I did the tie-down thingy that Marc mentioned, a drawing is on his site which he also mentioned. An easy retrofit (is anything an easy retrofit?), and is the bomb. I carry a carabiener type clip for e

But they do loosen up over time :) +300 hours on my bucket now, I have an ear for when the trunion bolts are loose. Generally twice a year (or every 20-30 landings?) I now remove the actuator cover an

Here's what I know, or don't know. Take it for what it's worth. I plan on flying my Cozy there, camping under my wing. Flying from Colorado has issues this time of year (cold, snow, mountains, ...), T

Glenbob, Jim, Nick: I met Nick at RR, it would be safe to assume his newly found dance partner might prefer to sit side-side on jaunts to places distant ;) As to the picture Nick attached, it would al

If any interest, I'll tote my Dynavibe GX-3 'rotating mass' prop balancer to RR. Email me direct. Current certs, latest firmware, dual accelerometers (if needed). It's quite accurate and will spew out

I have several of a similar design in my bucket. The terminals, not the completed fuse block. +300 hours, none have loosened up or failed. +5, +12, GND at my EMS module. 'quick' disconnects at the win

Unsure of your build. Release tape a 5 gallon bucket. Lay up 3-4 plies of BID approximately 1/3 way around the bucket. "Pop" off, trim sections out for your deflectors/ramps. Sand to fit cowls, flox i

Joel: Gary Hunter recommends 87 hardener. Tad bit late to change at this point. Don't post cure the wings then! :) There should be minimal (none!) Styrofoam in the strake structure, gobs of H-45 Divin

Labor Day weekend. Friday through Monday. Thecanyonscollection.com, call for the group discount, mention canard fly-in. If no room yet, I know of one to share. Rick Sent from my waffle iron.

It's Rockford ;) Boeing/Fed-x/Ford/other big boyz pay to display their offerings in front of 500,000 people. As to war-birds, I kinda agree. But seeing a F4U up close is kinda neat, and they do draw a

Menu at: http://cozy.zggtr.org/2019.menu.pdf If you have a car/van/truck, cool. Chat it up on arrival at OSH. I'll be working the whole week with "Team Epoxy" (George, Chrissi, Randi, Bob, ??) at the

We're in, I reserved the 50 person room for 6:00 pm on Friday. When I awoke this AM, I had 18 people that responded with a "yea". Note that I only posted to this list, so please spread the word. I wil

Greets: Never a glutton for punishment, I'm sending this note out to see if there's an interest for an off site Canard dinner at Roxy's Super Club in downtown Oshkosh (https://roxysupperclub.com/priva

Home Built Camping. EAA built a Hugh Jass covered 'pavilion' on the west side of HBC a few years ago. Concrete floor, couple of propane BBQ grills, 1-2 jumbo griddles, landscaping, ... The old "kitche

That's been mentioned. My remote radio is in the main spar cavity, running a coax to the front for a handheld is problematic. Existing remote COM radio in for repair (2-3-? weeks), new (untested) remo

Have a handheld icom, Bill (co-pilot) even used it for me. Peachy on the ground, or w/in 5 miles of airport, but audio sux aloft. So does transmission. Rick wrote:

A few of you may know I arrived at Canards West NORDO, long (and colorful) story for later. Planning on "Rendezvous" this weekend, also flying NORDO. I'm under DIA mode-C veil, will be flying over BJC

Frank, EJ, Nate, others: Can't say I've ever been a POC, but... Been to OSH +6 years now, Cozy/Long/Veri drivers/builders/wannabe's used to have a buffet at Robins. The last 3 years it's been at Roxy'

Returning to LMO from a $100 burger at the Barnstormers cafe at GXY, I pick up a target on my Skyview ~ten miles distant. I'm full integrated ADS-b in/out on my Skyview big screen TV. Rather than 'swo

Erlend: I made my own, from the plans, and the legs are different too. It shouldn't make a major difference which way the longer leg points, but I think it's important to get both CS-128's oriented th