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No4

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About No4

  • Birthday 01/06/1907

Flying Information

  • Flying Status
    twin

Personal Information

  • Location (Public)
    Pasifika
  • Occupation
    beachcomber
  • Bio
    sitting in the shade with a cold one

Project/Build Information

  • Plane Type
    Cozy Mark IV
  • Plans/Kit Number
    1124

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  1. "After this "reboot", you will see that there's a new crew of builders and flyers attaching themselves to this site." But I bet it won't take them too long to realise one site is administered by an egotistical nerd from la-la land, who in 18 months has got as far as hanging a spanner from his garage wall, and the other by someone who has actualy finished a fantastic Cozy Mk IV, with an excellent web site to boot. see you all next door
  2. I'm not one to say " I told you so!" but Jon, "I told you so!". We all did, six months ago, but you couldn't take a hint. Now look what you have gone and done, another canard website formed because of your bad manners. Instead of making this site stronger, you have driven away the very people needed here. Good Effort
  3. From the old RAF ad Engines 2 x 0-320 4 seats Empty 1600 lb Load 1270 lb Gross 2950 lb Fuel 115 gallons US Span 31.4 feet Wing area 133 ft Loading 22.2 lb/ft2 Power loading 9.2 lbs/hp payload full fuel 660 lbs Max cruise (70%) 184 kts Fuel flow cruise 17.8 gph range 1044 nm Econ cruise (55%) 168 kts Fuel flow econ 13.9 gph Range econ 1208 nm Climb (2950lbs) 1500 fpm Climb (2220lbs) 1900 fpm SE climb 2950 lbs 310 fpm SE ceiling 6500 ft SE climb 2200 lbs 550 fpm Stall 2950 lbs 64 kts Stall 2200 lbs 58 kts Time to build 2000 hrs plus
  4. Congratulations John! You must be over the moon. Excellent work ! Must have been a real buzz to get her airborne. It's been really great to follow your progress, thanks for the website. Inspirational stuff. Safe flying, Happy landings Adam
  5. Here's that yellow Cozy, from the main Cozy site, photo section. http://www.cozyaircraft.com/ The caption says it belongs to Bryan Geisler of Sun City, AZ. The Cozy next to the F-16 has prominent red flashes. I still think a bright colour is a good idea in snow covered mountains. Does it get very hot where you are Joe? regards Adam:D
  6. I'm not cut and pasting, and hope I can get away with this link, it is after all the result of a simple Google search. http://www.cozybuilders.org/mail_list/topics98/noise.txt ANR headsets make a Piper Cherokee Archer much more bareable, and combined with having the engine and prop in the back, an auto conversion replacing that awfuly loud Lycoming, I would imagine it will be very quiet indeed. http://science.howstuffworks.com/question124.htm
  7. No4

    Super Cozy

    "I'm satisfied that he is the most prolific, innovative engineer in the history of aviation or pretty much anything else." Couldn't agree more Jim, How long until the plans become available for White Knight and Spaceship 1? Now that would be fun to build in the garden shed! __________________ Could you call this a "Super Cozy"? PT6 gas turbine 1600hp 6 place pressurised 320 knots 30,000 feet ceiling 1300 nm range http://www.airliners.net/info/stats.main?id=2 AASI now own Mooney, and are hoping to bring it into production:D
  8. Good to see you back Largeprime, How's it going bro?
  9. No4

    O2 & Altitude

    Thanks alot Tyson, Very sobering stuff...Very interesting. I'm visiting a glider competition at Omarama before easter. Plan to study all the oxygen systems and interoggate the pilots fully. Steve Fossett went for the world altitude record in a glider out of there, it gets very good mountain waves. Recently a two man glider went 500 kmh at 20,000 feet , average speed of 200 kmh, they broke some world closed course record. Cheers Adam:D
  10. Can't see any reason why he should be banned, I'm for re-instatement.
  11. Cheers Darrell, I was guessing you might be a helo pilot by your handle, AND a Tomahawk pilot to boot eh? "I have seen most everything that can go wrong in a helicopter go wrong. Engine, drivetrain, electronic and hydraulic failures of most every sort" Well it's good to hear your still with us, Each to their own I suppose, I get the same reaction from my chopper pilot friends. Different breed I guess. I must be a girl's blouse. Still won't get me back in one though.
  12. Hallo Joe, I'm guessing you've already read this, seeing how you have a post just two lines up. But just incase you missed it. http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=580
  13. I used to have a little 12volt kettle element that you dip into a mug to make a nice cup of tea whilst on the road. If it was fitted inside an insulated metal tube, with a small 12volt car dashboard fan, and connected to a variable resistor, would that work? Any good?
  14. Cheers Dan, I'm sure you can see why I took offense to your words that my post was useless and misleading, and that I was giving aviation a bad name. This is after all a thread about accidents. Perhaps I should clarify that my opinion is not based on reading one article in one magazine. I consider myself lucky that having myself and an instructor in a Tomahawk makes us unable to upload any fuel, due to weight, and thus I learn't to fly in a Cherokee and Cessna 172. I have seen a video of the tail plane during stalling practice, and that was enough for me. Tomahawk pilots are usualy very good, because they have learn't in a difficult machine. But their propensity to spin, and poor stall characteristics are enough for me. The wing is so poorly designed it requires a strip attached to the leading edge, to make the stall less dangerous. Heaven knows how awful it would be without it. I spent several years in the British army, and had quite a few hours as a passenger in various helicopters. Low level at over 100 mph along fire breaks in a pine forest, slipping under power cables, at night, holding a box full of high explosives, is not something I want to repeat. Here the Robinson's used for training fall out of the sky on a regular basis, and from my research almost all helicopter pilots have horror stories to tell. The physics of a helicopter, imho, show that it is trying to twist and vibrate itself to death. Two flights in microlights were enough for me. Apart from being very uncomfortable, the flimsy nature of their construction, I find worrisome. Soaring over Victoria Falls, observing crocodiles sun bathing on the Zambezi river bank was made rather less than enjoyable when I looked up to see a single bolt connecting me to a thin sheet of nylon. Fixed wings on the whole I find much more pleasant, and I'm sure they are much safer than automobile travel. In fact there is no place I'd rather be than in a Boeing 747, hopefuly one day up the front, on the left. Best Regards Adam
  15. Hello Dan, I'm not entirely sure of your point. I thought it might be of interest to give a synopsis of the accidents which occured here. The 13 accidents mentioned have complete reports, yet it would have taken me hours to copy the lot to this site, and frankly I couldn't be bothered, and this site is an innappropriate place either way. I have spent many hours reading full accident reports, and often download recordings of the "black box" cockpit flight recorders. Perhaps I should have listed all the succesful flights which took place inside the same time period, so our readers could realise just how safe it is to fly? I never stated homebuilts were in anyway more dangerous than manufactured aircraft, and I disagree that the most dangerous time for flight is after repair by a certified mechanic. It is almost certainly when the aircraft has NOT seen a certified mechanic for a long time. If you were to study the accident reports from the african continent you would see that most have seriously dubious maintenance. Either way, I will never get in another Tomahawk, helicopter or microlight (note microlight, not homebuilt) again, and your last paragraph only reassures my opinion. Cheers Adam
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