Cozy MKIV - Unofficial Documents to Share

• I used the COZY checklist as the basis for mine, and then added some stuff from the Cessna and Warrior checklists that I use(d), as well as some stuff I actually figured out myself during the first couple of preflights/flights :-).
  • UPDATED - Zeitlin COZY MKIV Checklists

• I adapted Tristan Vincent-Philpott's adaptation of Nat Puffer's original, generic COZY MKIV POH to fit the specifics of N83MZ's latest incarnation. I removed a great deal of the generic info that was not specific to MY aircraft, but talked about how to get an airplane set up.
  • Zeitlin COZY MKIV N83MZ POH

• I created a "Condition Inspection / Pre-Buy Examination Checklist" for canard aircraft which you can view in PDF format. (New and Improved - 11/03/2024)
  You can download the Excel version as well.
  The "Orange" Cells turn Green when an "OK" is written into them, and Yellow when a "N/A" is written into them.

• Kevin Walsh has created what I consider the canonical Phase I Flight Test Protocol for canard aircraft. You can download this in PDF format or MS Word format and modify for your own aircraft and test program.
• MS Word Format (zipped): Phase I Test Protocol
• PDF Format: Phase I Test Protocol
  

• I've also got a COZY MKIV W&B spreadsheet for downloading.
   
• Nigel Field created a spreadsheet for Weight and Balance Calculations for the COZY MKIV. This is in WK4 format (for Lotus 123), zip'ed:
  
  • Spreadsheet for: Weight and Balance - WK4
    

• I created a few computer order forms in the AMI PRO and MS Word word processor, with tables and automatic totalization (at least in AMI PRO). I've got (all zip'ed):
  
  • Order Form for Aircraft Spruce and Specialty - MS Word
  • Order Form for Wicks Aircraft - EXCEL 4.0 (Thanks to Keith Barr)
  • Order Form for Wicks Aircraft - MS Word

  I fill them out and then fax them to the vendors with a fax-modem. Works GREAT!

• I created a cost spreadsheet in Lotus 123 to examine the relative costs of different vendors, as well as to evaluate the costs of different options. It's pretty raw, and needs some work, but here it is (in WK4 format, zip'ed):
  
  • Spreadsheet for: cost - WK4
     
• Nigel Field also created a spreadsheet for doing the stress calculations for his propeller fabrication technique.  this is an MS Excel format file, zip'ed:
  
  • Spreadsheet for: Propeller Stress Calculations - XLS
    

• Al Wick and Tim Hustad have created spreadsheets for Time Tracking for the COZY MKIV These are pretty spiffy. These exist in XLS format (for MS EXCEL), zip'ed:
  
  • Al Wick's Spreadsheet for: Time Tracking - XLS
  • Tim Hustad's Spreadsheet for: Time Tracking - XLS

(Remember to set "Load to Local Disc" or the equivalent on your browser - you don't want [unless you've got AMI PRO, MS Word Excel and/or 123 set up as viewers] to try to view these on-line).

Ed Richards created this Excel Spreadsheet with his entire wire list for his electrical system:

• Wire List - XLS

George Richards, a Falco builder/flyer in New Zealand, provided this Excel spreadsheet for calculating wire sizes given amperage and wire length.  He said it was from a Kitplanes article long ago.

• Wire Size Calculator - XLS

Larry Jansch scanned in a COZY photo for use as "wallpaper" for your PC/Mac.   You can download these JPG images here and convert them to BMP format with an image editor.

• Wallpaper Image(s)

Here's a paper from the Sensenich Corporation about wood propeller hub forces and bolt compression forces.

• Drive Torque Capacity of Crankshaft Flanges

There are a set of wheelpants molds traveling the rounds - this is the instruction manual for the fabrication and installation of the same.

• Wheel Pants Installation

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Last Updated: November 3^rd, 2024 (updated N83MZ POH and Checklists; Canard CI/PB Checklist)