Entertainment Systems Complete

Entertainment input wiring completed – Sirius satellite radio and aux (MP3/iPod) inputs connected to the audio panel. For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]

2006 – ZU-BNH – Rego Burger – Cozy MK-IV – South Africa – 0

Rego shared an accident report that you can read here, but basically he flew into a grass airstrip from which he was not able to depart. You can also read some tips for flying a canard aircraft out of a grass airfield here. He went on to die in this accident.

2006 – N83MZ – Marc Zeitlin – Cozy MK-IV – Desert Center, CA – 0

Marc shared an accident report regarding his loss-of-prop incident over California. He lost his 3-blade Catto prop, spinner, crush plate and all, and experienced copilot wing and lower winglet damage. (pictures removed at Marc’s insistence). | FAA | NTSB initial | NTSB factual | NTSB probable cause | News1 |

Engine Test Runs Complete

Preliminary test runs of the engine are now completed. Also, I’ve gotten the DVD/CD player hooked up to the audio panel, which is pretty geeky too, so a very good week. Next we’ll be mounting the wings and getting the cowling/wing joints finished up.

[VIDEO] Taxi Test 1

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First Engine Run

Wow. We had the first engine run today! We still have a minor quirk to figure out in the LSE ignition (the sides won’t run together while interconnected), but we’ll get that squared away. Our thanks to Jerry, Ray, Gene, Klaus, and everybody that helped get us to this point.