignition. This discussion will focus on the test development of Vortex Generators for the Long-EZ.

The presentation will cover:

"Silver Bullet Propeller Design and Construction"

By Gary Hertzler

Hertzler Propeller, Inc was started following retirement from a career of turbofan design and project experience. Using this background, a propeller design process was developed and will be discussed. Details into the manufacture of the propellers, the equipment and materials will be covered as well as performance and vibration testing.

Presenter's Biographies

A little about Larry Lombard:

Larry began rebuilding aircraft in 1966 with the purchase of a basket case Insterstate L-6. In 1970 he started two experimental projects, a Jeanie's Teenie II and a Volksplane. At the same time he was rebuilding a Cub, TriPacer and a Taylorcraft. In 1978 he completed a Vari-Eze. Larry worked for Burt Rutan from 1981 to 1984. Started Feather-Lite in 1985 to build composite parts for RAF designs. They now build composite parts for everything from homebuilts to rockets.

 

A little about Burrall Sanders:

Burrall has built three aircraft, a Quickie, Vari-EZ and a modified Cozy IIIx. Burrall has over 1,000 flight hours in his homebuilt aircraft.

In 2003, Burrall founded Freeflight Composites, LLc and currently employs two full time and two part time employees.  The company has the know how to help the builder get a handle on the project's technical aspects and re-vitalize the vision that is so important to the successful outcome of a project.

Burrall is both a EAA Technical advisor and a EAA Flight advisor.

A little about Gary Hertzler:

Gary has spent his career as a mechanical engineer working in the turbofan design industry for 30 years. He built a VariEze in 1980 and has accumulated over 3400 hours.

Gary holds three world's records in his VariEze for non-refueled distance and flight efficiency.

He has formed his own propeller business specializing in high efficiency composite covered propellers for the homebuilt industry. His Silver Bullet propeller is world renown as being one of the fastest propellers for canard aircraft.

A little about Joe Hull:

Joe is a management/information technology consultant living in the Pacific Northwest.

Joe spent 5 years building his Cozy MKIV. The first flight was in 2006 with a rotary engine. After extensive testing and a few problems, the rotary was replaced with a Lycoming engine.

A little about Jim Price:

Jim is a retired automotive engineer. He has worked in electrical & mechanical engineering as well as quality control. He has also done stints of assistant teaching at MIT (Mechanical Engineering cap-stone course) and University of Michigan Aeronautical Space Engineering. Jim is also an EAA Technical Advisor.