Flying The Stagger EZ

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  • Опубліковано 22 гру 2024

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  • @unlisted773
    @unlisted773 2 роки тому +7

    4 years later, and people like me are still enjoying this video. Very well done! Thanks for sharing your beautiful airplane with us.

  • @malibujack4852
    @malibujack4852 5 років тому +7

    I built a Velocity and it has full length rudders (N767SD). I also have the trailing edge fences and VGs. I also put my sparrow strainer “upside down” and these changes make the aircraft rock solid in stability at all speeds all the way down to stall at 67 knots.

  • @BadBobV65
    @BadBobV65 5 років тому +7

    I had to go back and listen twice. I thought I heard comm traffic with McKinney tower. I used to work there at McKinney Exec Air and flew my ultralight in and out of there before it was controlled.
    The Stagger Ez is a beautiful aircraft. Its too bad plans are not available now that I am nearer to building my own.
    Oddly enough, I helped a builder right there at McKinney finish out his Velocity and get it in the air.

  • @CharlesAiresman
    @CharlesAiresman 7 місяців тому +2

    Hey how about giving the builder designers name. It was the late Steve Write. Steve was one a huge part of the EZ community and an early builder of a Vrieze. He had an infectious attitude and went to all the events, even after he sold his VE while building the Sager EZ for about 10 years. Steve wore a straw hat and a big smile. He asked many questions about modifications others had made to their various EZ designs and would share all that he learned building the Stagger EZ.

  • @gxlbiscuit
    @gxlbiscuit 4 роки тому +4

    This is one of my favorite planes.. Gorgeous!! Id get rid of both of mine for one of these.

  • @sblack48
    @sblack48 Рік тому +1

    Can you fly it from the right seat? Are there rudder pedals. Interesting way to maximize shoulder room in a narrow cockpit. Dehavilland mosquito did the same thing. Winglets are usually towed in to load up the outboard wing to reduce induced drag which is the primary function of winglets on most airplanes. This is a standard practice on most winglet equipped airplanes like airliners. On canard airplanes they serve as the vertical stabilizers as well. The toe-in has very little impact on directional stability. The lateral stability would be dominated by the wing sweep and any wing dihedral, though it doesn’t look like there is much. I would expect the canard dihedral to be unnecessary and not make much difference.

  • @docrw
    @docrw 5 років тому +8

    What a fantastic video and airplane!!

  • @u.s.patriot3415
    @u.s.patriot3415 5 років тому +2

    Because of the 2-place side by side seating that this variant offers, it will be our first test platform choice when mounting our (2) EDFJ to the back section of each wing, closet to the fuselage. We expect a combined static thrust of _______ pounds.
    2nd choice is a Sonex Waiex B with tri gear.
    Goal is (2) hours of flight time with 30 reserve.

  • @aeromagnumtv1581
    @aeromagnumtv1581 6 років тому +5

    AWESOME! I had no idea that this side x side seating design was even available in a Rutan EZ type design. Thanks for sharing!
    (Mount Pleasant, only 90-minutes north of me).

    • @ErikJohnston
      @ErikJohnston  6 років тому

      AEROMAGNUM TV the Velocity and Cozy designs are side by side as well. Might check those out

    • @chrisc9611
      @chrisc9611 5 років тому

      How does this differ from a cozy mark I’ve?

  • @aeroteslaaviationworks176
    @aeroteslaaviationworks176 5 років тому +3

    Should you ever fly down to Frogmore International Airport, would love to see this aircraft.

  • @ginacalabrese3869
    @ginacalabrese3869 6 років тому +22

    He moved the mic boom to cough. Dude is clearly a pro.

  • @buckbuchanan5849
    @buckbuchanan5849 6 років тому +3

    Beautiful plane

  • @hedonzx822
    @hedonzx822 5 років тому +1

    Very nice plane, I think even without the baseball caps (Look-out limiting devices) the view ought to be spectacular 😬

  • @larrynoe6162
    @larrynoe6162 10 місяців тому +1

    A lot of builders are using vortices generators to counter the adverse lift in rain. (I know this is years later)

  • @gmcjetpilot
    @gmcjetpilot 5 років тому +1

    6:16 Lyc O-360 180HP has a compression ratio of 8.5 to 1 not 8 to 1.

  • @MegaScott
    @MegaScott 6 років тому +3

    Pilot David has a real gift for gab. Sounds like he really knows what he's talking about. The autopilot on this plane seems to work really well, can you tell us what brand of servos, and which autopilot he uses?

    • @sarahwilliford6400
      @sarahwilliford6400 6 років тому +3

      MegaScott, the manufacture of the cylinders is a company called, Millennium. The main avionics is a Dynon Skyview Touch, and too the servos are made by Dynon.

    • @MegaScott
      @MegaScott 6 років тому +1

      Thank you Sarah!

  • @pendox99
    @pendox99 4 роки тому +1

    i could learn stuff from this pilot! thanks!

  • @donjohnston3776
    @donjohnston3776 6 років тому +14

    We did a demo flight in a velocity. On take-off, my wife said "I want one".

    • @DotBone89
      @DotBone89 5 років тому +2

      Happy Wife, Happy Life!

    • @IntegralKing
      @IntegralKing 4 роки тому +2

      if my company ever IPO's, a Velocity will be my first purchase

    • @bryanhauschild4376
      @bryanhauschild4376 4 роки тому

      Would she call my wife?

  • @Aero360Aviation
    @Aero360Aviation 6 років тому +4

    Very cool and interesting !

  • @pauljames1682
    @pauljames1682 5 років тому +2

    Started with a Cozy, but there was no shoulder room.

  • @robertf863
    @robertf863 6 років тому +5

    I wish they made these..it may get aftordable for me someday..then I could get back into flying.

  • @willcarrera22
    @willcarrera22 5 років тому +2

    Im about 30 mins out from Mount Pleasant, do you guys do any fly ins in the area

  • @tinolino58
    @tinolino58 4 роки тому +1

    Happy pilot :-)

  • @CharlesHess
    @CharlesHess 5 років тому +2

    If it is so aerodynamically clean and efficient why not make the cockpit a bit bigger? Looks more cramped than a C150.

  • @jackt6112
    @jackt6112 5 років тому +1

    I assume that is a fixed pitch prop?

  • @ssoffshore5111
    @ssoffshore5111 4 роки тому

    Cool and unique setup! What is your range in this plane?

  • @Jack-ne8vm
    @Jack-ne8vm 5 років тому

    Great plane.I want one! Autopilot seems to keep pilots eyes inside the plane, though.

  • @jorgenelsonfelix52
    @jorgenelsonfelix52 6 років тому +4

    Hey guys this if you travel like a missile. I send a great greeting to all from Buenos Aires 😃👍👍.

  • @huangbinapple
    @huangbinapple 4 роки тому

    Is this a cozy Mark 4?

  • @cluelessbeekeeping1322
    @cluelessbeekeeping1322 5 років тому +1

    So...who was flying it? Does it have an autopilot? The pilot didn't touch the stick.

  • @berniemccann8935
    @berniemccann8935 6 років тому +2

    Why no registration numbers?

    • @berniemccann8935
      @berniemccann8935 6 років тому +2

      Oops. sorry, wasn't looking at the winglets.

  • @russellhanson7415
    @russellhanson7415 6 років тому +3

    Jacket 90 that’s me lol!

  • @randysmith6493
    @randysmith6493 5 років тому

    Very nice.

  • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
    @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 6 років тому

    Is this plane sold as a kit, or plans only, or both?

    • @ErikJohnston
      @ErikJohnston  6 років тому +1

      RocKiteman _ 2001 it’s a one of a kind. There were plans to make it a kit but never happened

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman 6 років тому

      ErikJohnston >>> Roger that - Thanks!

    • @sarahwilliford6400
      @sarahwilliford6400 6 років тому +2

      There are other EZ's that are very close to mine. I know of one that just came up for sale in Ft. Worth, TX

  • @59vaughn
    @59vaughn 4 роки тому

    Wow....!!

  • @kencohagen4967
    @kencohagen4967 6 років тому

    What is a stagger EZ and who makes it? I'm familiar with the canard designs, but have heard about this one.
    And Damn! Ten days on a newly designed prop! I mean he probably had the major part of the design down, but turning it into a pusher..... The staggered seating arrangement makes total sense. That would allow for big guys like me to fly the airplane and still have room for my best friend to fly along on the trip to Las Vegas, where everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas! Lol!!!

    • @MrDavidwilliford
      @MrDavidwilliford 6 років тому +1

      Ken, The Stagger EZ is a one off of a long EZ. It seats three instead of two in tandem. It's a plans built airplane. There are no kits for this airplane. Cato Propellers is a major manufacture of GA props.

    • @jimbo7577
      @jimbo7577 5 років тому

      @@MrDavidwilliford Did your wing come out of a mold? Very smooth!

    • @MrDavidwilliford
      @MrDavidwilliford 5 років тому +1

      @@jimbo7577 No, the wings were not made in a mold. It's foam cores that are fiberglassed just like all Long EZ's are made. The process was developed by Burt Rutan. Lots of sanding makes them very smooth.

  • @MrDavesbox1
    @MrDavesbox1 4 роки тому +1

    how about some shots of the panel in flight- looking at just you 2 got very old....lol

    • @ErikJohnston
      @ErikJohnston  4 роки тому +2

      Sgt Dave
      But I’m so dang good looking !!! Haha

  • @gmcjetpilot
    @gmcjetpilot 5 років тому +1

    Music made me excited.. but engine sounds like lawnmower. Stagger seating is not new, Rutan did this, as did others.