Steve Innova

For Sale: - Steve Wright EZ Noselift - Full size installation drawings - Electronic noselift controller - Ken Brock MKNG6 Nose Pivot Assembly - Nose strut, with the Steve Wright improved NG-3/NG-4 attached Price: $1,150, OBO. Your choice of insured shipping at your cost. (Note: The noselift, electronic controller, and MKNG6 are new, unused. The NG-3/NG-4 has already been bonded to the nose strut, but was never installed in the aircraft. Separately these parts are worth around $1,900, so you'll save $750.) Steve

But really, who cares if Mistral succeeds in certifying their engine? Their engine is MORE expensive than the proven Lycoming, and has LOWER fuel efficiency. That, with the unfavorable Euro - $ exchange rate make the economics unviable. If they were well financed and willing to produce and sell the first several years of production (100s - 1,000) engines at a loss to directly compete on price w/Lycoming, then they could have gained enough market share to be commercially viable. But they wont, so... so long Mistral.

You won't get a 200HP normally aspirated rotary engine for 290 lbs.

Yes and no. Consider that the new owners probably picked it up for a song. All the development costs and tooling should already be paid for by the previous company. With a flying prototype, their main costs are going to be marketing and a few laborers (initially) to produce kits. As long as an aircraft company doesn't go bankrupt following a crash, or after screwing a lot of their customers (both of which ruin the design's reputation), post-bankruptcy is a good place to start. All those expensive start up costs/debt are erased, and hopefully, you have a good design.

I suspect some of the problem is variability in foam density.

What calculations did he perform to arrive at this conclusion?

Where I live, inside the DC ADIZ, I am avoiding adding anything to my aircraft that could look like bombs or missiles. If I make a mistake on the transponder code, I want the F-16 driver to at least hesitate...

Wayne Hicks is in your area, Suffolk VA I believe.

For my modified fuselage, I shortened the fuselage depth from 23" to 18". To restore the rigidness of the fuselage, I added an extra layer of BID inside and out, and reinforced the longerons with two layers of 3" UNI spar cap tape. We'll see if that's enough.

Well, for starters you're reducing the strength of the forward fuselage. To restore it, the longerons would have to be reinforced quite significantly. In a turn or turbulance, the floor and the longerons are carrying all the twisting loads between the canard and the wings. Is this a problem? Under regular flight loads, probably not. If the the twisting was excessive, you'd probably see the evidence in the "knee windows" popping out, or cracking. In a crash though, the result could be that the nose folds back at the IP. Not a desireable outcome, since your legs and waist happen to be there. (but the nose before F-22 is also a weak link, and would probably crush first. Choose your poison.)

I would, at minimum, remove ALL of the original JEFFCO, not just the places where it delaminated. The entire batch is suspect. Soda blasting may be more effective than sand blasting against a thick, pliable JEFFCO epoxy coating. I 2nd (or 3rd) the suggestion to try out the layups emersed in gasoline and or alchohol to test adhesion. It's worth waiting several months to avoid having this problem again. I never clean parts with alchohol, I always use acetone.

We're probably going to have to wait for the NTSB investigation on this one. It's not clear if the pilot was trying to make an emergency landing on the flat area surrounding the quarry, or if he was doing some low-level sightseeing and couldn't get out of the hole in time.

Some more pictures of the canard. The original builder applied some micro and sanded to finish the surface. Some additional surface finishing is probably required.

Some pictures of the spar with the extra tapered foam strip on the ends. Note: The wood blocks are levelling blocks, temporarily bondoed to the spar to aid in levelling it during installation.

Thanks for the clarification!

I just like the look.

Note: I can't edit the original posting, but need to make a correction. The "nose gear strut" is actually NOT INCLUDED. Sorry!

New low price: $1,600, or best offer. Less than half the cost of materials!

New low price: $1,400, OBO.

Lower price: $350 OBO.

Use them, they'll be fine.

The fiberglass won't remove the warp. More than likely, if you weight it down and lay up fiberglass, when you remove the weights it'll rebound, causing the cured fiberglass to delaminate.

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Roncz Canard for Cozy MkIV for sale. Asking $1800, or best offer. Buyer pays shipping, or you can pick up in Alexandria, VA, 22312. Canard is completed, with Elevators. Requires only final micro finishing. All required Brock Parts are included ($831 value). Email me at: Cozyparts [at] yahoo.com Also selling separately, wings, spar, canard, engine cowling, and Ken Brock parts. See other auctions at: http://www.canardzone.com/forum/show...5770#post25770 and http://www.canardzone.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25771#post25771 Includes: - Cozy MkIV Roncz Carnard, completed, internal antenaa installed; requires final micro surface finishing. - Elevators, completed, with all Brock parts installed, may require final finishing and balance check. - All required Brock metal parts are included, except for the hing pin inserts. Brock Parts include: NC-CLT Lift Tab (2x) NC2 Hinge Insert (4x) NC3 Hinge Plate Assembly (6x) NC5A Pitch Trim Bellcrank (1x) NC6 Torque Tube End Plug (2x) NC7 Hinge Jig (2x) CS10 Counterbalance, inboard (2x) CS11 Counterbalance outboard (2x) MKNC-12A Torque Tube Offset Left (1x) MKNC-12A Torque Tube Offset Right (1x) Elevator Torque Tubes (2x) I did not build this canard, I bought it as part of another project in order to get a few select parts for my airplane project. I decided to build a modified, dihedral canard, so I'm selling this one for basically the cost of materials. FYI: Aircraft Spruce lists the Canard and Elevator (chapt 10, 11) materials for $482.63 + 1 gal epoxy @ about $200 w/hazmat shipping. The required brock parts for the canard and elevators cost $831 (from CG parts). So as you can see, this is a good deal that will save you a couple hundred hrs. Disclaimer: I did not build these items, and make no warrantees or claims regarding their suitability for any purpose. The buyer should carefully inspect them and if used for any purpose, carefully follow any plans and instructions for their use. The buyer assumes all risk and liability for the use of these items.

Cozy MkIV Molded Engine Cowlings for sale. Asking $450, or best offer. Buyer pays shipping, or you can pick up in Alexandria, VA, 22312. Email me at: Cozyparts [at] yahoo.com Appear to be the Aerocad cowlings, but possibly the Featherlight Cowlings. Pictures are included: FYI: Aerocad 2006 prices list the cowls at $450 for upper, $450 for lower. http://www.aerocad.com/info%20pack.pdf Disclaimer: I did not build these items, and make no warrantees or claims regarding their suitability for any purpose. The buyer should carefully inspect them and if used for any purpose, carefully follow any plans and instructions for their use. The buyer assumes all risk and liability for the use of these items.