Jon Matcho Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 As Marc said, it's more an AeroCanard than a Cozy. From what I can tell, it's a plans-built AeroCanard FG, possibly with the kit SX top and cowlings (although it could be entirely plans), and with a handful of other modifications. It's worth looking at to only see what the AeroCanard design is mainly all about (with the exception of the AeroCanard SB, a copy of the Cozy IV) -- a widened rear section to eliminate various curves for purposes of aesthetics, improving airflow to the prop, or both. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 Barnstormers today: IFR LONG-EZ LYCOMING O-235 • $32,000 • PRICE REDUCED • 1992 Long-EZ. Lycoming o-235 930 TT 430 STOH. Night, IFR. new LED lighting, new brakes, less than 900 lbs to plans. Redundant IFR panel dynon efis with back up battery with 2 radios, 1 VOR/ILS, enroute IFR GPS. Catto prop, GU canard, small rudders, leather interior, manual landing brake and gear. Not a project! Very reliable, flies every week. Flown coast to coast and to Oshkosh from Los Angeles 4 times in the last 5 years. Up to 20,000 feet. TAS 150 knots. Low fuel burn! Training by CFI incl. CONUS delivery available. July 2014 annual by Marc Zeitlin, report in spec sheet. full log books. • Contact David Karlsberg, Owner - located Los Angeles , CA USA • Telephone: 3109683351 . • Posted January 11, 2015 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVI Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Found this by accident a few minutes ago ... http://www.blujay.com/item/VARI-EZ-LONG-EZ-VARIVIGGEN-CANARD-ULTRALIGHT-PLANES-ALL-THREE-PLAN-SETS-ON-ONE-CD-2060500-4515693 Somebody's apparently cashing in on the OpenEZ Project ........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Looks like they're packaging a bunch of stuff and selling on CD. eBay is full of sellers like that, repackaging Popular Science articles and whatnot. I see that seller is also selling KR-2 plans. The biggest concern is whether someone thinks they can build from any of those by assuming they are 100% accurate. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Today: No overall pics of the airplane. This guy is not far from me but I have not met him. Another EZ builder "aging out" I would suspect. LONG-EZ O-235 L2C, HAND PROP • FOR SALE BY BUILDER • $30,000, N85LD, Owner/Builder, 0A7, Meticulously built to plans, Light – empty weight 825 pounds Completed 1985, Serial # 435, TTAF 1362, TTE 1362, 402 STOH on 6/9/2000 Number 4 cylinder head temperature, Annual 9/30/2014, all cylinders mid 70’s Cruise & climb props, Slick mag & Lightspeed Electronic ignition, always hangared, Flown weekly, Operating limitations include IFR, IFR panel, Manual nose gear and speed brake, GU canard, vortex generators, Built to plans, plans, jigs, templates included, Detailed maintenance records and notes • Contact Leo Dringoli, Owner - located Hendersonville, NC USA • Telephone: 828-698-2335 • Posted January 15, 2015 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Another today on B-stormers: Interesting that this Vari is a 2004 model. It must have been many years building it. Maybe the wing fittings will not be corroded. 205 hours in 10 years = not much flying. 2004 VARIEZE #651 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • This is one of the lowest TTAF (206 hours) vaireze’s out there. FAA Certified in 2004. Standard VariEze according to the Rutan plans and all applicable CP’s. Stiffened air foiled main landing gear. Grove hydraulic heavy duty brakes. Full length GU canard. Retractable side step. camera system for visual fuel. nav lights with strobes, top cowl is of lightweight Kevlar, bottom cowl modified to “boat tail”. carbon fiber Plenum air box. NACA flush cooling air inlet. A 4 lb. 560 CCA Shoria lithium iron battery. Exterior Canopy lock. Contact for more extensive details. • Contact James A. Holmes, Owner - located SAUSALITO, CA USA • Telephone: 415-272-0122 . • Posted January 15, 2015 Edited January 16, 2015 by Kent Ashton 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 Today: COZY MKIV PROJECT • $19,500 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • Cozy MKIV Project wings complete and spar installed canard, landing gear and Grove brakes complete. Dennis Olman peddles, electric nose and speed brake installed, Cozy Girrls controls, forward mounted canopy completed strakes installed not closed, engine mount and cowels included. • Contact Tim C. Mulvey, Owner - located Lockport, NY USA • Telephone: 716 998 0098 . 716 434 1404 . 716 434 1693 • Posted January 22, 2015 Price seems fair for all the stuff that's there. Still a lot to be done so you could probably get the repairman's certificate. Not crazy about that rear-opening turtledeck. Seems like an unneeded complication like putting four doors on a CE-172. 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 23, 2015 Author Share Posted January 23, 2015 And another: COZY MARK IV 2012 COZY IV. 95 hours TTSN; 5,000 man-hours in construction. Dual Skyview, SL30 nav/com, SL 60 com/GPS, SL 70 xponder, PSM 5000 stereo intercom. IFR certified. Halon fire suppression for cowl. Matco brakes, carbon fiber wheel pants, Dual axis A/P. New Aero Sport Power IO-360 B2B, Airflow Performance FI, PLASMA II ignition, PRINCE carbon P-Tip prop. All temps ideal. 175 K - 2500 RPM - 7.9 GPH. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. 95K. Video of the build available. Sold with all documents, engine/airframe logbooks, photo log of building process. So FL. Retiring after 40 years of ATC. 561-577-7183. • Contact Gerard A. Preiser, Owner - located Boynton Beach, FL USA • Telephone: 561 577 7183 . 561-509-7382 • Posted January 21, 2015 Very nice but "fully priced" as they say. For me, building is as much fun as flying but If I spent 5000 hrs building and only put 95 hrs on it, I'd be a little depressed. 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Wow, that's a nice plane. If I spent 5000 hrs building and only put 95 hrs on it, I'd be a little depressed. Y'aint kidding, but maybe the joy was all in the build and creating this marvelous flying machine for others to enjoy. Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Today's B-stormers: COZY CANARD • $59,900 • FOR SALE • Great commuter plane; reliable, fast and economical. Operational Instrument aircraft, 185 HP, 750 TTAE, Argus moving map, ICOM radio stack, Garmin 150 GPS, electronic ignition, Ellison carb, Catto prop, Halon Fire system, 2 axis autopilot, Dynon EFIS, VOR/ILS with Marker lights, 150 kts on 6.5 GPH. Alpine 6 CD changer, Oil filter with chip detection, VMS engine monitor, cockpit voice recorder, BOSE ANR headsets. Very clean plane. • Contact Lee Scotese, Owner - located Mammoth Lakes, CA USA • Telephone: 6192046684 . • Posted January 25, 2015 Bose headsets: those are expensive--a couple thou right there. The price looks like a reasonable starting point to me. Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Bailey Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 hey guys this one that Kent shared earlier...I looked at and must say...very very rough and will more than likely never fly. I feel really bad for the lady, her husband has passed away from an accident non airplane related..but other than perhaps salvaging parts from it and the plans... Also this one LONG EZ PLANE • $7,500 • FOR SALE • project half way done...have blue prints, needs seats, engine, and gauges. • Contact Pat Nunley, Owner - located Palmer, TN USA • Telephone: 1-931-779-4288 • Posted January 7, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 And another: COZY MARK IV 2012 COZY IV. 95 hours TTSN; 5,000 man-hours in construction. Dual Skyview, SL30 nav/com, SL 60 com/GPS, SL 70 xponder, PSM 5000 stereo intercom. IFR certified. Halon fire suppression for cowl. Matco brakes, carbon fiber wheel pants, Dual axis A/P. New Aero Sport Power IO-360 B2B, Airflow Performance FI, PLASMA II ignition, PRINCE carbon P-Tip prop. All temps ideal. 175 K - 2500 RPM - 7.9 GPH. SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY. 95K. Video of the build available. Sold with all documents, engine/airframe logbooks, photo log of building process. So FL. Retiring after 40 years of ATC. 561-577-7183. • Contact Gerard A. Preiser, Owner - located Boynton Beach, FL USA • Telephone: 561 577 7183 . 561-509-7382 • Posted January 21, 2015 Very nice but "fully priced" as they say. For me, building is as much fun as flying but If I spent 5000 hrs building and only put 95 hrs on it, I'd be a little depressed. Nice indeed. I really like the naca plenum extension that they built. Nice work, plain and simple. ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted January 27, 2015 Author Share Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) Today's Barnstormers, no pics: VARIEZE PROJECT • $5,500 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • Straight/Glass finished/comes w/clevbrks now/ All metal end parts less tubes/Needs Ailerons made • Contact George H. Dawe, Owner - located Fallbrook, CA USA • Telephone: 760.419.1301 . 760 419-1301 • Posted January 27, 2015 C'mon George, if you are serious, you gotta post some pics! Edited January 27, 2015 by Kent Ashton 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Barnstormers. Mystery price. :-( LONG-EZ 1998 Long-EZ for sale great airplane just not flying it.Powered by an 0-290-D2, GU canard, King radios and GPS, electric nose gear & speed break with electric trim 60amp alternator always stored in a heated hanger good records and build documents will supply annual. • Contact Tim C. Mulvey located Lockport, NY USA • Telephone: 716 998 0098 . 716 434 1404 . 716 434 1693 • Posted February 3, 2015 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Interesting looking cowl intakes. Don't think I have ever seen a set like that. Would they be draggy or? ~~~tg~~~ Quote "Time flys when your building" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Todays B-stormers: "Annuals by canard legends". I hope there is a plaque commemorating that. Nice airplane. SWEET LONG EZ W FRESH ANNUAL • $40,000 • FOR SALE BY OWNER • Upgrade to a Long EZ!! Fast (180 mph/160 TAS, 75%), comfortable, and efficient (9 GPH). Good airframe, good engine, good prop. Built - 1983. TTAF 1890, Engine SMO 1174, 500 STOH. Flew her 100 hrs since Mar 2014. Awesome a/c!! Used her to commute to military Reserve job in south Texas. Only reason I’m selling – I retired! Last 2 annuals performed by legends in experimental canard business. 160 HP / O-320. KLN 35A GPS. DigiTrak autopilot. No damage history, always hangared, all logbooks available. Certified check / cash for full amount only. $40k firm. • Contact Greg Storm, Owner - located Keller, TX USA • Telephone: 4048252026 . • Posted February 3, 2015 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 4, 2015 Author Share Posted February 4, 2015 Interesting looking cowl intakes. Don't think I have ever seen a set like that. Would they be draggy or? I bet they are more draggy, due to more interference drag, than similar intakes that are integrated into the turtleback. But are they more or less draggy than an entire NACA cooling system? As you know, it is the whole system that matters: take in the minimum amount of air, stop it, run it through the fins, accelerate it back to free-stream velocity. You might get away with somewhat draggy intakes if you are saving energy with a lesser amount of air to stop and reaccelerate. Klaus said that armpit intakes are better than top downdraft intakes because they get good flow in a climb when you need the extra cooling. OTOH, it is harder to baffle for updraft cooling. And you still have to provide for oil cooling and carb air. IMO, it's hard to beat a NACA intake. It provides cooling, carb and oil air in one simple-to-built configuration. You just have to eliminate every air leak so it all goes through the fins, carb, and cooler. 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 today: LONG EZE • $25,000 • DON'T MISS OUT • Long Eze, P-51 style scoop, 135HP 0-290D, Orig. owner, 1986, 585 TTAF, 298 SMOH w/larger valves ('93); many upgrades, Bronze tinted canopy, very good condition, Sterba cruise prop, Skytec starter, 1 Mag, 1 Lightspeed, Terra radios, Nav light/Strobe package, Remote oil filter, Alternator conversion, new Cleveland 500 X 5 wheels, brakes, & tires, rebuilt Ellison TBI & Mag, many new hoses, steerable nose lamp in clear nose cone, everything works. Go cross-country at 150-160 MPH on 5 GPH !! Has older, so-so white paint, Email or call for the details, Always hangared at Chandler, Az, 25K gets it! • Contact J.D. Walker, Owner - located Chandler, AZ USA • Telephone: 602 -663 - 3092 • Fax: 480 275 - 5289 • Posted February 11, 2015 Also a Quickie, no pics: RUTAN QUICKIE 1 ULTRALIGHT • $3,000 • PROJECT FOR SALE • Needs painting, Kawasaki 340, nice panel, electric start, engine off for storage, email for photos • Contact Gordon K. Saum, Owner - located PARADISE, MI USA • Telephone: 906-203-5242 . • Posted February 10, 2015 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 The Cozy/Aerocanard mentioned in posts 25-26 now on Ebay with a $12.5K buy-it-now price; being sold by an Ogden, Utah EAA Chapter. I imagine the reserve is the $10K they were asking in the Controller ad. Lots of parts there but sometimes these things are not worth the hassle of getting them home and trying to make something of it . However, I bet it would be a lot less work than our late friend Zubair put into that two-engine project he trucked across the U.S. and rebuilt. If it had a Lycoming, it would be sold by now. Looks heavy. I see two rather stout roll-over structures. Build to plans, keep it light, use a Lycoming, go flying before you get too old. Ebay item 221690429256 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Matcho Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Lots of parts there but sometimes these things are not worth the hassle of getting them home and trying to make something of it . So true. Sometimes you have to imagine even getting it for free, and then think through all that would be required to finish. Build to plans, keep it light, use a Lycoming, go flying before you get too old. Aye! (although in my case my plans design calls for a Continental O-200). Modified: "Build to plans, keep it light, use the plans engine, go flying before you cannot." Quote Jon Matcho Builder & Canard Zone Admin Now: Rebuilding Quickie Tri-Q200 N479E Next: Resume building a Cozy Mark IV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVI Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Berkut project. Out of my price range for a project ... What does he mean by "Pre-production #007"? With molded canard and wings, wouldn't that make for a later production kit? http://www.barnstormers.com/Experimental,%20Berkut%20Classifieds.htm http://barnstormers.com/classified_files/9/8/3/8/4/6/.watermarked_d44932328496a918dccbfaa10f4e1aa7.jpg http://barnstormers.com/classified_files/9/8/3/8/4/6/.watermarked_ae2bd7c1e6126397155438e7f488613a.jpg http://barnstormers.com/classified_files/9/8/3/8/4/6/.watermarked_be57f22ddde98dfb753383a0d4fa4cd1.jpg http://barnstormers.com/classified_files/9/8/3/8/4/6/.watermarked_f5e481ea44faf7cb6e996c26b59ccdab.jpg http://barnstormers.com/tmp_images/2d/f1/.watermarked_4e533911606cedf67296888de2c32875.jpg Edited February 15, 2015 by AVI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVI Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Berkut Project Are my eyes playing tricks on me or has the F10 Bulkhead been highly modified? It's difficult to tell from the posted image, but doesn't it seem like the F10 bulkhead has been chopped up? What doesn't look right here? The instrument panel has definitely been cut out but an aluminum panel was a Berkut option. http://barnstormers....c26b59ccdab.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Berkut project. Out of my price range for a project ... Yeah, $55K seems rather steep considering you can buy a nice flying O-320/Long-EZ for that. A Long-ez or Cozy at that stage would be, what, $15K? Clearly, he hasn't been reading "Sales I've Seen". :-) 1 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Today: Definitely worth the money with those shark wheel pants and solid-gold prop VARIEZE • $25,000 • FOR SALE • tt3050 hr eng cont 0-200 230 smoh-113 since new millennium cyl with roller rocker arms-new b&c alternator-built in 1978 hangerd-no starter-gps garmin 296-digital tack-val com. this bird has served us well for 37 years going coast to coast and border to border & is still good as new-located cody, wy $25,000 firm bob evans 307 587-5251 • Contact Robert B. Evans, Owner - located Cody, WY USA • Telephone: 307 587-5251 • Posted February 17, 2015 And this inheritance. No pics RUTAN LONGEZE • ACCEPTING OFFERS • I inherited a Rutan Longeze with an 0-200 continental engine. Plane not flown in yrs, no logs • Contact Robert Reed, Owner - located Merritt Island, FL USA • Telephone: 321-427-2289 . • Posted February 18, 2015 I noticed a large number of airport properties on B-stormers in the past few days--older pilots cashing out, I suppose. They ain't cheap, though Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Ashton Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 A lot of work done here. Worth the price, I'd say. Pics below: LONG EZE • $6,999 • FOR IMMEDIATE SALE • Long Eze kit started: Comes with airframe, flight controls, canopy, wings, cowls, doors, molded parts, build plans, ez squadron articles, pre-cut instrument panel, lots of miscellaneous hardware, and an assortment of other parts/hardware. Contact me for additional details!!! • Contact Justin J. Destories, Owner - located Mesa, AZ USA • Telephone: 480-621-0502 . • Posted February 26, 2015 No pics with this one: VARIEZE PROJECT • $3,500 • CHECK THIS OUT • Varieze project , New tinted canopy in box , 40% percent complete. Pics on Request Thanks • Contact Robert Honeycutt, Owner - located Monroe, NC USA • Telephone: 704-291-1843 • Posted February 25, 2015 Quote -KentCozy IV N13AM-750 hrs, Long-EZ-85 hrs and sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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