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.


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