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 created a "Condition Inspection Checklist" for my aircraft which you can view in PDF format.
  You can download the (possibly up to date) Excel version as well.
  
  The "Orange" Cells turn Green when an "OK" is written into them.

• I've also got a W&B spreadsheet for downloading - John Slade has endorsed it and suggested I put it here (New and Improved - 3/06/2008).
   
• 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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