Dave Clifford

Well, after five years of building two planes in the basement and three months in the garage, my wife "suggests" that it would be a lot easier to continue the build process in a newly built "shop" here at the house, as opposed to trying to build at a barren airport hanger with limited amenities and no heat for the winter, a/c for the summer, no running water, toilet, wash sink, kitchen, tools, machinery,,,,,,,you get the idea. (I think it was the three months of tripping over the wings everytime she came in or out of the house that did her in!!). Her only requirement is it must match the house, have a covered porch for sitting, and she would like a green metal roof. No Problem!! On graph paper with paper cozy airplane cutouts, a 30' by 48' shop will do, both planes will fit fully assembled with room to spare. Time for me to get out those dusty drafting tools and get some plans drawn up before the ground freezes! Dust,,,you need to work on Nick The Greek for a scratch and dent special on a 90%+ furnace a/c package.

The Delta Hawk will be BOTH turbo and supercharged. It is a two stroke.

Don't know. Like I said, it doesn't sound right to me. The Murphy Moose is a heavy hauler that is currently using a 300 hp Russian radial as its main power plant source. They are testing the Honda on the Moose at Honda's request. I don't believe there is a production aircraft being built that is similiar to the Moose.

I, goin rotary!!!

Just got my latest issue of Kit Planes. The good news is that Honda is having Murphy Aircraft test the Honda on their Murphy Moose airplane. The bad news according to the magazine is that they, Honda, WILL NOT be releasing the engine to the homebuilt market. Doesn't make sense. Test it on a home built yet not release it to that market!!

Go for it then!! Let me know how things work out.

Retracts; Add $8,000 or more to the cost of the plane, add another 100 pounds to the plane and lower its gross weight, add hundreds of hours extra build time for the cool looking things, you MIGHT gain 3 knots if your lucky. Oh, don't forget the high probability of a gear-up landing.

Anyone see this or know who had this listed?? I tried to contact the seller with questions and never got a reply. Judging by the sellers user ID, I would assume the seller was/is a Cozy builder.http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&category=26437&item=2429541134

TESS111 seems to have it all figured out and he sounds like he knows his materials. I encourage TESS111 to go for the mods he is suggesting and to report back to us after his first flight.

Some other guy was building an enlarged version of the Cozy MKIV a while back. He termed it the "King Cozy" to be powered by an 540. Don't know what happened to him or his project.

Iwould too. Hey,, at least its not as costly as the TWO canards that we ended up running through the band saw so they would be in managable sizes for the garbage men to pick up!!!

Yes it will fit through with some wiggling. Its been done before.

Thane picked up the antenna cable and it was from Radio Shack. We got the expensive stuff that cost about a buck a foot. The cable is: RG1428/U-92607-TENSOLITE. Its brown in color. The sales staff at the store did not even know they had the stuff and found it in the back room storage. The antenna kits are from RTS engineering,(Jim Weir). Both planes are loaded with all the antennas we will ever need or use and cost less than one antenna from an antenna manufacturer. Just follow the instructions in the antenna kit.

After a two week vacation to northern Michigan and a side trip to Oshkosh Airventure, we missed three "Plane Days". The Oshkosh trip really recharged my batteries and I was excited to get back to building. I thought everyone would be over last Saturday. I got up early and worked alone. It was a no-show. Figured I was wrong and that "Plane Day" must be Sunday. I again got up early and worked alone due to a no-show. Thane calls last night and informs me that "Plane Day" IS next Sunday. Everyone's busy and summer is just about over so we can get back on schedule soon, ('til Dust goes to Arizona on "business" or Thane goes to Vegas for a "dental convention") At least SOMEONE got work done on the planes last week!! I'll be turning metal on the lathe and Thane and Dust can get back to work on the turtle decks. Life is good.

I think that Speed Queen went under a couple years ago. Something important to consider when deciding on which plane to build,,plans vs kit.

My choice of the plans built Cozy was a no brainer after following the numerous kit manufacturer's that have come and gone over the last 10 years, some of which were deeply entrenched and well established. Way too many kit builders have been left with partial kits when these company's folded and no where to turn for the completion kits. Cbarber would be in deep trouble if he orders and pays 11K for his wing cores then days later Velocity aircraft closes its doors for financial problems. No thank you! And if anyone doesn't think this would ever happen to the kit manufacturer they are dealing with, ask those who where left in the dark when established company's such as Glassair folded. If I ever build a kit aircraft, I will be sure to buy and have everthing delivered in one shipment, that way if they close their doors, I at least have the components needed to complete the plane. The arguement over what takes longer to build is pretty much limited to how much time you want to put into you plane whether its a kit or plans built. I'm sure a Velocity can be built in as many hours as a Cozy and vice-versa.

No Dust,,,, YOU get the epoxy in canada,,,when I buy it has always been from a US distributor.

<, and I prefer to leave my money in Canada - especially with how volatile the $ has been.> As an American, I make it a point to NEVER patronize a Canadian business even though I live right next door. This goes for France and Germany also!!

I'll have it wrapped up in plastic to protect it from weather. It can sit on the ground. So is this a plan???

Is there anyone that will be camping at Oshkosh Scholler Campground that will be there on 7/31 through 8/2 that I can leave a turtledeck jig and some templates with for Hank Stauffenberg to pick when he arrives on 8/1?? I will be pulling up camp on 7/31, drop it off at your campsite, and Hank will arrive on 8/1 and pick it up. Thanks.

We did try this early in the build but did not care for it that much. Plastic does not want to conform to compound curves very well and if there is a crease or fold in the plastic you end up with a pool of epoxy in the void. I think we only tried this one day, then dropped it and reverted to the peel ply or nothing.

About a year ago, one of the plane magazines I get did an article on the ICOM radios and they were rated VERY high after a thorough testing.

We use two different sizes: 16 oz. Pro-Kal PK16S-C for regular mixing for lay ups, micro, ect,,at about $3.50 per 50 cups, and then 3-1/4 oz SOLO P325 cups for up to two pump mixes at about $3.75 for 200 cups. Thane provides our toungue depressors,,,I hope they have not been used first!!

Plastic cups are perfectly fine for mixing. We get ours from Gordans Food Service. These are non coated. They are the plastic containers you get from the deli. They come in various sizes. Before we started building I searched for an alternate supplier other than Wicks, ect,,. The plastic cups are a tenth the cost of paper, both from aircraft suppliers and food service suppliers. Get your tounge depressors from a medical supplier and specify Non Sterilized.

I do believe that the times and temps are listed on the containers of MGS. If not, I do have the spec sheets from the manufacturer with all the technical data at home and can get you some copies.