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Anyone here built or familiar with the Cozy?
I've been doing a lot of research and I think I really like the design of this aircraft. I've got a very strong mechanical background, and I'm currently going thru A&P school. I've never worked with composites, though. Is it really a plane that someone without much aircraft or building experience could handle? I plan on getting my pilot's license after A&P school. Thanks for your input.
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Yes... there are people who build them who arent even pilots.
Workmanship may vary among individuals... There is one under construction here at EFD in Houston that has impeccable workmanship thus far. I am working on a Velocity with the primary builder, but glasswork is glasswork.. you just do more of your own with the Cozy, where the Velocity has more pre-made stuff at a higher price (and its a bit larger). If you are interested in interacting with more builders, check out the following: Go to Groups.yahoo.com and subscribe to canard-aviators ). WWW.CanardZone.com WWW.Canardaviation.com and link to the forums there. ( http://canardaviationforum.dmt.net/ ) The "Official" Cozy site http://www.cozyaircraft.com/ The "UnOfficial Cozy" site http://www.cozybuilders.org/ by Marc Zietlin (a RAH frequenter). You may have already found some of these sites, but the first three have people on there who are 1) actually building or 2) actually flying the Cozy. Marc's unofficial Cozy site also has a roster of pages of people who are building. No disrespect to RAH, but the quality and quantity of data on those groups regarding the Cozy and experimental aviation FAR outweighs what you will find here. The yahoo group gets 20-50 emails a day. The Canard Forums have variable traffic, and all have lots of archived material to look back on. Chances are, someone has input and actual experience there on whatever question you may have. Dave MudFlap wrote: I've been doing a lot of research and I think I really like the design of this aircraft. I've got a very strong mechanical background, and I'm currently going thru A&P school. I've never worked with composites, though. Is it really a plane that someone without much aircraft or building experience could handle? I plan on getting my pilot's license after A&P school. Thanks for your input. --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- |
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MudFlap asks:
I've been doing a lot of research and I think I really like the design of this aircraft. I've got a very strong mechanical background, and I'm currently going thru A&P school. I've never worked with composites, though. Is it really a plane that someone without much aircraft or building experience could handle? Absolutely. There are MANY folks that have built COZY's as their first aircraft, and when people ask me if they could build one, I ask them two question: 1) can you read English? 2) do you know which end of a screwdriver to hold onto? If the answer to both of these questions is "yes", then you have the tools you need to build this plane. If you're an A&P (or soon will be) then you're way ahead of the game. Composites are NOT difficult, if you know how to mix a drink and cut with scissors. As has been pointed out by another, determining your desired mission is the first step in picking an aircraft. If you want a high speed cross-country cruiser, and don't need STOL or aerobatics, the COZY is a good pick, especially if you want more than 2 seats. It handles great, cruises fast, and is easy to fly. Landing speeds are higher than the C-172's and Warriors that many of us have flown, but they're hardly difficult to deal with. It took me 2 approaches in another COZY to get the hang of it. I now have 245 hours in 2.5 years in mine, and I love it. I've been all over the country in it - S&F twice, OSH twice, and out to Colorado from Mass. If you're really interested in getting more information about building/flying COZY's, I suggest you join the COZY mailing list, which has about 570 folks on it at the moment. See: http://www.cozybuilders.org/mail_list/ for info on how to join. ..... I plan on getting my pilot's license after A&P school. Thanks for your input. Plan on a pilot's certificate - there's no such thing (in the USA) as a pilot's "license" :-). -- Marc J. Zeitlin http://marc.zeitlin.home.comcast.net/ http://www.cozybuilders.org/ Copyright (c) 2005 |
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On Sat, 7 May 2005 06:57:13 -0000, "karel"
wrote: "MudFlap" wrote in message news:ciZee.10599$iU.1161@lakeread05... I've been doing a lot of research and I think I really like the design of this aircraft. I've got a very strong mechanical background, and I'm currently going thru A&P school. I've never worked with composites, though. Is it really a plane that someone without much aircraft or building experience could handle? I plan on getting my pilot's license after A&P school. ** I had very similar feelings a year or two ago ** and had the impudence to air them here. *Snip* ** the high approach speed scared them so much ** they never dared land them Umm, silly question I know, but after a while wouldn't the overpowering need to use a washroom overcome thier fear??? H . |
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karel wrote:
** the high approach speed scared them so much ** they never dared land them Umm, silly question I know, but after a while wouldn't the overpowering need to use a washroom overcome thier fear??? Might well work, yeah If just anyone designed a canard cruiser with a washroom tucked in somewhere aft... Nah, 2 of them went all the way around the world nonstop without a washroom attached... Must have been a fear of turning back? |
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