Lazair 2EL Partnership Shares in Oklahoma City

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Notes:

• Lazairs are mid-80s twin-engine airplanes designed by Dale Kramer. They are well tested and many are flying today in the US and Canada.
• Good assembly, parts, and operations manuals.
• Good builder’s & pilot’s forum.
• The 2EL model has two seats and electric-start KFM 107E engines (25 hp each).

• N34LZ is registered as experimental amateur-built.
• Airworthiness testing is complete. The only ops limits are day-VFR unless equipped per 91.205.
• Most equipment installed per 91.205 (e.g. seat-belts, flashing-beacon, ELT, ALT, ASI, compass, tachs, volts, EGTs, CHTs). Need to install LED nav lights.

• Twin engine aircraft, requires multi-engine rating to act as PIC.
• Rated pilots can log multi-engine PIC on ~3 gallons per hour (total).
• Moderate training applicability to conventional twins. Engine-out stick and rudder skills similar but lacks complex (and expensive) equipment.
• Fun and inexpensive recreational flying as long as aircraft limitations (equipment, low Vne, low stall) are recognized.

• Partnership shares available at PWA (have hangar) or HSD/RCE/GOK for safety-oriented pilots who have multi-engine ratings and wish to develop multiengine skills.
• Flexible on number of owners. Two to four seems about right in terms of cost sharing and scheduling.
• Total value of aircraft, parts, & tools is ~$12,000. Expect to buy a share of this and to share fixed expenses (hangar, insurance, inspection, upgrades) equally. In my Mooney partnership, we share variable expenses (oil, maintenance other than required inspections) in proportion to hours flown that year.
• Would like one of the partners to have good airframe and 2-stoke maintenance skills (may reduce monthly expense of this member).

Lazair References:

• AOPA Ultralight Pilot Article with Pictures (1983)
• General information
• Active Builder's and Pilot's Forum
• Restoration of N34LZ
• Amphibious Lazair (Looks like fun.)

Photos:

Open cockpit, two seats, 10 gal fuel (~3 gph total), basic instruments (ALT, ASI, compass, tachs, volts, EGTs, CHTs).

Taxi on fixed nose-wheels or castoring tail-wheels. Right seat has toe-actuated disk brakes on mains. Wingspan 38-feet.

Nose-wheels down for run-up and take-off.

Smile on face.