Good review. But it's not a kit plane. It's a home built. You only buy the plans, and then buy the parts and materials separately. I know. I was building one, but never got finished.

Originally Posted by shb7

Good review. But it's not a kit plane. It's a home built. You only buy the plans, and then buy the parts and materials separately. I know. I was building one, but never got finished.

"The Long-EZ has a canard layout, with a swept wing with root leading edge strakes and wingtip rudders, and a pusher engine and propeller. The tricycle landing gear has fixed main wheels with streamlined spats, and a retractable nosewheel. Its predecessor was the VariEze, plans of which were first available to homebuilders in 1976. The prototype, N79RA,[3] of the Long-EZ first flew on June 12, 1979. THE LONG EZ WAS A PLANS-ONLY KITPLANE, and several variants of the basic design have surfaced over the years."

Doesn't matter it is still a kitplane. There are just more complete kits out there now than their used to be.

Part 147 A&P instructor.

I couldn't disagree more! This plane isn't "charming", it appears so beat up I would not have bought it in real life and I'm VERY sorry I bought it in MSFS. I had read that they were going to fix the canopy, which started out covered in scratches and fingerprints to the point that I couldn't see out of the cockpit under bright lighting conditions. I had read that they were going to fix it. Well, I just got out of MSFS and the "updated" plane, and there are still scratches and big thumb prints everywhere. It still looks like a pig pen, though at least I can see out a little better. The only things missing are old Starbucks cups and hamburger wrappers all over the floor.

It's a real pity because they did such a great job on their Aermacchi jet trainer, one of my favorite planes in MSFS. It started out with the most subtly aged canopy, though the most recent update dumped the subtle effects for overt scratches, but at least I can always see through it.

I agree, it tends to pitch down a lot. It was so strong downward that at times I could not climb with full yoke backwards, even after trim control. I had to go into the 'flight_model.cfg' and increase the 'elevator_trim_limit=10' up to 20 and the 'elevator_trim_neutral=1' up to 2. With these corrections, it handles much better and I can trim it out just nice and level.