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Blue Yonder Twin Engine EZ Flyer

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Winters altered the original EZ Flyer design by creating a new centre wing section to mount two powerplants instead of one, increasing the wingspan to 35.5 feet (10.8 m) and the wing area to 235 sq ft (21.8 m). The fuselage was also stretched 2.0 ft (1 m) to 23 ft
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The prototype of the new design flew in 1999. In the basic ultralight version gross weight is limited to the category maximum of 1,200 lb (544 kg). The amateur-built version has a gross weight of 1,400 lb (635 kg).
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wing along with the Clark "Y" airfoil and construction featuring a leading edge "D" cell and foam ribs. Like the original EZ Flyer, the twin engine version has an open lattice, "N" girder fuselage constructed from
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the aircraft was especially designed for the air-to-ground photography role and also for use over hostile terrain where twin engine safety was desirable.
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The Twin Engine EZ Flyer can be equipped with a variety of powerplants, all mounted side-by-side in pusher configuration:
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along with an enlarged vertical tail to improve handling in engine-out situations. The prototype has two seats in
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twin-engined, tandem two-seat, open cockpit aircraft provided as a completed aircraft or in kit form by
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Despite being widely demonstrated and reviewed, the prototype remains the sole registered example.
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Aircraft designer Wayne Winters taxis the prototype Twin Engine EZ Flyer
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The Twin Engine EZ Flyer was designed by Wayne Winters of
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engines mounted on the Twin Engine EZ Flyer prototype
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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pusher configuration
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EZ Flyer
Ultraflight Lazair
Leza-Lockwood Air Cam
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Rotax 503
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Rotax 582
Rotax 912
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Power/mass
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