Prepared workshop for glassing one side of the centre keel and seatback brace parts. Cut uni and bi directional cloth to size for the parts. Two layers of bi-directional cloth for the seatback braces and two layers of uni-directional cloth for the heat duct and spacers. Dacron and wax paper was also cut to size to …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – December 26, 2016 Read More »
A paper template was made for the 0.25″ birch inserts. The template was traced onto a piece of birch plywood. A pilot hole was drilled into the location where the 3/8″ hole is to be drilled and 3 additional pilot holes were drilled so that nails could be used to hold 2 pieces of birch …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – December 24, 2017 Read More »
The centre keel provides strength for the fuselage and contains the hot air duct. It forms the base of the centre control console and contains hard points for mounting the safety belts. The seatback brace contains hard points for mounting the landing brake actuating mechanism and the fuel selector valve. It also contains a pocket …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – December 23, 2016 Read More »
A winter view from the workshop this morning. It’s time to remove the fuselage side fabrication jigs from the work table to clear space for construction of the bottom of the fuselage and the heat duct. It’s great to have the full work table back again !
0.4cm was trimmed off of the left side of the front seatback so that the left side of the seatback would be aligned with the left fuselage side. The seatback is now centred in the fuselage and both fuselage sides clamped at F22 with the seatback and instrument panel located in the correct positions. The …
Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – December 3, 2016 Read More »
