Kent Ashton

Saw this recent pic from a guy excited to get his new Cozy IV plans.

Today's Barnstormers, no pics. N95CW This one was listed back in Jan 22nd for $42K and updated here https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/21972-sales-ive-seen/?do=findComment&comment=81532 Pic in that comment. Was parked on the ramp in a coastal environment and doesn't seem to be flying much (the hours haven't changed).

I saw a question today about overhauling cylinders. What I go by is that one overhaul after a run-out is probably OK. Trying to do a 3rd overhaul might be asking for trouble. They say aluminum dies a little with every heating cycle. I don't know but that's what I go by. I have 760 hrs on new Millenium cylinders but the two cylinders I removed, honed and re-ringed at home show less carbon in the exhausts than the two that were original to the engine. I take that as burning less oil. Pics in my thread somewhere. Just watched this video by Dr. Ali on LP(a). A high LP(a) level is widely seen as an early death sentence but Ali shows evidence that high LP(a) "Lipoprotein a" confers resistance against cancer and rises when the body is healing from traumatic injury. I like that guy. Here at 19+00 https://youtu.be/zZH_zU1h7GM

The EZ/Cozy plans are pretty good and after a bit of study to figure out where the last builder left-off, you should have no problem. I break a paragraph into subparts with pencil marks and insure I didn't skip any task or sentence in a paragraph. I imagine you will have to get used to how much micro to use, how much to squeegee a layup, how fast or slow you need to complete the wetout and what a good layup looks like but it doesn't take long to figure that out. The Education chapter covers that. My first layups were over-squeegeed and I could see that by looking at the layup with a strong magnifier--I could see strands of glass that looked like little bridges with epoxy underneath. A good layup should have epoxy between the strands but not pooling on the surface. (I did not toss those parts 🙂 ). Yeah, it would build confidence to do an initial layup with an experienced builder but it's not absolutely required.

Lots of Varieze parts for sale in these posts from a chap in the UK https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/47880-loads-of-surplus-to-requirements-vari-eze-and-long-ez-parts-for-sale/?_fromLogin=1 https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/33506-looking-for-varieze-wing-attach/?do=findComment&comment=82548 https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/33506-looking-for-varieze-wing-attach/?do=findComment&comment=82548

Seen today. Not FREE--I don't know why his top line says that. Asking around $10K

Just looking at the new Vans Lycoming engine pricelist (pic). Wow--and these are sold at a discount to Vans builders, I believe. They can be had a lot cheaper from the rebuilders but I wonder if the price of avgas and engines will bring out a good water-cooled auto-based engine. This is getting ridiculous.

Yeah, post your pics here. I can edit them out after a while. The aircraft is still known in the FAA Registry (pic) so you should be able to get the AWC reissued when it is all finished after a fairly cursory inspection by the FAA or a DAR. The bigger problem could be that that the current owner is shown as Electronic Warfare Associates. In order to get title you have to show a legal chain of title from EWA. As Marc said, it could be lots of hours but way less work than building from scratch so that's a plus. It could seem intimidating for a first-time builder but my first-time-builder friend repaired the nose and canard he ripped off his Cozy. If you don't like the nose, just saw it off and build a new one.

It _was_ an ordinary EZ at one time so could probably be put back to that. It appears to be configured with a taller and longer turtleback maybe to house test equipment so the turtleback/canopy and back seat might need rebuilding. Pretty easy to do on a composite airplane. It’s going to need refinishing, rewiring, avionics, engine, cowl work, prop. You just hope the wings, canard, strakes are in good condition and just need a little TLC. There is probably 300-400 hours of work to be done there. I don’t see any show-stoppers but I’d want to see more a lot more pics before I’d travel from Kansas. 🙂

I saw this airplane (N999TD) advertised maybe 5-7 years ago looking very neglected. It seems to have started life as an ordinary EZ, then was outfitted as a drone or test-bed by Electronic Warfare Associates, then sold-on to the Manteo, NC owner who was trying to sell it then. Appears he did some work on it. I suppose something could be done with it. More pics in the ad. (Barnstormers)

I built an EZ from those plans. That dimensional difference will not matter. A 1/16"-deep wave in a wing _would_ matter but the act of cutting wing foam with a hotwire that is hotter than normal or using wire that is bigger than needed will melt away a bit more foam than otherwise giving a similar result. Also, make yourself some extra copies you can cut up and glue to templates. I like Formica. Can usually find some scraps at the Habitat stores.

Hey Curtis, building from plans is very macho but if you want to buy 1000 hours of labor for zero dollars and get a whole bunch of materials at a 50% discount, check the Salinas, CA cozy project I just listed in my "Sales I've seen" thread. This is a "Cozy-on-the-curb". Just drive by and pick it up 🙂 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Salinas,+CA/Great+Falls,+Montana/@41.7562345,-121.2663981,5.63z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x808df8964e61722f:0xa511bb11baed8121!2m2!1d-121.6555013!2d36.6777372!1m5!1m1!1s0x5342378d658cb83b:0xd6de56b18e5945a8!2m2!1d-111.3007715!2d47.5052849?hl=en

Heck of a deal. Must be $20K in materials alone. Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/738171736864625/

Lots of people have cut windows in about the same area so . . .

Yes, the seats are moderately comfortable even with no foam. You will notice that I scalloped-out the side foam where the forearms hit. That was like adding 1.5" to the cockpit width.

I wouldn't think it would be necessary. Some quite large people fly EZs. You can also build your armrests to allow more room at the hips (pics). I also ordered a somewhat larger canopy but in the end, I don't think I needed it. It was just a bigger drag-shape.

Pallies, what is your LP(a) score? ["LP little a"]. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=167&contentid=lpa_cholesterol Don't know? Neither do I but I am going to find out. There are several important cholesterol tests that the docs don't test for unless they are current on the latest cholesterol research. I've had two blockages/stents and my docs have never tested me for LP(a) or the one below. I read that about 1/3 to 1/4 of the population has this genetic propensity to coronary artery disease so having a bad LP(a) increases risk quite a bit. Another thing that isn't routinely tested is LDL fractionation. The LDL number you get on a traditional test lumps various sized LDL particles into one number but it is the small dense LDL (sdLDL) that seems to be critical to CAD and some people have a lot of it. The fractionation test separates and counts the sdLDL particles. Lots of videos about this. You can walk into Quest or Labcorp and get the test for about $200-240. Here's the Quest link https://testdirectory.questdiagnostics.com/test/test-detail/92145/advanced-lipid-panel-cardio-iq? One reason they don't do the test is that most insurance doesn't pay for it. PM me if you have had these tests and what your results were

Yeah, I've seen that before. It must have some vibration-control function but I bet it is minimal. The two rubber donuts are clamped together on the steel center bushing that is inside the rubbery stuff so I expect most of the flexing is in the larger donuts. I think I have seen Vans owners asking about the "rubbery material leaking out of [my] engine mounts". 🙂 Nothing to fret over, I guess.

Pretty nice EZ today. Price seems very fair. More pics in the ad. Only thing I don't like is the rinky rollover. It needs to be tied into the longerons to have any hope of staying intact in a roll-over (IMO). I suspect it will sell pretty fast

Relisted at the same price. I think it has been advertised for about a year.

A Cozy-on-the-curb today. Contact seller at chmgarb AT gmail DOTcom

Marc can better address the cost of an experimental annual (it is actually called a "condition inspection"--i.e. in a safe condition for flight). I'd guess $500-1000 here in the S.E. Read about owning an Exp at www.eaa.org https://inspire.eaa.org/2019/05/16/be-your-own-mechanic-the-secondhand-homebuilt-aircraft-owners-guide-to-maintenance/ I think you could reasonable expect to travel with two normal size adults and two kids but without any/much baggage. IMO, the Cozy IV is a three-person airplane or a good two person plus lots of bags airplane. Marc keeps a list of Cozys for sale. There is one flying and one project on Barnstormers at the moment.

Today. Sounds like it will need repainting from the description on his website. I do not find it in the registry

a one degree pitch change will lose 100 ft in a nautical mile. So if you are 50 miles from a sea level airport at 15,000 feet and want to arrive at 1000 agl pattern altitude, pitch down (14000/100)/50 = 140/50 = 2.8 deg. But I think it’s more useful to use your estimated ground speed to compute a vertical speed. For example 150 KGS = 2.5 nm/min. So to lose 14000 ft at 500 fpm vertical speed (a nice rate) it’d be 14000/500 or 140/5= 28 mins. 28 mins X 2.5 nm/min is 70. Start down 70 miles out and hold 500 fpm. Or just use the “descend now” feature on ForeFlight. :-)

I will PM you but my Cozy IV is in Salisbury and there is one in Lincolnton. There are also Velocities in the area. What is your "mission", as they say? Want to take long trips? How many people? Willing to give up soft-fields and a lot of short-field operations? Want to be involved in the social scene? (There are many RVs in this area--a very social crowd). I would not fret about problems with the Cozy plans. The Long-ez (Open-ez) is also a good option. A bit cheaper and faster to build, free plans, but there are many mods to be considered but really, it's fun and not a problem. See this post https://www.canardzone.com/forums/topic/18661-kents-long-ez-project/?do=findComment&comment=82162