Rutan Long EZ
Target for the Rutan Long EZ
30 to 60fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 60 fpm; under 30 fpm the coach says the touchdown was softer than this aircraft is normally flown.
- Vref reference
- 65ktat 601 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 50 to 200mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Tandem two-seat canard pusher homebuilt designed by Burt Rutan, with a swept wing, wingtip rudders and usually a Lycoming O-235, first flown in 1979.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Light Single-Engine GA category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Rutan
- Model
- Long EZ
- Variant
- Model 61 Long-EZ (only version, Lycoming O-235)
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 601 kg (1,325 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (IndiaFoxtEcho)
- Category
- Light Single-Engine GA
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