Tuesday, October 20, 2020

MODS




Most of these have been implemented, some aren't planned:

Marc Zeitlin's nose gear actuator clamp - (installed)
Crankshaft bearing seal retainer - (installed)
Click bonds (aileron and rudders  - completed)
Denise Oelmann rudder pedals (completed)
Brakes (Matco)
Matco lay-down master cylinders (completed)
Hidden Rudder bell horns (completed)
Electric nose gear (Wilhelmson) (completed)
Trailing Edge Wing Fences  (complete)
Glass panel - (Dynon Skyview installed)
Teflon aileron and rudder hinge pin tubes. (completed)
Electric belly brake (completed)
Site gauges (Vance Atkinson) (completed)
Fuel probes (Nick Ugolini) (completed)
CG strakes (completed)
CG HD IO-360 Motor mount (Cozy Girrrls) (completed)
CF boat tail cowl (Freeflight Composites) (completed)
Leg fairings (Eureka CNC) (completed)
Electronic Ignition -SDS EM5(installed)
Electronic Fuel Injection - SDS EM5 (complete)
Belleville Washers  Solon Mfg. for propeller  (installed)
Retractable step (pending)
Fuselage access door elimination/modified canopy latch
Auxiliary/enhanced cabin heat (Plans heat in use during Phase I seems adequate at this time.)
Non-plans taxi/landing light (undecided on location/type)
Non-plans Pitot tube (currently in the nose)
Vortex Generators (slower landing speeds-purchased Stolspeed Vortex Generators from ACS-installed briefly during Phase I but removed them.)
Fuel control valve moved forward. (completed)
Removable canard cover (easier removal of fuselage cover for instrument access-completed).
Electric Pitch and roll trim (completed)
Widened NACA inlet throat (completed)
Brake heat shield temp sensors/Dynon panel widgets added (completed)
NACA Diffuser - (ref CSA Newsletter Set/Jul-03.pdf page=29) (completed)
No lower cowl baffling/ramps.  (update- added plans type baffle in bottom of cowl and have modified it several times to balance CHT's.)
Aerocomposites "modified Defiant" wheel pants (installed-primed)
Balancemasters dynamic balancer - installed.  https://www.balancemasters.com/aircraft

Landing/Taxi lights.  Inclined to install them on the outboard leading edges like Nick U has.  


I've waffled on doing this.  The Dynon Skyview "gear" function has been working well.  It's probably saved one gear up when I was distracted and didn't lower the gear:
Marc's auto nose gear extend system:https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/cozy_builders/auto$20extend$20system%7Csort:date/cozy_builders/jNWtOH_07pg/CqzHC-E-EwAJ
Link to photos and drawing:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fhx3yrl6i60vck2/AAAdnLomXYIbR-9Q8Oa7VGRTa?dl=0




Not planned:
Forward Hinged Canopy (adds a little more forward CG, side hinges were already installed.  One disadvantage of the forward hinged canopy is reduced visibility while taxiing)
Blended winglets (maybe add fairing instead)  


No winglets
Larger rudders
Eliminate rudder pulleys on firewall by rerouting rudder conduit.