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@Bearcat01 22 күн бұрын

Can someone 6’1 comfortably fly this plane?

@JP_Flys 22 күн бұрын

Absolutely! I'm 6'1" and I fit great. I do need to move the rudder pedals but, aside from that, no issues.

@Bearcat01 20 күн бұрын

@@JP_Flys thanks!

@kurtkeltner3868 2 ай бұрын

How long did it take to do this?

@JP_Flys 2 ай бұрын

About 3 or 4 hours total but that was me doing the work and my A&P watching me figure it out. 🤣

@Harlanb2002 2 ай бұрын

Hi. Good to hear things are going well, except for the weather. :)

@JP_Flys 2 ай бұрын

Yeah... mother nature needs a damn Snickers! 🤣

@frankwhite9267 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the update and stay safe!

@th55269 4 ай бұрын

Definitely want to see video if you can work in new lines inside gear legs without cutting. I'm in same boat, my lines are still flexible but they are pushing 40 years old and don't want to trust them.

@JP_Flys 4 ай бұрын

I've heard from quite a few people that this is the best fix for it. It's gonna be a bit (moving to Texas) but I'll post video as soon as I can.

@Matthewonyoutube 4 ай бұрын

Welcome to Texas!

@FasterLower 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the new job. Dual G5 are a very useful upgrade. I had them fitted in my aircraft and they're great for IFR/IMC.

@jridge16 4 ай бұрын

Congrats on the new job. What airport in Texas?

@JP_Flys 4 ай бұрын

Beaumont (the municipal airport) but I'll be living in Orange.

@EZ_shop 4 ай бұрын

Will we see you on Titans of CNC?

@JP_Flys 4 ай бұрын

Nope. I program CMMs.

@EZ_shop 4 ай бұрын

@@JP_Flys Good luck with your new job

@Harlanb2002 4 ай бұрын

Congratulations on the new job. Good luck. Looking forward to more videos.

@joederose5200 5 ай бұрын

That is the most minimal prop strike I have ever seen. I'm sure there's been a lot worse that were never reported. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if prop-shop wouldn't balance it with a minor filing on both ends, and use it on another plane, "after selling you a new one through insurance". Everything is cha-ching, when it has wings.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I agree but insurance is taking care of it and better safe than sorry.

@Curious_Skeptic 5 ай бұрын

Beyond the actual prop, interested to hear if any engine damage. I wonder what the percentage of prop strike vs actual engine damage is. Always wonder why a slip clutch isn't standard in the industry. No worry of bent parts beyond a new prop or rebuild on just prop. Good luck w repairs.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

Once the engine is done, I will have a video covering all of that. In the meantime, we are starting on the annual and have some things that require attention so I'll be doing videos on that.

@Curious_Skeptic 5 ай бұрын

@r6hybridd Looking forward to it. You could say that it will be a pretty expensive video. Uhg. Hate seeing good folk having bad luck like that. Good luck the annual.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

@@Curious_Skeptic good thing is insurance is covering 100% of it.

@lowandslow 5 ай бұрын

"It's just one of those things that happened, we did the math" What?

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

We were bored and calculated how far the plane traveled per rotation of the prop using estimated taxi speeds and RPM then looked at the length of the high part of the rise in the pavement. According to our rough calculations, if the prop rotation had been 90° different, there's a good chance it wouldn't have hit at all. Again, rough calculations and we were bored.

@lowandslow 5 ай бұрын

@@JP_Flys There is no calculating something like that. You screwed up somewhere, most likely taxing to fast with a quartering tailwind and it picked the tail up far enough to hit the prop.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

@lowandslow it's a known bad area and my prop strike isn't the only one there.

@lowandslow 5 ай бұрын

@@JP_Flys You screwed up, the best course of action would have been to post nothing on KZbin about it but since you did, be honest about it.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

@lowandslow I was doing about 5mph at 800rpm around a foot off centerline but sure, I screwed up. Are you happy now? Oh yeah, and the insurance said it wasn't my fault and they are going to have a conversation with the airport manager but yeah, my fault.

@FasterLower 5 ай бұрын

Dual G5s are a great update on steam gagues

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I've flown in a plane that has them. So nice!

@nicelez 5 ай бұрын

yeah, I was thinking, (Marc would have you put a shim that is impossible to remove).

@zeitlinm 5 ай бұрын

It’s a 0.015” shim, and the shim is used on the side that’s exposed - not the side in between the motor and the actuator.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I misspoke, .015", my bad. I'm going to have to look at it again cause the side without the motor is facing towards the well and I can't get my hand in there.

@sikorskywade6328 5 ай бұрын

It's awesome to see the long ez build, hopefully the Cherokee is OK after the prop strike.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

There will be an update shortly.

@sikorskywade6328 5 ай бұрын

@r6hybridd just a hint LOL. What WOULD be cool is a video series on the engine rebuild.

@AlyssaM_InfoSec 5 ай бұрын

Oooof I am sorry to hear about this. I can't imagine the frustration you're feeling right now. I'll be curious to see if your insurance company tries to put liability on the airport. There's a guy at my field who had a prop strike at a fly-in. They were parking planes on the grass and his nose gear went into a hole that they airport had failed to identify. The airport's insurance ended up paying the bulk of the costs. Regardless of what happens that way, I hope they can get your plane back to you quickly.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

It's a known thing. Insurance said they probably won't go after the airport cause of what it will cost them compared to paying for my damage. They will, however, be calling the airport manager asking them to fix the problem. It is frustrating but I think I have another plane that belongs to a friend that I can use.

@nateloopstra 5 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear that man. Side note, I was supposed to take one of the Bristells out on Sunday and decided against it based on the wind conditions. With your description of the air that day, sounds like that was the right call.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I was fine in the Piper. A but choppy but I've landed in worse. Not sure if I would have taken a light sport up. I've only done one flight in a LS so I'm not sure.

@FasterLower 5 ай бұрын

That sucks! I'd be interested to hear what happens with your insurance premiums. I doubt they will fall.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I already spoke to them about that. They will go up ever so slightly cause there is a claim but they won't go up that much cause I was on the ground and it wasn't my fault.

@FasterLower 5 ай бұрын

@@JP_Flys Great to hear. Hope you get back to the reduild soon and the Piper gets repaired quickly. By the sounds of it there's likely to be minimal damage. Fingers crossed

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

@FasterLower even the insurance adjuster said that most likely there isn't any damage but it does need the prop strike inspection. I may actually do a Long Ez video this weekend.

@Harlanb2002 5 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear about the prop strike. Yes, I agree the weather has been lousy lately. The was a couple of days the visibility never exceeded about 1/4 mile on the ground. I thought about your lack of flying those days.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

It happens but it's just a slight setback.

@coreymoats2771 6 ай бұрын

Fastest chest in the league!

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

You know it!

@jridge16 6 ай бұрын

So the canard survived sitting in the bottom of the trailer without any tiedowns? Did you install the larger engine mount extrusions yet?

@JP_Flys 6 ай бұрын

The canard made it just fine. There were walls and a solid floor on the trailer protecting it from getting picked up by wind plus the drive was only 10 miles. The extrusions have not been installed yet due to cold and other modifications needed before they are installed. The project is on a brief hold due to it being so cold and some things going on in my personal life. Should be back to working on it soon.

@sikorskywade6328 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video

@Harlanb2002 6 ай бұрын

I'm glad you were able to get it moved safely!

@larrynoe6162 6 ай бұрын

Make sure you don’t do any Tig welding on your plane with the battery hooked up.

@JP_Flys 6 ай бұрын

I'm not going to do any TIG welding period! I have the mount removed and am going to pay someone to do it.

@larrynoe6162 6 ай бұрын

@@JP_Flys Tig uses high frequency and will damage electronics, by the way I am enjoying your videos keep it up.

@JP_Flys 6 ай бұрын

@larrynoe6162 the extrusions the engine mount bolts to in the fuselage have to be replaced so the mount is removed foe that and cleaning/welding/repainting.

@larrynoe6162 6 ай бұрын

I would run stainless steel braided lines. You might check with Aircraft Specialties.

@JP_Flys 6 ай бұрын

Solid stainless line with stainless braided ends. Need to solid line so I can feed it through the existing line in the landing gear.

@larrynoe6162 6 ай бұрын

Make sure you have a good prop in great condition.

@JP_Flys 6 ай бұрын

It's going to get a new prop for the new engine.

@larrynoe6162 6 ай бұрын

From a pilot perspective I would rather have manual trim and speed brake. Electric gear would be okay. But build it for you.

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I know it was originally designed to be a simplistic plane but, for me, I want it to be as easy as possible to operate safely. I want to be able to hit a switch and have the gear go down or the landing brake extend. That's just how I'm personalizing the plane to me. That's the great thing about the experimental world!

@viro3867 6 ай бұрын

Удачи в проекте, и в получении лицензии!!! Хорошему человеку, хороший самолёт!!! 🇧🇾

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

Спасибо. Надеюсь, неудачи прекратятся, и я смогу немного поработать.

@bubbafatas2588 6 ай бұрын

Jesus christ man go home we don’t want to hear you ramble on!

@brentfoto 6 ай бұрын

The opening music number with the male vocalist is simply terrible.

@johnabriggs6044 6 ай бұрын

enjoying your videos but would like the volumn levels for voice and music tobe a closer level match as do not need to change from blaring music to your voice levels

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

I've been working on it since I first saw your comment. Hopefully they are better now.

@paultaylor9939 6 ай бұрын

Just remember things like this happen for a reason and you will be better off keep at it you will get there cheers

@danielchurchill9004 6 ай бұрын

You got this Justin!

@Kambo117b 6 ай бұрын

Hey Justin Where did you get the actuator kit from?

@Kambo117b 6 ай бұрын

I saw that Justin had to vacate the hanger so I’m fairly sure he’s got more important things on his plate right now. Does anyone in the community know where one would get the electric nose gear actuator. And while I’m asking, what about a canopy for a new build?

@JP_Flys 5 ай бұрын

The Long Ez/Varieze page on Facebook would be the best place to ask. My gear is a Wilhelmson unit but I know there are 2 different people working on their own version of electric nose gear for these planes. I also saw a post a few weeks ago asking about a canopy and I think I remember there being 2 or 3 companies that can make them.

@paulpeterson7853 6 ай бұрын

Keep at it Justin! Just a speedbump.

@nateloopstra 6 ай бұрын

That sucks dude. But keep at it!

@FasterLower 6 ай бұрын

Chin up. Just remember that, while the wings are off, that a garage is an option for working on the aircraft. So you could buy yourself soem time to find the right location while still being able to work on it. Maybe not ideal but just remember it as an option.

@sikorskywade6328 6 ай бұрын

Your next workshop will be alot better and well equipped to take on the remainder of the project.

@goth_pilot1304 7 ай бұрын

I built a cozy, and go to fly-ins pretty regularly. I have gotten rides in a couple of long ezs. What I have always been told is when you go from a 235 to a larger engine it completely changes the experience of flying a long ez, and highly recommended. Another consideration for the engine upgrade is weight and balance. I am a larger guy also and the weight and balance can be different in these planes with more weight up front. You might want to check the current weight and balance with your size and see if more weight in the engine compartment would be beneficial to the weight and balance of the plane. Looking forward to seeing more updates 👍

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

I have taken a flight in one with the 235 and one with a... spicy... 320 and while both were phenomenal, the 320 was noticeably faster and had a shorter takeoff roll. As far as weight and balance, I don't have that documentation. Plan is to mount everything that does not have an "optional" location then try to get the balance done with equipment that can be moved.

@HDDD2 7 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Justin. It looks like you and I are doing a similar upgrade. I’m in KOLM; wish I would have thought about trying to remove the side bolts before drilling into the side to find the lock-nuts; but the original builder assisted and we “got-r-done”; just have 4 holes to patch & paint. O320 Engine parts are in Tulsa now (Divco & and Aircraft Specialties); won’t get back ‘til March. Still have Throttle Quadrant & Stick to replace, Boost Pump, EIS and new 2-Axis Servos to install in the meantime. Going from O235 with Carb & Mags to O320-Fuel Injection with Dual Electronic Ign. (O235 sat too long…)

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

Not sure I'm out of the woods yet. I was given the go ahead to reuse the nuts as long as I can torque them down properly. If not, I'm going to have to drill holes. Fortunately I can use the existing bolt holes to fairly precisely locate where it will need to be opened up.

@Harlanb2002 7 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas Justin. I love music! Mannheim Steamroller or Trans Siberian Orchestra?

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

@wardhanes 7 ай бұрын

Cool man. I flew in one of these “experimental” in about 1984 with the builder. It was incredible.

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

I've been in the back of 2 of them and they are absolutely amazing!

@alien1950 7 ай бұрын

Dude; no need for the hammer - heat would have got them loose. I use a massive soldering iron to provide local heat in such circumstances. Do you have a set of plans? There are hard points bonded into the spar for those bolts. I’m guessing you’re going with the 1.5x1.5 2024T3 extrusions for the heavier 0-320?

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

I was instructed to use the hammer especially since the aluminum isn't wrapped with epoxy.

@HDDD2 7 ай бұрын

When you replace those, do you need to use any epoxy between the extrusions and the longeron or will the bolts suffice?

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

@HDDD2 yes, they will be epoxied on the mating surfaces. No fiberglass or anything, just epoxy.

@ryanbeall7542 7 ай бұрын

Why did they need to come out? Must have missed that on the other videos to.

@JP_Flys 7 ай бұрын

The long ones I removed get replaced with ones slightly bigger to deal with the increased power from the 320.

@sikorskywade6328 7 ай бұрын

I feel like you can notch it and reinforce it with flox.

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