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on 5/4/2008, Peter Dohm supposed :
not necessarily. you only get the performance figures *after* you've built the design and flown it. aviation is littered with designs that looked promising but werent. Stealth Pilot To make matters worser, I can't build one so I have to take someone else's work. but the numbers of successful Cozys is a testament to the design. plus, you get to install a rotary-Wankel; this is good? I dunno. For an assortment of reasons, I have not been hanging around the local airport for the past couple of years. But the one builder that I knew who actually started flying a Wankel powered Cozy MkIV finally gave up and switched to a Lycoming O-360. From what I have heard, he was unsuccessful at cooling the Wankel; but the Lycoming is running without problems. The only recommendations that I can make are to look/ask on rec.aviation.homebuilt and also on the canard forum. (I have forgoten what the canard forum is really called and/or where it is located, but someone on R.A.H will be sure to know.) Peter Lint, my ex-brother-in-law has a Cozy IV and it is a super flight. He bought his already built and has never had a problem except with the front nose gear. The faster LD speeds! I think the Cozys are for those who want to build, the Mooneys for those who don't care to. |
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"Gezellig" wrote in message
... ... Lint, my ex-brother-in-law has a Cozy IV and it is a super flight. He bought his already built and has never had a problem except with the front nose gear. The faster LD speeds! I think the Cozys are for those who want to build, the Mooneys for those who don't care to. Bingo -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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On Mon, 05 May 2008 03:26:33 -0400, Gezellig wrote:
To make matters worser, I can't build one so I have to take someone else's work. but the numbers of successful Cozys is a testament to the design. plus, you get to install a rotary-Wankel; this is good? I dunno. For an assortment of reasons, I have not been hanging around the local airport for the past couple of years. But the one builder that I knew who actually started flying a Wankel powered Cozy MkIV finally gave up and switched to a Lycoming O-360. From what I have heard, he was unsuccessful at cooling the Wankel; but the Lycoming is running without problems. The only recommendations that I can make are to look/ask on rec.aviation.homebuilt and also on the canard forum. (I have forgoten what the canard forum is really called and/or where it is located, but someone on R.A.H will be sure to know.) Peter Lint, my ex-brother-in-law has a Cozy IV and it is a super flight. He bought his already built and has never had a problem except with the front nose gear. The faster LD speeds! I think the Cozys are for those who want to build, the Mooneys for those who don't care to. Gazelle, this may be the answer. Even with a Lycoming, I see Jeff's point about the annual; I am left confused in this, can I expect to get an annual on a Cozy/Velocity type canard without having to do anything myself? |
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On Mon, 12 May 2008 17:46:51 -0400, Linton Yarbrough wrote:
On Mon, 05 May 2008 03:26:33 -0400, Gezellig wrote: To make matters worser, I can't build one so I have to take someone else's work. but the numbers of successful Cozys is a testament to the design. plus, you get to install a rotary-Wankel; this is good? I dunno. For an assortment of reasons, I have not been hanging around the local airport for the past couple of years. But the one builder that I knew who actually started flying a Wankel powered Cozy MkIV finally gave up and switched to a Lycoming O-360. From what I have heard, he was unsuccessful at cooling the Wankel; but the Lycoming is running without problems. The only recommendations that I can make are to look/ask on rec.aviation.homebuilt and also on the canard forum. (I have forgoten what the canard forum is really called and/or where it is located, but someone on R.A.H will be sure to know.) Peter Lint, my ex-brother-in-law has a Cozy IV and it is a super flight. He bought his already built and has never had a problem except with the front nose gear. The faster LD speeds! I think the Cozys are for those who want to build, the Mooneys for those who don't care to. Gazelle, this may be the answer. Even with a Lycoming, I see Jeff's point about the annual; I am left confused in this, can I expect to get an annual on a Cozy/Velocity type canard without having to do anything myself? Find another Cozy/Velocity owner and pay them? |
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