Maledy2009 Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 I plan on flying into Rough River Sep. 26th in a brand X off the shelf type plane. Sorry about that! I am looking for some one so kind as to give my wife a ride in a Cozy Mark IV. Dave Adams was kind enough to take me up in his Long EZ. My wife is not going to do the tandem seating thing. I am thinking about the AeroCanard for the extra room, but maybe after seeing a Mark IV it may be fine. Thanks, hope to hear from someone. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmeddz Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 If you're going to RR then all you gotta do is beg shamelessly when you get there. Nobody will hold it against you if you sound like a whiny puppy. I got several rides that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMann Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 If you're going to RR then all you gotta do is beg shamelessly when you get there. Uh .... that works for the guys but we're talking the wife here. The last thing you want is to have your wife flying with a canard type you've never met before. We are now levelling off at at five thousand two hundred and eighty feet ........ Quote T Mann - Loooong-EZ/20B Infinity R/G Chpts 18 Velocity/RG N951TM Mann's Airplane Factory We add rocket's to everything! 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 14, 19, 20 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maledy2009 Posted September 19, 2009 Author Share Posted September 19, 2009 TMann, After giving great thought about your statment, that 5280 feet, gosh that sounds about a mile high.... Maybe I should find someone with a Long Eze. Thats got to be safe, I rode in one. I will just tell her it's just like a Cozy Mark IV on the outside but totaly different on the inside. Hope that is close enough.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge 513 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 5280 feet means nothing in a Czoy. There's really no maneuvering room...That's why its called such. Although that rascal Slade had posted, he and Char got frisky somehow. So I guess where there's a will theres a way for some canardians. Yep, better just have her try out the front seating whilst its parked on the ground. Quote Self confessed Wingnut. Now think about it...wouldn't you rather LIVE your life, rather than watch someone else's, on Reality T.V.? Get up off that couch!!! =) Progress; Fuselage on all three, with outside and inside nearly complete. 8 inch extended nose. FHC done. Canard finished. ERacer wings done with blended winglets. IO540 starting rebuild. Mounting Spar. Starting strake ribs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMann Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Although that rascal Slade had posted, he and Char got frisky somehow. Wasn't John parked on the ramp at DIA? Quote T Mann - Loooong-EZ/20B Infinity R/G Chpts 18 Velocity/RG N951TM Mann's Airplane Factory We add rocket's to everything! 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 14, 19, 20 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Schneider Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 5280 feet means nothing in a Czoy. There's really no maneuvering room...That's why its called such.When you have to, (or REALLY want to ), there's a way. If you go to Rough. just ask Dan Cruger about "The Day Jerry Schneider Mooned a 737." It's a pretty good story, and a testament as to what's really possible when given the proper motivation. I'd tell you myself, but it looks as though I won't be going to RR this year. Quote "I run with scissors." Cozy MKIV N85TT Phase One Testing http://home.earthlink.net/~jerskip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge 513 Posted September 19, 2009 Share Posted September 19, 2009 Wasn't John parked on the ramp at DIA? Gives new meaning to the phrase, "mounting the canard"... Hmmm. Quote Self confessed Wingnut. Now think about it...wouldn't you rather LIVE your life, rather than watch someone else's, on Reality T.V.? Get up off that couch!!! =) Progress; Fuselage on all three, with outside and inside nearly complete. 8 inch extended nose. FHC done. Canard finished. ERacer wings done with blended winglets. IO540 starting rebuild. Mounting Spar. Starting strake ribs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longezdave Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Maybe I should find someone with a Long Eze. Thats got to be safe, I rode in one. I will just tell her it's just like a Cozy Mark IV on the outside but totaly different on the inside. Hope that is close enough.... John, I'd be happy to be the Long EZ driver to take her up if you can't come up with the Cozy ride. That is, if the weather gives us a break. Quote Dave Adams Long EZ N83DT Race 83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverquit Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 I'd tell you myself, but it looks as though I won't be going to RR this year.Oh c'mon spydee! You FL guys can drive too. Was looking forward to builder updates for inspiriation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Anyone have news from Rough River? I had planned to fly in from Pa. but the flooding kinda scared me off. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limo EZ Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Just got back from RR. There were about 16 or 17 canards. Weather was bad Saturday morning but by noon flight operations commenced. Sam Chambers had his LongEZ there giving rides and Cris Isley (apologize for sp) and Scott Carter thrilled the crowd with high speed formation passes. Door prizes and lots of dogs rounded ot the festivities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limo EZ Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Here are some pics. Joe Berki Limo EZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limo EZ Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 No, really, a lot of people brought their four legged friends with them. Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mplafleur Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Just got back from RR. There were about 16 or 17 canards. Weather was bad Saturday morning but by noon flight operations commenced. Sam Chambers had his LongEZ there giving rides and Cris Isley (apologize for sp) and Scott Carter thrilled the crowd with high speed formation passes. Door prizes and lots of dogs rounded ot the festivities.Wow, a real thin crowd this year. Did everybody get a door prize? Quote Mike LaFLeur - Cozy MkIV #1155N68ML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Wow, a real thin crowd this year. Did everybody get a door prize?One lucky person got a Canard Coffee Table Book. Quote Best regards, Bruce Sturgill http://www.pursuitofflight.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bferrell Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 I took some video, which I'll post some of when I get back from a business trip, but unfortunately I didn't ever really get the exposure right once the sun came out, so it all looks a bit blown out and overexposed. ;-( B Quote --- Brett Ferrell Velocity XL/FG Cincinnati, OH http://www.velocityxl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audioflyer Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Here are some pictures I took. My first Rough River! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan D. Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Just wanted to post a big thanks to Dave Adams for an awesome ride in his Long, and HiGeez for letting me have his bulkhead templates. On a side note I put in an order for chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7 this morning from Aircraft Spruce. I hope to be building this time next week. Quote Ryan Cozy Plans #1552 Chapter 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longezdave Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 It was my pleasure Ryan! RR was fun again this year even if the weather gods weren't so kind to us. Quote Dave Adams Long EZ N83DT Race 83 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 Thanks Audioflyer for the photos, not as good as being there but motivation for next year. On to building that canard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maledy2009 Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Well, the weather gods were not good to me. I could only come to R.R. Saturday morning and had to depart Saturday afternoon for Missouri. So now I am looking for someone that has a Cozy Mark IV in Missouri or a state near by. I am looking to show my wife the size and just the airplane in general. I really want her seal of approval before I spend half my life constructing it. Hope to hear from someone that can help me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilK Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 If I'm not mistaken, the Cozy Girls are in St. Louis. http://www.cozygirrrl.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge 513 Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Back in your original 1st post, you mentioned about "more room" in an Aerocanard...but a Cozy might be fine. You probably know, but the back seats is the only place that an Aerocanard has a bit more room. Go to Jerry's great website for a picture which compares the two firewalls in what you are getting back there as additional room. The front seats are same as a Cozy, no more room there. It has been my observation that the transition from front to back design-wise is a lot smoother in a Czoy[sorry for the Russian spelling] than the fatter bootied Aerocanard...but that's just my opinion. Maybe a guy really wants his bird to sport a fatter heiny. YMMV. Hope you get to sit in one soon. Quote Self confessed Wingnut. Now think about it...wouldn't you rather LIVE your life, rather than watch someone else's, on Reality T.V.? Get up off that couch!!! =) Progress; Fuselage on all three, with outside and inside nearly complete. 8 inch extended nose. FHC done. Canard finished. ERacer wings done with blended winglets. IO540 starting rebuild. Mounting Spar. Starting strake ribs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argoldman Posted October 2, 2009 Share Posted October 2, 2009 Back in your original 1st post, you mentioned about "more room" in an Aerocanard...but a Cozy might be fine. You probably know, but the back seats is the only place that an Aerocanard has a bit more room. Go to Jerry's great website for a picture which compares the two firewalls in what you are getting back there as additional room. The front seats are same as a Cozy, no more room there. It has been my observation that the transition from front to back design-wise is a lot smoother in a Czoy[sorry for the Russian spelling] than the fatter bootied Aerocanard...but that's just my opinion. Maybe a guy really wants his bird to sport a fatter heiny. YMMV. Hope you get to sit in one soon. I put the modified strakes in my Aerocanard. The above is correct about the back seats having the additional room. Do the modified strakes create more room???? Well, yes and No. The longeron is in the same place and thus the width of the cockpit is set. The strake modification is below this. For the pilot, perhaps the concept of additional room gives one the idea that you can put your elbow in the space and manipulate the stick in this position. Although I have little time in a cozy/aerocanard, I have much time in a dragonfly, and it seems canard planes fly the same. I found that I needed wrist support to keep from over controlling, and thus don't think that, unless on A/P, using the elbow in the strake is a good idea (for me). Now "the rest of the story" The strake modification makes the front seat elbow room SEEM huge. You are not stuck in a tube. This psychological effect, in my opinion, is, if for no other reason, a great plus. If I had to do it again, I would absolutely incorporate this modification. 5 CANARDS UP:cool: Quote I Canardly contain myself! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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