The Rutan Model 61 Long-EZ is a tandem 2-seater homebuilt aircraft designed by Burt Rutan’s Rutan Aircraft Factory. The Long-EZ has a canard layout, a swept wing with wingtip rudders, and a pusher engine and propeller. The tricycle landing gear has fixed main wheels with streamlined spats and a retractable nosewheel.
The Long-EZ was a scaled-up redesign of the VariEze predecessor, allowing for the use of readily available Lycoming aircraft engines instead of the Volkswagen-derived engines or hard-to-find small Continentals for which the VariEze was designed. Changes from the VariEze included a larger main wing with modified Eppler 1230 airfoil and less sweep, larger strakes containing more fuel and baggage storage, and a slightly wider cabin. The canard uses the same GU25-58 airfoil as the VariEze. Plans were offered from 1980 to 1985. There were about 700 FAA-registered Long-EZs in the United States in 2005, which had grown to 833 in 2021.
This particular aircraft, registered in France as F-PHDE was constructed in Sweden, was sold to Denmark as OY-PIN and went to France in 2017. She has a -3G/+6G aerobatic capability.
Specifications:
| Type: | Rutan Long-EZ |
| Aircraft Registration: | F-PHDE |
| Manufacturer Serial Number: | 103-116 |
| Maximum Take-Off Mass: | 601 kg |
| Year of Manufacturing: | 1983 |
| Total Time on Airframe: | 764 |
| Engines: | Lycoming O-235-L2C |
| Engine Power: | 135 hp |
| Total Time on Engines: | 240 SMOH |
| Propellers: | 2 bladed wood |
| Total Time on Propellers: | 764 |
| Avionics: | VHF COM KRT2 8,33 |
| Interior: | See pictures |
| Exterior: | White base with blue striping in good condition |
| Options: | Electrical nose gear |
| Price: | Make offer ! |