Would be fun getting next to your EZ. for a shootout.
Best you PUT YOUR PANTS ON on first, tho.


Barnyard BOb -- fully clothed RV3 driver

I'm not racing anyone until I get a new prop, install a spinner,
install those damn wheel pants, and do a few other aerodynamic
cleanups. Maybe next summer if you are still game. In the meantime,
you could pit your 150 hp RV-3 against Klaus Savier's *120* hp Varieze
and get your pants blown off today.

Sure, and....
I want to race in NASCAR with a show room Ford, Chevy, etc, too.

However, I might consider racing Klaus out of a 700 foot
super rough sod strip with 60 foot trees on each end. g

There are RV-3's running with aerodynamic mods that bump the
speed up, but I'm not in that group and have no plans to be.
Currently, I have no spinner and have just changed props.
It is not as good for racing as the wood one I had.
Sounds like a fairer test could be had now, not later. ; (

Dave O -- http://www.AirplaneZone.com

P.S. Klaus Savier came in fourth this year at Reno in the Sport Class
Silver race in an O-200 powered Varieze. His average lap speed was
216 kt. This was just 6 kt slower than third place finisher John
Harmon in his 400 hp O-540 powered "Harmon Rocket III", an RV-4
derivative.

There is a lot to be said for elegance.... and brute force.
If I was racing, I'd like both in a project.

Perhaps you have some ideas about the flat plate
areas of these two aircraft... that didn't win 1st place?

For grins...
How much more horsepower, money and RPM's would
your EZ need to fly 216 and 222 knots around pylons?



Barnyard BOb -- no substitute for cubic dollar$.. and luck.