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Waiter, Thanks for your response. I'm wondering how similar are the pre-fab strake LE's for the Long-EZ and the Cozy. Anyone out there with a Cozy MkIV that has the Featherlite strake leading edges who can shed some light on this? Thanks in advance.

Does anyone here know what modifications and/or changes are required when using the Featherlite Strake Leading Edges? Thanks.

I'm an E.R. nurse stationed at an F-15 base here in jolly ol' England (48th Fighter Wing). My fiance is a pharmacist and a Captain here also, and actually tolerates my hobby, mostly because she enjoyed the Cozy ride she had out at Copperstate back in 2002 and wants to fly places. Glad to see Jonathan Ard is here in this forum. Met him out in San Antonio while he was doing navigator training at Randolph AFB. Get going, Jonathan, and I'll try to do the same. Cheers!

I was wondering if Wicks is still doing their traditional 10% discount during the major fly-ins, now that Jerome Hedinger departed the company. Let's hear from you S-n-F early-departers. Thanks

TD, I read in the last Cozy newsletter where a builder in the U.K. had his Cozy IV approved by the CAA. I just visited Glenn Waters and looked around his immaculate Berkut 360 up in Norwich. You can read all about the hurdles he's had to jump for the CAA at http://www.berkutengineering.com/pages/custplan1099-1.html Unfortunately, you can't order a new kit, but you can find them for sale from time to time on barnstormers.com. VariEZ's and Long-Ez's are long established here; you just have to find some overpriced plans. You could probably get a Velocity approved over here, if you're up to the task of dealing with all the requirements of the CAA. You can find a list of approved types on the Popular Flying Association's websited at http://www.pfanet.co.uk/ Good luck on your search!

A bit closer to Central Texas... there are a few builders in San Antonio. One is flying, one is done with main spar and now doing nose and nose gear. Another has plans and will start sometime in the near future. I'm working on wings, but am about to move out the the U.K. next month. Check out EAA Chapter 35 down here. We're at 8T8 and meet on the 2nd Saturday of every month. You can get more details at www.eaa35.org . Good luck with your project. Terry Winnett Cozy MkIV#792 San Antonio, TX

Nathan, Good to hear from you again. To make this post official, I just received my smoked canopy ; there. Don't have your email address. Brad didn't mention that you emailed, so I think it didn't make it. I'm doing a glassing party of my right wing on Saturday 23 Aug. I'm trying to get a cozy out here for rides. It'll be late morning. Email me and let me know teedubu-at-yahoo.com. Hope to see you there. Terry

Thanks, John, I think I'll enjoy jolly ol' England. I'll have to see about getting some pics up of my progress. I know Todd will want some pictures when I get my canopy mounted. Terry

Though I'm not even close to doing Chapter 18, I went ahead and ordered the canopy. Planned on ordering it when I got close, but the Air Force is moving me to England, so I went ahead and ordered all the big pre-fab stuff to keep me busy during my 3 year stint (got a 2-car garage lined up... oh yeah, it comes with a house). I got a quote from Aircraft Plastics on the canopy and side windows--- Total price- $781 + shipping, with a 3-4 week lead time. Wasn't going to work, since my household goods pick-up date was in 3 weeks. I decided to give Todd Silver a call over at Todd's Canopies. He gave me some background on his business, experience and quoted me a price of $425 for the tinted canopy and side windows. I explained my situation and he told me that he'd expedite my order, and I sent off a check. In less than two weeks, I had a canopy set!! Took it out of the crate and it looked perfect. I just wanted to relay my thoughts on this alternate transparencies vendor. I am very pleased with the service and the product, plus, you can't beat the replacement guarantee. I recommend him without reservation, if you're in need of a canopy and windows. Terry Winnett MkIV # 792 Soon to be in England... bloody hell!

This is what I remember of the Cozy Forum at this past OSH. 1)Nat said that he would continue to do the newsletter and provide builder support as long as he is able to do so. 2)He also stated that ASS, oops, AS&S and Wicks usually work together; case in point, the only spar cap tape machine is owned by AS&S, but they also supply it to Wicks. That should indicate that all materials will be available from both sources. 3)It seems that Nat is considering his advancing years and wants to ensure that the Cozy will be available to those who desire it, even after he passes (which doesn't seem soon, for he's kicking well for someone near 80) Those are some of the highlights about the transfer of ownership. If anyone else at the forum has anything else for this topic, or would like to correct my recollections, please pipe up. Terry Winnett MkIV #792 San Antonio>England next month

Hello fellow builders, I'm wanting to locate any Cozy builders living in the U.K. I'll be making the move from San Antonio to Lakenheath in September and want to make some contacts out there. I'm hoping to bring part of my project out there to continue building for the next three years and would like to find out about the challenges of british homebuilding. Thank you. Terry Winnett Plans #792 Chapters all over the place.

Evan, Here's an email that a friend posted about his O-320-powered Cozy. Terry There have been a lot of questions coming my way about my cozy Mark 4 with an O-320 160 hp Lycoming for performance data. I have never done a thourough analysis like I have planned to do. There has been too much wind and turbulence in Lubbock and I prefer to fly places everytime that I fly. Basics: Nearly exact to plans built. Plans #90, cut off 3" each side of the canard after completion with micro fill, prepaint. Wheel pants (own construction). Clark Lyddick Performance prop 68 or 69 inch, his determination of pitch that would be needed for a 160 hp Cozy Mark 4. 1150 pounds originally, probably 50 pounds more by now. Unpainted or finished nose after gear up landing at 6 hours of flight testing. (I got the infamous gear up landing out of the way early, no big deal) One year of flying with Jack Wilhemson nose lift. Ellison throttle body. B&C starter and alternator. Alex Strong pitch trim. Full IFR panel. Usual Cruise: 6000 - 10,000 feet 2600 rpm, 8.0 gph (peaked per VM 1000 engine monitor. 155-160 kts at 50 gallons, 2 adults, 2 big kids, 50# baggage stowed in all areas. 13,500 ft, 150 kts at 7.3 gph, 2600 rpm. I usually get 165 kts at 2700 rpm. At 4500 ft, I maintained 2840 rpm for 45 minutes and held 171 kts. My prop is under pitched for cruise. My longest leg was after leaving Oshkosh this year. We did 4.7 hours on 3/4 of a tank of gas at 150 kts ground speed from Peoria, IL to Grand Prairie, TX (Dallas) with 12-15 kts headwind and a detour to see the St. Louis Arch (very cool). Takeoff in 1500-2000 ft at 3280 elevation and 90 degrees F (no wind, rare for here in Lubbock). Ground rpm is 2300 and take off rpm is 2320. Flying at front edge of CG envelope and as much as 1.5 inches foreward of foreward limit on some flights. Shortest takeoff was with 5-10 kts headwind, 1/2 fuel, 200 pound pilot, at sealevel and I estimated 700 feet with a 1500 fpm climb out at 100 mph. Climb out: 700 fpm at 80 mph (estimated Vx), 1200 fpm at 105 mph (estimated Vy). 12.5 gph fuel flow. At fully loaded weight. Heavy weight flight testing done with suitcases filled with every book and heavy thing in the house. It was interesting when one shifted onto the co-pilot stick and rolled the plane. Landing: Light weight, 100 mph downwind, 90 base, 80 final, touchdown at 70. Canard stall with power at 63 mph, without power at 68 mph. Overloaded front seat, 110 downwind, 100, base, 90 final, touchdown at 85 mph. Usually roll with mild braking for second half, 1500 -2000 feet. Able to stop with light load in 1200 feet and no wind. I love to roll on the mains for 500 feet til below 65 mph before nose wheel touch down, just for fun. Speed brake is handy for final and roll out. I deploy the speed brake at 1/2 mile final. At Oshkosh this year, I noticed that the climb out was only 500-600 fpm and the takeoff roll was at 2000 feet at high weight and foreward limit CG. I then realized that I had left my nose ballast of 3 coke cans filled with molten lead (shotgun pellets) at 8.2 pounds each for 24.6 pound total. I am afraid to do the calculations on CG from that screw up. The cans went home in a car. The ballast was perfect for my solo flight home from Florida last month with 4 stops in Oklahoma to visit relatives. All of that flight was done at 2500 rpm to conserve gas and at 1000 - 2000 agl for fun. Comparing to Nat's plane at Copperstate 2 years ago, his is quieter and has less vibration. The intercom system is professional versus my RST homebuilt. The 3 blades made a difference. The take off was more hardy, and climb out was faster. It would be much nicer for long cross country flights than mine, but I wouldn't give up on my plane. I hope that this helps with engine decisions. I love my O-320 but like most men, I would love to have even more POWER. Kevin Funk M.D. Cozy Mark 4, plans #90 N871F, Foxy-Lady Flying since 6/00

I wanted to accomplish two things with this post: 1) Ask if anyone has experience in changing an O-360A1A from a CS set-up to a fixed pitch set-up? What kind of parts and changes do I need to make to the hollow crank? 2) Put something in the Lycosaurus category that has been empty since the start of this forum. Thanks Terry Winnett #792

My friend Dr. Kevin Funk built a set of baggage pods for his Cozy and uses them when flying the family. Capacity of each one is about the size of a very small duffle and his saddle mount to the strake is strong enough to support his weight when standing on it. He states that he has no appreciable drag with them installed. He modeled them after some long-EZ pods he saw at OSH. He made up some molds and laid the pods up for himself and for another builder. Drop him a line at COZYMK4@aol.com

There are three builders in the San Antonio area with Chapter 35. Any Cozy fanatics are welcome to visit. BTW, the Funks up in Lubbock are still planning on building a second Cozy, but other long-delayed home projects that accumulated during the 8 year build time are now consuming time and money. Terry