INTRODUCTION
I
have been intrigued with the Canard Design ever since I learned how to fly in
1976. I have never had the opportunity to fly in one, let alone build one. For
many favorable reasons, my opportunity finally arrived - 28 years later – Cozy
Plan #1100!
Why
the Cozy? It’s a cool looking canard (of course), sits 4 people, has a
range of ~1,000 miles and cruises around 220 mph. There are several hundred of
these planes flying per my last count and have an excellent safety record.
It’s a plans built – that means I only purchase the materials as I need
them. There is no upfront down payment or deposit for kits. All it costs is $500
for the plans and you can start. Realistic build time is estimated around 3,500
to 4,000 hours. Between after work hours and weekends, I expect this project
will take me a good 5 to 7 years. One significant factor for deciding on the
Cozy is that it has a very active builder’s site (Cozy Forum) where hundreds
of builders communicate daily with each other (via the web) on the building
process. The sharing of knowledge and camaraderie spirit of this forum is
unprecedented. That means I will have a much better chance of succeeding the
project. But the most important factor of all – is that my better half for 30
years (Susann) gave the nod of approval!
The purpose of this web site is to document my Cozy building journey.
Methods I tried that work or don't work will be shared with other builders. Information provided in this web, of course, is limited to my experience and
build process. You can find a lot more information on this Cozy Aircraft through
the
Official
and
Unofficial
Web sites.
Many thanks to Rick Maddy for
this free Web
Space and Counter for our post!
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Latest
Update (06/19/2008):
Between
work, daughter's graduation from college and out of town guests, I did not get
much done with the Cozy project. However, here's some updates:
Chapter
12 section 1
Chapter
13 section 11
Chapter
24 section 8