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They're not called Cozy for nothing! But that is the reason for the MkIV - bigger. And many builders, myself included, add even more to the fuselage.

Yes, absolutely share what you've found. I may find something new to me there! If you want to dig deeper, there's some good stuff from the late Mike Arnold:

Here's the 4 talks I have (big files to download): Gary Hertzler Klaus Savier Nick Ugolini 1 Nick Ugolini 2

Welcome Mateusz, Sounds like you are off to a good start. Have fun with the build, and share your progress here so we can cheer you along! -Cameron

I think Klaus sold the NACA molds to a composites company. The name eludes me, but I'm sure he'd tell you if you ask. Lightspeed Engineering is is company name.

You'll find the vortilon plans on page 7 of this document: LEZSPC.PDF What exactly is your situation, James? Fixing up an old Long?

Do you perhaps mean vortilons? They are really easy to fabricate, just follow the plans.

Thanks for posting these! I look forward to watching and actually hearing what was said - it was indeed a very difficult environment. -The tall guy with the red Cozy hat.

Had a fun 3 days at Osh. Met a bunch of great people, and was able to put faces to names I recognize online. Spoke at some length with Jeff Kerlo about his past, present, and future canard projects (he is probably best known at the moment as being the guy who did the great composite work on Raptor and tried to talk sense into Peter, to no avail). He has some very interesting projects in the pipeline that have the potential to bring fresh life to the canard world. Lady Vi looking great: Gary Hertzler's 'bull session' was co-opted by some guy named Burt. Here he is talking about trailing-edge fences. The session was recorded (he and Gary wearing microphones) and will be posted online. Ever noticed similarities between the lower winglets on Starship and Klaus' Long?

Whoops, my typo! I meant to say a gather OR two, not OF two! 😅

Hi all, Are there any canard-related gatherings or events I should know about at Osh? My first time attending since 2011, and that fateful year I was convinced to start building!! I'm not presently following the old mailing lists (I haven't the time to deal with so many e-mails), so may have missed announcements there. I will be attending Tuesday - Thursday. Planning to be wearing my red Cozy hat and a black backpack with New Zealand flags on the sides. Stop me and say hi!

I have post-cured my fuselage tub. It wasn't hard to do as I had already built a frame that clips onto my workbench that I can cover with a tarp and heat the inside to accelerate curing, which also enables layups in otherwise off-nominal temperatures. I post-cured to 70C (158F), but this was just the tub. As Kent mentioned, beware of the temperature limits of blue wing foam. I am no epoxy expert, but my understanding is this: Post-curing is merely a continuation of the chemical process. As such, it really doesn't matter if there is a period of time between initial cure and post-cure - if there is still a reaction possible at higher temps, the post-cure will accomplish it. Side-note: When the above is generally true, I am also using a non-standard epoxy, as the commonly-used ones are not available in this country - except West, which has the worst properties of those deemed acceptable. I have better options available here, and they were chosen with much research, discussion with experts, and subsequently with inspection by experienced builders including a former Scaled employee. All were satisfied with what I have.

Make sure you compare and 'fit' the templates to the coordinates from that site. Designers often make small tweaks to airfoils for (reasons) that go unmentioned, ie filling a cusp or tweaking a trailing edge. This is important.

They're in Section 1.

Both Gary and Klaus each gave a Zoom presentation awhile back. Should be a good intro into what they did and their thinking. Not sure if anyone has a link to the recordings from the archives. If you can't find them, I can upload them, I have a local copy of each.