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  • Rutan Aircraft Factory Long-EZ (Model 61)

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AttributeRutan Aircraft Factory Long-EZ (Model 61)These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
What it is
Seats2
Landing geartricycle
Engines—
EngineLycoming O-235
Horsepower115 hp
Fuel—
Certification basisamateur-built
Production start1980
Production end—
Endorsements required—
Performance
Cruise speed125 KTAS
Range1,747 nm
Service ceiling27,000 ft
Climb rate1,750 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)—
Takeoff over 50 ft—
Landing over 50 ft—
Load and fuel
Seats2
Useful load615 lb
Full-fuel payload—
Max takeoff weight1,325 lb
Empty weight710 lb
Usable fuel52 gal
Fuel burn at cruise—
Cost of ownership
Price, low$30,000
Price, high$50,000
Prices as of2017
Engine TBO—
Overhaul cost, low—
Overhaul cost, high—
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time599
Active fleet311
Median year built1990.0
NTSB events, last 10 years11
Fatal events, last 10 years1
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years135.37
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active232.15
Ownership transfers, last 24 months43
Transfers per 100 active313.83
Airworthiness directives4
Directives, last 5 years0
Rate confidenceok
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats
Accident record44.7 of 10
Severity55.4 of 10
Access66.1 of 10
Support78.2 of 10
Liquidity82 of 10
Overall (sum of the categories shown)926.4 out of 50
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 311 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 311 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 311 active.
  4. Accident record: class median 31.56 · 197 models in class.
  5. Severity: class median 10.
  6. Access: class median 1,000.75.
  7. Support: class median 89.
  8. Liquidity: class median 19.74.
  9. Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
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