Cozy1200

Ya, but I wasn't the one PIC!

No rollercoaster... acrobatics!!!! Me too. I just ordered another 20 yards of BID. I bough last week a 5 kg kit of MGS. Cost me $430aud or about $280usd. ouch

I gave myself an early Christmas gift this year... I completed Chapter 7!!!! Good grief, with my travel schedule it took 6 months!!! Yes, ritualistic airplanes noises where made. We'll be traveling home for a couple weeks over Christmas, then I'll be starting CH8 the first of the year!

It's fiberglass, everything is removable and repairable. Just get comfortable with a sander. A local Velo builder here in Oz bought a partially completed kit. The spar was installed but no stakes. It was going to cost an additional $8k to ship it as he calls it "top load". He had the owner take a hacksaw to the spar. Everything then fit into a single container with a new spar from Velocity. Even after buying the new spar he saved over $5k. So yes it's doable, but he said he spent hours with a grinder cutting the old one out.

For what it's worth. Here's my scheme. For smaller general day to day layup: Disposable Nitrile with latex on top. Change the latex as needed. I do tend to use the Nitrile a few times. I occasionally add baby power to my hands to help get the gloves on as my hands tend to sweat easily. On larger layups: If I'm in short sleeves, I coat my arms with barrier cream for the VERY occasional touching of epoxy. Bump of the elbow, drop of epoxy on the forearm sort of thing. I do wipe it off as soon as possible. I've recently started wearing cotton liners to help absorb sweat and let my hands breath. Then a layer of Nitrile and finally latex. No issues yet, but as Marc's just said, past results can't be used to project future expectations. (Ya, sound like what my financial adviser said last year before I put some money into some mutual funds (aka toilet))

Off-topic. My website has a rudimentary filter. For some reason every time I was writing about airplanes it kept getting the word "pit" showing up. It was removing the cock from cockpit!

hmm. I seem to recall this being done with a cozy.... http://forum.canardaviation.com/showthread.php?t=511&highlight=basement

Wow Marc, in theory that was on equal to the best sentence you ever typed.

oh boy, that Australian sarcasism is infectus.

Yeps still have mine. They're yours for you taking. Stop by anytime.

I posted another short (1 minute) video on how I shaped the upper sides of the fuse. Check it out. http://www.cozy1200.com/geeklog/article.php?story=SandingCurves

My non-A&P mind tells me you'd want to have the option of replacing the nut anytime the wing comes off. It may not need it, but at least you can inspect the nut.

Any suggestions? thanks

I'll be glass one side of the fuse this weekend. I have a couple questions about glassing the area around the spar cutout. I don't understand the spar layup yet so I'd like some help. 1) Pic 1, Does this tab of the firewall stay on or get cut off? I think it stays on. 2) The acute angle area of foam. Does this need a flox corner to the inside skin?

Prelimanry, we are shooting for over the Australia Day weekend. At one of the airports near Melbourne.

Hennie, Do you think you can make it to the Canard fly-in we trying to put together in Melbourne? http://www.canardzone.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8283

Thanks all. I'm not sure what direction I'll go, but it gives me something to ponder. The splitter (hybrid) is interesting, but I really don't anticipate needing to use the hand-held if the others are working. So why spend a lot of $$ if it's not being used at the same time. Question: does the hybrid reduce the range or effectiveness of the antenna? The third antenna is a possibility, but I don't see a really good place to put it yet. I do like the simplicity of this idea plus is a completely independent system. Another antenna would be cheap if done during construction. A switch on the panel is something I didn't consider. As long the the antenna and switch are good, it should be isolated from the radios.

Just pondering some future plans. I plan on putting a com antenna in each winglet and having two radios in the panel. I'd also like to have the ability to hook up a handheld radio in case say electrical failure. I envision a BNC connector somewhere on or under the panel that could be hook up easily in flight. What are the suggestions from the gurus? can I 'Y' off one of the antennas? Put a third antenna in somewhere? Forget the external antenna all together, use the whip antenna on the handheld? I'm still at least a year off, but just thinking about it tonight. (thinking of building, not actually building because I'm sitting in a hotel in the middle of nowhere Australia)

Very Nice Dave. Glad you & your girl are home safe. I can't wait to hear about it in person.

Correction, there WAS a seat available!

I'll post to the Cozy Digest (Marc) & Canard Aviators. Bruce, I'll email you a list of Australian Canards.

You know I'm in. Do you need me to post this in any of the other forums/mailing lists?

Possible. The hole APPEARS the same size. I would think you could fit the HSS blade to it.

Wow. Appears mighty close to my Fein. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=65700 Looks like other manufactures are finally seeing a market here as well.

Now I have seen real video of RC pilots landing after losing a wing. It's impressive, but a lot of RC acrobatic airplanes are extremely overpowered.