Welcome to the Builder's Page of the Cozy
Mark IV #792 by Terry
Winnett.
This is my novice attempt at: a) building an airplane, and b) building a webpage. Please bear with me on the latter endeavor. I will be posting some more relevant information and photos of the construction progress here soon.
My name is Terry Winnett and I am currently stationed at RAF Lakenheath, U.K., where I work in the Emergency Room. My fiancé, Ericka, is a pharmacist here and we're both Captains in the Air Force. <start singing 'The Air Force Song' here> Here's Help!
I'm (very slowly) building my own amateur-built category aircraft, called a Cozy Mark IV, which is constructed out of fiberglass-faced foam, with bits of aluminum, wood and steel strewn throughout. Check out www.cozyaircraft.com
To date, I have built the basic fuselage tub with most of the flight controls and arm rests installed, the canard, the elevators, both winglets and one-half of the starboard wing.. The nose has been started. Obviously, I'm not following the chapter sequence as prescribed in the plans.
Presently, I'm on hold until I pick up some
MGS epoxy from Germany. I just moved from sunny and warm San Antonio,
Texas to the opposite extreme, rainy and cold England in Sept '
I have Dr.
Kevin Funk to thank for turning me to this madness know as
homebuilding. I was introduced to him and his project while I was working
in Lubbock, Texas. His enthusiasm was infectious and he was eager to
share his knowledge. Before I knew it, I was helping him build his plane
on my off-time (mostly between the hours of
My first ride was in Kevin's Cozy on my
birthday at Oshkosh
If any of you canard builders/flyers ever
make it to the Cambridgeshire/Suffolk area of the United Kingdom (northeast of
London), drop me a line and I'll invite you out for tea and let you critique my
project. You can contact me at cz
The fuselage tub in its new home, the living room of my home in
England. My fiancé, Ericka, is very accommodating of my hobby.
Notice the deep scratches on the tub that were made by the movers, but it will
be a simple repair job. Canopy by Todd's Canopies. Great product at
a great price, plus he super-rushed it to me in time to make the move. I
believe that someone (Kevin Farley) remarked on a website that his project has
traveled
More pictures and content to follow soon... I hope...
A huge "Thank You" to Rick Maddy for graciously hosting this website!!
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Assorted Pictures
Hope you're not looking for any
structure or order on this webpage.
Cutting out bulkheads for the pre-fab nose cone from Featherlite. I was at work and it was a slow night, so disregard the stethoscope in the picture... it has nothing to do with composite building.
A shot of the cabin showing fitting of the roll trim cables and the seat
bulkheads. Side armrests mostly installed with phenolic hardpoints toward
the rear for aluminum headset connection panel. Kitfox stick shown.
Haven't decided to use these yet, but the price was right... free! UHMW
bearings used for the torque tubes.
While trying to figure out a good way to trace the M sheets for building the turtleback jig, I looked around work and found large sheets of unexposed, processed x-ray film to fit the bill. Exposed film, such as the chest x-ray show on the left, is too dark to see-through. It was a snap to trace and cut out with scissors. Trimming the edges was accomplished with a utility knife.
Tracing the pattern onto the wood with a Sharpie was easy because the film is thick. I wound up using only a template half and just flipping it over and aligning back onto the centerline of the MDF.
I cut out the jigs with a Bosch jigsaw. It was almost like cutting
with a bandsaw. I highly recommend this top-notch tool as being
indispensable for Cozy building, along with the Fein Multimaster tool,
PermaGrit abrasive tools, and Dritz electric scissors. Nothing beats
quality tools for building.
Setting up the turtleback jigs on my purpose-built table. Be thankful for your Home Depots and Lowes in the States. Materials cost out here in England is pretty steep and I paid a pretty pence to make all the stuff shown here. I'll be ready to lay up foam and build the TB as soon as I get back from my TDY in Germany this April with some epoxy... at long last!!
Went up to Norwich in March '
Links
Marc Zeitlin's Unofficial Cozy Page
GlassOvercast.com (Canard Site with
Canard DVD for purchase) “AWESOME!”