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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 16 Mar 2017, 01:46 |
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Joined: 02/09/09 Posts: 5599 Post Likes: +2559 Location: Owosso, MI (KRNP)
Aircraft: 1969 Bonanza V35A
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About seven years ago, a friend finished a beautiful Lancair ES. About a year later, he passed away. The family asked me to sell the airplane for them, which I did. The sale required that I fly the remaining hours off on the airplane (~15), and then deliver it.
I had no experience in the Lancair ES. The prebuy was done by a gentleman that runs a builders assistance program, and had built ~40 Lancairs. I discussed flying it with him and he said the following: "It's as gentle as a 172. If it was a Lancair IV, I'd tell you not to touch it without experience in the airplane. It's an ES, which is the one airplane I'll tell you to jump in it and go fly."
He was right, it was a beautiful flying airplane. I have about 20 hours in that airplane, and enjoyed it. I did have two complaints about the design. The aircraft was difficult to climb up on the wing, and it was difficult to climb in the front seats without stepping on the seat.
I enjoyed the time I had in the airplane. It's a heck of a performer, with the first flight being out of a 1200' grass runway! Seems like it cruised around 200 KTAS at 7000'. It has the IO-550R for power.
Jason
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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 16 Mar 2017, 04:48 |
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If I am reading the right specs, the IV has a wing area of 98 sqft compared to 140 for the ES. That would indicate a whole,different wing, with the small IV wing optimized for cruise at high speed. For a comparison, both my Bonanza and Piper Archer had about 181 sqft .
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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 16 Mar 2017, 08:10 |
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Joined: 03/01/14 Posts: 2152 Post Likes: +1644 Location: 0TX0 Granbury TX
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Username Protected wrote: I had no experience in the Lancair ES. It's an ES, which is the one airplane I'll tell you to jump in it and go fly."
He was right, it was a beautiful flying airplane. The aircraft was difficult to climb up on the wing, and it was difficult to climb in the front seats without stepping on the seat.
Jason
I can echo this. Pretty much sums up my experience as an instructor in the right seat coming home from Oshkosh with a rusty owner.
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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 21 Jun 2017, 17:36 |
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UPDATE: Username Protected wrote: I emailed the new owners of Lancair last night to see if they were going to start producing the ES & ESP again.
I will let you know if & How they reply. Lancair will NOT be bringing back the ES or ESP. Instead they are pinning their hopes on a new model, the MAKO, which has a retractable nose gear only. They will still produce the Legacy.
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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 21 Jun 2017, 22:06 |
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Joined: 12/06/11 Posts: 148 Post Likes: +80 Location: Prosper, TX
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It looks like the Mako is an evolution of the ES and the retractable nose gear is optional... Why is the nose gear retractable? Retractable nose gear is offered as an option, to improve performance. We expect another 7 to 8 knots of cruise speed with the nose gear tucked away. We are also working on this operation being automatic, based on speed and GPS altitude.http://lancair.com/mako/
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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 22 Jun 2017, 09:20 |
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Joined: 12/17/10 Posts: 1611 Post Likes: +272 Location: Valparaiso, IN
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Username Protected wrote: I emailed the new owners of Lancair last night to see if they were going to start producing the ES & ESP again.
I will let you know if & How they reply. Lancair will NOT be bringing back the ES or ESP. Instead they are pinning their hopes on a new model, the MAKO, which has a retractable nose gear only. They will still produce the Legacy. What's the point of only having the nose gear retract? If you are going to the trouble, make them all come up.
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Post subject: Re: Lancair ES Posted: 22 Jun 2017, 11:11 |
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Username Protected wrote: What's the point of only having the nose gear retract? If you are going to the trouble, make them all come up. Yeah, it's kinda oddball. On one hand the nose gear is the only one in the propeller slipstream and it carries much less weight than the mains (so less structure and less weight to make it retract). On the other hand, it's the only one that steers, so that's extra mechanical complexity- and $$
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