Event Schedule
- 3:00 P.M. Participants begin arriving
- 6:00 P.M.
Anyone interested in joining us for a no-host Mexican dinner at El Jardin, meet in the terminal building parking lot and we can all walk over together.
- 6:15 P.M.
Walk to town (15 minute walk) for a no-host Mexican dinner at El Jardin.
- Wandering around the planes & talking to Canard enthusiasts
- 1:00 P.M. Presentation:
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"Truculent Defiant"
by Izzy Briggs & presented by Marc Zeitlin
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"Truculent Defiant"
- 2:30 P.M. Presentation:
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"Nitpicking the nose of a Long-Eze"
by Bob Morgan
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"Nitpicking the nose of a Long-Eze"
- 4:00 P.M. Presentation:
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"Virtual Dogfighting in a Canard"
by Chris Randall & Jason Skiby
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"Virtual Dogfighting in a Canard"
- 6:00 P.M.
- Morning: Wandering around the planes and talking to Canard enthusiasts
- 9:00 A.M. Meet at club house to help clean up (Please help out.)
- Noon: End of this year's Canards West
Program Description
"Truculent Defiant"
By Izzy Briggs & presented by Marc Zeitlin
Preparing and flying a Defiant from Norway to the US. Izzy purchased the plane in Norway and spent a lot of time and effort preparing it for the flight across the North Atlantic. This is Izzy Briggs' story presented by Marc Zeitlin, Izzy will be in-flight as he speaks.
"Nitpicking the nose of a Long-Eze"
By Bob Morgan
Bob Morgan's design for safety and shimmy resistance of a Long-EZ. A unique electro hydraulic retractable nose gear and remote fuel selector valve implementations for a IO-320 powered Long-Eze.
"Virtual Dogfighting in a Canard"
By Chris Randall & Jason Skiby
RED 6 program has developed a better, safer way to train USAF 'dog fighters'. Chris Randall & Jason Skiby present the use of customized Berkuts as a test bed for augmented reality systems. See this link for a good description: RED 6