Month: October 2016

Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – October 30, 2016

The next step is to determine exactly where to place the instrument panel and front seatback bulkheads within the fuselage. A 101.75″ stick was placed down the centre of the aircraft to mark off 19.25″, 40″, and 60″ from the front datum. Measuring 19.25″ for the instrument panel location… Locating 40″ and 60″ where the …

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The Cozy Experimental Aircraft

I have had some requests for more information about the Cozy Experimental Aircraft. The Cozy Mark IV is a 4-place, single engine, homebuilt light aircraft designed by Nat Puffer. The aircraft is constructed from foam and fiberglass. The Cozy Mark IV is constructed from materials such as Divinycell, blue styrofoam, polyurethane foam and fiberglass (RA7715 …

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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – October 29, 2016

Saturday evening in the workshop … Shim added to top front of right fuselage side. Lots of sanding of the left fuselage side to align it with the front bulkhead F22. Small shim epoxy’d to top front of left fuselage side. 5-minute epoxy used to add the shims. Front bulkhead F22 and the fuselage sides …

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Manned Mars Mission – Radiation Hazards & Protection – Free Download

This is a free download of a UND Space Studies report by David LeFrancois describing ionizing radiation, its associated health hazards and exposure limits in the context of a manned mission to Mars. The sources and levels of radiation both en-route and on Mars are identified followed by a discussion and assessment of the potential methods of …

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