A single seat single engined low wing monoplane with conventional three axis control. Wing has unswept leading and trailing edges and constant chord; conventional tall. Pitch control by fully flying tail; yaw control by fully flying rudder. Control inputs through stick for pitch/roll and pedals for yaw. Cantilever wing; wing profile; double surface. Undercarriage has three wheels in tricycle formation, main struts of unidirectional fiberglass. Aluminium tube framework, without pod (EZ 1), with pod (EZ 2). Engine mounted above wing driving pusher propeller.
The EZ 1 makes use of aluminium sheets being used as the skin, bonded together by a double sided adhesive tape developed in collaboration with 3M.
Price 1984: $3,500-$8,500. Certified to FAR Part 23 standards.
EZ-1
Engine: Zenoah G25B-1, 20 hp at 6500 rpm
Prop: P-tip, 50 x 20in
Power per unit area 0.19hp/sq.ft, 2.0hp/sq.m
Length overall 16.3 ft, 4.95 m
Height overall 6.8 ft, 2.05 m
Wingspan 26.0 ft, 7.92 m
Total wing area 106 ft, 9.9sq.m
Rudder area 10.3sq.ft, 0.95sq.m
Total elevator area 20.5 sq.ft, 1.90sq.m
Wing aspect ratio 6.4/1
Load factors; +9.0, 6.0 ultimate
Max level speed 53mph, 85kph
Economic cruising speed 42 mph, 67 kph
Stalling speed 27 mph, 43 kph
Max climb rate at sea level 375 ft/min, 1.9 m/s
Best glide ratio with power off 15/1
EZ-2
Engine: Zenoah G25B, 20 hp at 6500 rpm
Power per unit area 0.19hp/sq.ft, 2.0hp/sq.m
Length overall 16.3 ft, 4.95 m
Height overall 6.8 ft, 2.05 m
Wingspan 26.0 ft, 7.92 m
Total wing area 106 ft, 9.9sq.m
Rudder area 10.3sq.ft, 0.95sq.m
Total elevator area 20.5 sq.ft, 1.90sq.m
Wing aspect ratio 6.4/1
Load factors; +9.0, 6.0 ultimate
Max level speed 63mph, 101kph
Economic cruising speed 48 mph, 72 kph
Stalling speed 28 mph, 45 kph
Max climb rate at sea level 575 ft/min, 2.9 m/s
Best glide ratio with power off 15/1
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