Dave Clifford

Attatched is a photo of the musketeers work today. The fuel lever sending unit was bent to fit and temporarily installed in the hardpoint, without breaking I might add, thanks to the diligence of Dust and some new tools he purchased, surfaces were prepared, floxed, and the top laid in place. I wasn't there to supervise, however I have no doubts we have a "no leak" installation!

Yep,,,I took one look at the drawing of the offsets and caved in. We bought four from Brock. I have fabricated all the other metal parts with out any problems. If you have experience or skills in using a metal lathe, mill, and tig welder, you can fabricate everything in the plans yourself . Just keep in mind that most of these parts ARE labor intensive and take up a lot of time. Your not going to set up a machine and spit a finished part out in 15-20 minutes if machining is required. Were building two planes here so everything I build is somewhat of a production run.. An example is the control rod end inserts. I machined 28 pieces and it took me about 10 hours due to all the different steps and setups required. Brocks prices are very reasonable in price. If I did not enjoy fabricating, or did not have the machinery and tooling to fab these myself, I would buy these parts from Brock, and know my money was well spent and earned.

Hey, Whats wrong with the turbo or its specs that your engine came with?? Continental didn't slap any old turbo on there and hoped it would work. You have a proven marriage with your set up as is. You may need to rebuild or replace the unit, but I would leave it as is. Even thought I am going rotary, I plan to use the manufactures turbo unit or its replacement. No need to re-invent the wheel here. What say you???

Quote by Marc Zeitlin:Rich Hughes HAS fuel injection on his O-360. There is no carb heat on his plane. I was commenting on carbureted engines and the problem with carb ice, not HIS plane in general.

Another reason to go with having fuel injection.

Is this a cheap shot of the men and women who are Navy pilots? FYI an friend of mine is a Navy pilot who pilots an E-2 Sea Hawkeye off the USS Nimitz. A very intelligent man and a GREAT pilot!! He's also an instructor who teaches uncontrolled flight recovery techniques in jets for new Navy pilots. Being very interested in homebuilts, he always makes makes the time to come out for a day of working on our Cozy MKIV projects whenever he's in town. He just got back from the Persian Gulf after a 7 month deployment. His plane was the first off the ship when they arrived there. Attatched is the front page of the Ventura County Star with a picture of him hugging his wife on the tarmac after being away for nearly a year. You are in VERY poor taste attempting humor at the expense of those putting their lives on the line to protect us.http://www1.venturacountystar.com/vcs/county_news/article/0,1375,VCS_226_2403922,00.html

Reference is to the Cozy news group you rule over( sorry I mean moderate.) If you ever wonder why few people with some time under their belt don't bother to contribute to any discussions on your forum, just take a look at your first response. You most always belittle questions that have been asked before with the standard "why do you ask about this?? If you read the archives you will find your answer posted in the October 1996 archives!!" Then go on to explain how smart you are with your quotes and statistics, when in fact you are being nothing more than a smart-ass. Get with it Marc!!

J.P. I got a Reznor 45000 and it seems to be working out ok so far. Its very similiar to the Hot Dawg and has a low profile. Got mine off Ebay used but only slightly used for $265.

As usual you are about EVERYTHING Marc. Ain't you a little far from your home?

Your dead wrong on this one Marc I don't care WHAT is in the archives on this subject,,, the bottom line is that kerosene is a refined lubricant and even with the most efficiently adjusted torpedo heater, a lot of unburned fuel is being blown into the air, along with the humidity of the burned fuel. The by-product of ANY fuel burning heater is carbon dioxide.(This can kill you). I have a lot of experience in using these heaters for temporary heat in the homes I have built up north here in Michigan. After a few hours of use, you can see the stain of the unburned fuel on the wood floor in front of the heater. You need LOTS of ventilation when using these and I would not even consider fireing one up in my shop. Same goes for unvented propane construction heaters. In a tightly built shop, either one can KILL you from asphyxiation. At that point the lay-up doesn't matter. My advice to J.P. is to spend a little money and buy yourself a decent and SAFE vented furnace for heat.

Its not a donation of $500 to Nat for the plans. He has put A LOT of work, time, money, support, and personal risk in developing the Cozy and making the plans available to builders. He's earned that $500 and then some. That $500 was the BEST bargain I have ever got in my 48 years of life!!

Here's a picture of canopy #1. Dust used his $46,000, custom built, lazer guided, diamond tooled, CNC controlled router/milling machine, that he built just for this purpose. We don't call him the "Jig Man" for nothing!! Note the slightly enlarged window openings we were able to get using Todds canopies.

I like what I see here!!

I had info on a source for models of the Coxy MKIV that someone was selling on Ebay and lost it. They are made of all wood in the Phillipines and are painted white and looked really good. This guy was importing them and auctioning them on Ebay. Does anyone have the link or a contact for this guy?? I havn't been able to find him since I first looked at it.

I,ll post some pictures at a later date when they are done along with instructions and a source for the bulb/reflector combination.

Dust is going Continental and I'm going rotary, so both installations are going to be a pain in the neck. But with the collective amount of knowledge and skills between all three, usually more of us, we will get it done. My ONLY concern with the TSIO-360 Continental is the weight with six cylinders vs four on a Lycoming, the MT constant speed prop and the turbo. I think that even with all the cooling extras involved in my 13B turbo, I will be at least 100 pounds lighter in the powerplant area than Dust's and Thane's installation. I'm hoping to have better performance and fuel economy also, but only time will tell!! Hey, after purchasing, testing, rejecting, and returning, about a dozen automotive auxillary driving lights this week, I'v at least come up with a solution for our wing mounted landing and recognition lights that won't bounce light off the canard. Low cost, easy installation and bulb replacement, extreemly light weight, easy on power use and heat generated, and SUPER powerfull. We have no problems in our shop, just solutions!

Thanks for your "Theory" Jim. I thinks we got it figured out.

Marc, I am on the "old Farts" canard aviator list but for some reason I can not post messages or questions any longer. Are you saying its not necessary for roll trim or just a neat electric system instead of a lever.????

Has anyone come up with a better idea for the plans built roll trim mechanism or know of a source for an electric roll trim similiar to the Alex Strong electric pitch trim system? It would be nice to be able to trim both roll and pitch electrically with a coolie hat switch on the stick. Just finished building the per-plans parts and figure there's got to be something else out there.

I think we should ALL pitch in for the service. Everyone could kick in $5.00 a year to remain on the forum as a member or to join. Lurkers still free. The money left after paying the bills could be used for a yearly fly-in or get-together for members only.

Has anyone found an alternate source for a decent set of capacitive fuel level senders and gauge package other than those found in AS or Wicks. Need to order them soon as the first strake is being built on an unassigned plane. Aircraft Spruce has a Skysports package for $250 which sounds reasonable unless they do the usual and charge more when you actually place the order. (I've found this to be standard practice with them!). I assume folks are useing the 12" bendable? but which ones?? The 3" or 5" bend?? What does that mean anyway? Hey, if I get mine before Dust and Thane does, I guess I can claim the one were working on right now as MINE!!

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. I will be looking for the Renesis as I get closer, even if I have to buy a crate motor it would probably be worth it.?? John, I do have a nice Miller Square Wave 180 SD tig welder. Its already paid for itself in the parts I fabricated so far for both planes. As a kid I took 2 years of welding in high school and I also did a lot of tig welding at a prototype machine shop I worked at a lifetime ago. Now i'm working on the metal lathe fabricating parts and will hopefully save enough money to have that machine pay for itself!

I made my first baby steps for commitment to power Cozy MKIV #656 with a Mazda rotary and took delivery of Tracy Crook's highly recommended book, "Aviator's Guide to Mazda Rotary Conversion". A sad thought is that soon, we will actually be forced to assign an assembly as "Their's", Cozy MKIV #591 and "Mine", Cozy MKIV #656. I think a coin toss can settle the issue with no squables. Until now, and for a little while longer, everything and every problem was the same. As Dust and his partner Thane are going to power their Cozy MKIV #591 with a Continental TIO-360, it's going to be a challenge to figure the unique differences and challenges each installation has. And we are all still working on both!! They are in virgin waters with their TIO-360 Continental with a constant speed prop in a Cozy MKIV. I hope to be able to follow in the wake of John Slade for inspiration and answers to problems he encounters as he gets his plane up and running. Their problems will become my problems, and mine will become theirs. Nothing has changed. Yep,,,, Things are going to get mighty interesting around here in a little while!!

We used clean pea gravel in heavy blue jean type material bags sewn shut. I made several each in 3 and 6 pound sizes. They conform to odd shapes and stay put. The gravel doesn't weigh as much as lead, but its alot safer to handle!!

Gorilla'in the mist.