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I finally settled on bringing it inboard directly ahead of the IP on the pilot's side wall. Agreed that was one of the factors of keeping it up close to the IP Good point, but it wasn't a problem. I carefully dremeled near the Baluns to ensure the totally submerged. You can see the very top of them under the glass, but it's not a bump. Thanks for the suggestions. In time, I'll get some pics posted on my website.

CGI is pretty believable.

That is some very fine work!!

Well that is where RST recommends. The entire antenna would be on the tub, so a significant amount of the nose would have to be ground away before the antenna would be affected. Good point, I hadn't thought of that. That's the kind of stuff I'm after. I'm trying to avoid future conflict or routing issues. I expect to put the antenna under the passenger side, then rout a channel for the coax to where-ever I want it to enter the fuse. Sorry no movies for a while. I like building too much.

I'll be putting the MB antenna in probably tomorrow or Friday. I'm trying to decide where to have the coax enter the fuselage. Seeing that I've never wired radios on a cozy, I thought I would ask someone that has. So those that have done it, what does 20/20 hindsight suggest? My thoughts so far. The connectors would be on the back of the radio that would be several inches forward of the IP. If I have the coax enter directly at the IP, then it would have to be routed up the IP, then forward till it reaches the back of the radio, then loop 180 degrees to plug into the back. So maybe enter just in aft of F-22 where it would be more of a straight shot into the radio? I guess that so far out, I'm not sure. Just looking for advice, I realize that where-ever it enters, it can be routed later.

It would be great if Marc could turn the FAQ into a Wiki. Then anyone could improve it as needed. hmm... I think I just created allot more work for Marc.

Phillip Johnson has documented how he used a bolt. check it out. http://www.canardzone.com/members/PhillipJohnson/Canard/canard.htm

Sounds like a good idea. I have literally hundreds of photographs, some of which are on my website. All at least 5 megapixel from my d1x ($5,000 camera now worth $500). So you are giving up the possibility of building?

Dave, Good to hear your bird is back in the air.

Spotted on Wentworth Aircraft ebay sales. Currently at $12.6K. Could possible go at a reasonable price for a really low time engine. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADME%3AB%3AFSEL%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=&item=140273692490

First, congrats on starting. That's one of the hardest parts. Although it's expensive, it's not really anymore than from spruce. When I bought mine, it was within a few dollars per gallon of what Spruce was charging. I forget what the exchange rate was at the time. Unfortunately, he only offers the more expensive 285. I'd prefer to use the cheaper 335. DaveB & I both had very good experiences when buying from him. Now if I was building the entire plane in Oz, I don't know if I'd use MGS. It's just so expensive, I'd probably look at other options. First, congrats on starting. That's one of the hardest parts. Ironbark is the only OZ distributor. The North American distributor is AirHeart http://www.airheart.on.ca/ I don't know if they'll ship internationally. The Hazmat fees on a relatively small (one plane worth) batch may be prohibitive. When I return home I expect to drive or better yet fly up to their place to pick up some epoxy. May contacting MGS direct may be worth a shot. good luck.

The SAAA (Sports Aircraft Association of Australia) is the local equivalent of EAA. The annual fly-in was hosted a couple weeks back in Cowra, NSW. This year was deemed "the year of the canard". A very good selection of canards showed up, probably 10 canard of all varieties showed up. There was several that had just absolutely outstanding workmanship. Chris Byrne's Cozy MkIV was just outstanding. Also a defiant showed that was just a work of art. Here's a link to a bunch (ok, 300) of photographs. http://www.cozy1200.com/geeklog/mediagallery/album.php?aid=14&sort=0&page=5 The old canard saying certainly holds true here in Australia. That is that no matter where a canard lands, it's instantly the hottest plane on the ramp. Everyone wants to check it out. There was always a crowd around the canard area. That was until the hand built Jet arrived!!! A 3/4 Grumman Panther. Absolutely incredible. I'm not sure which was more interesting, the plane or the stories the pilot/builder was telling.

Velocity makes a "bootie" for their gear bows. You may be able make it work on yours.

hey fantastic, let's do this. DaveB & Lifesamsara (bruce) are coming over to my place tonight to drull of photos from Cowra. Unfortunately I only took 400 pics (No enough). We'll report back with some prelim plans. Wayne, it's last minute, but your more than welcome to come.

Ya, me too. I feel myself coming down with something.

Wayne, Spod, Are you two making it to Cowra?

as the Austrian's say "good on ya, Mate" That great news. From thinking of selling to active builder. keep it up.

whelp. I stand corrected....... again.

ya, what marc said... I do seem to recall that a Berkut was turned into a UAV. So I guess it has been done. I think there's videro floating around of it landing or something.

I had the pleasure of sanding and slapping some epoxy for the first time in nearly 5 weeks. Life is Good. I had work travel commitments bracketing both ends of a vacation. Vacations are good, but most evenings I'm dreaming of epoxy.

Now that is a good price and one heck of a jump start.

Boy that's looks familiar!! Looks good, keep it up.

I think it time we give Dave his own Topics to post his stories under. We'll title it "The JZE Chronicles" or "Gyro Dave & his flying Machine" or "Long Distance in a Long EZ" "Down Under in a Backwards plane" somebody stop me. Dave, seriously, you could right a book with these stories. Somebody did the same thing with a round the world trip in a Starship. The only difference is your flights are REAL!!!

SOLD. That's if it'll get you started. So are you starting?

I haven't ruled out the Spar yet. In fact I was just checking on it. I would agree that Urethane is out. It's just too soft to work with. A few power tools like the router can machine other foams to a nicer finish. What type of foam would you use instead?