Barnyard BOb -- wrote:

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

Touché!

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. ; (

Racing one handicapped plane against another doesn't exactly float my
boat. I either race with my plane in good form or I don't race at
all.

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

Let's go with 216 kt -- I don't know about the money but the power
would have to be somewhere around 220 hp with my plane as it is now.
Significantly less if cleaned up. As I am having trouble getting
motivated to even install wheel pants, I just don't see Reno in my
future.

As I have noted before, I think the RV series is a marvelous design
and better in many respects than the Long EZ. Indeed, even Burt Rutan
concedes that "the prop belongs in the front." Nonetheless, don't
look for me to toss my old bird to the heap anytime soon.

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