Last updated: 29-Feb-2012: Added pics to Chapter 13-5

How I'm Building and Test Flying a Cozy MKIV
(My Second Homebuilt Plane)

So. The Instruction manual and plans have chapters, and the first chapter in which you build part of the plane is Chapter 4. I'll organize this by chapter, starting with Chapter 4, but first I'll show you the spacious quarters (my basement) in which I started building this plane, and the tools and implements I've accumulated to do so. Around about Chapter 21, I moved to a new house with a 2 car garage.

Log Book:

Workshop, Tools, Preliminary Information:

Builder's Log Book

Updated Daily at Home, Monthly On-Line

Chapters 1,2,3

Description and Info, B.O.M., Education

Fuselage:
(Least Aerodynamically Important First)

Canard:
(Very Aerodynamically Important, But Relatively Small)

	Chapter 4	Building the Fuselage Bulkheads
	Chapter 5	Building the Fuselage Sides
	Chapter 6	Assembling the Fuselage
	Chapter 7	Fuselage Exterior
	Chapter 8	Headrests and Seatbelts
	Chapter 9	Landing Gear and Landing Brake

	Chapter 10	Building the Canard
	Chapter 11	Building the Elevators
	Chapter 12	Canard Installation

Nosegear: (Back to the Fuselage)

Miscellaneous Fuselage Structures:

Chapter 13

Nose, Nosegear and Rudder/Brake Pedals

	Chapter 14	Building the Center Section Spar
	Chapter 15	Building the Firewall
	Chapter 16	Installing the Control System
	Chapter 17	Installing the Trim System
	Chapter 18	Installing the Canopy and Turtleback

The Wings: (The Big Stuff)

More Miscellaneous Stuff:

	Chapter 19	Building the Wings, Ailerons, and Wing Attach
	Chapter 20	Building the Winglets and Rudders
	Chapter 21	Building the Strakes, Fuel Tanks, and Baggage Space

	Chapter 22	Installing the Electrical System
	Chapter 23	Installing the Engine
	Chapter 24	Installing Covers and Fairings
	Chapter 25	Finishing (Painting, etc.)
	Chapter 26	Installing the Upholstery
	Retractable Step	Retractable Step Info

Flight Testing:
Test Number:			Flight Time:	Test Protocols:
	Flight Test Prep	Flight Test Preparation	---	---
	First / Second Flight	Controls / Slow Flight	1.3 hrs	Protocol 1 /2
	Third Flight	Engine Measurements (temperatures, pressures)	1.0 hrs	Protocol 3
	Fourth Flight	Gear Retract Tests	1.1 hrs	Protocol 4
	Fifth Flight	Climb Tests	1.2 hrs	Protocol 5
	Sixth Flight	Was Descent Tests - now first cross country	1.9 hrs	Protocol 6
	Seventh Flight	Airspeed Calibration	(combined with flight #4)	Protocol 7
	Eighth Flight	First Climb Test(s)	2.6 hrs	Protocol 8
	Ninth Flight	First Accelerated Stall Tests	.8 hrs	Protocol 9
	Tenth Flight(s)	Climb / Accelerated Stall	2.8 hrs	Protocol 10
	Eleventh Flight	Cross Country - GPS Coupler Tests	1.0 hrs	Protocol 11
	Flight(s) 12	Climb / Accelerated Stall	2.6 hrs	See Protocol 10
	Flight(s) 13	Climb / Accelerated Stall	2.0 hrs	See Protocol 10
	Flight(s) 14	Climb / Accelerated Stall	1.1 hrs	See Protocol 10
	Flight(s) 15	Climb / Accelerated Stall	1.5 hrs	See Protocol 10
	Flight 16	Cross Country / Stability / Flutter	1.9 hrs	N/A
	Flight 17	Accelerated Stall / Static Stability Test	0.9 hrs	N/A
	Flight 18	Stability Tests / Flutter Tests	1.2 hrs	N/A
	Flight 19	Oil Temperature Test	0.6 hrs	N/A
	Flight 20	Accelerated Stall / Cross Country	1.7 hrs	See second half of Protocol 10
	Flight(s) 21	Climb / Accelerated Stall / Stability / Flutter / Cross Country	3.3 hrs	See Protocol 10
	Flight 22	Shorter Runways	0.9 hrs	N/A
	Flight 23	Cross Country	2.1 hrs	N/A
	Flight 24	Cross Country / Shorter Runways	2.6 hrs	N/A
	Flight 25	Cross Country	1.1 hrs	N/A
	Flight 26	Cross Country / Short & Crappier Runways	1.2 hrs	N/A
	Flight 27	Cross Country / Shorter Runways	1.9 hrs	N/A
			Total: 40.3 hrs

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How I'm Building and Test Flying a Cozy MKIV (My Second Homebuilt Plane)

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How I'm Building and Test Flying a Cozy MKIV
(My Second Homebuilt Plane)