Cozy III
Pilot’s Operating Handbook Page 16
NORMAL OPERATIONS
This section covers the normal operating procedures for the
COZY. A summary checklist is provided at the end of this book
for more convenient cockpit use. Detailed loading information
and performance data are provided in later sections of this
manual.
PILOT POSITION
The COZY was designed to accommodate tall pilots up to 6 ft. 4
in. Short pilots can fly the aircraft but they MUST sit on cushions
to position their eyes in about the same position as tall pilots in
order to have adequate forward visibility. The adjustable rudder
pedals should be set in the aft position for short pilots and they
should use cushions primarily under them, not behind them. If a
short pilot uses a large cushion behind him, he will be positioned
forward and down because of windshield slant angle and have
inadequate forward visibility during climb and landing flare.
Confirm that your head is within 1" of touching the canopy before
you takeoff.
ENGINE START
Engine starting may be accomplished by hand-propping. Hand-
propping a COZY is much safer than hand-propping a tractor
type (engine in front). With the latter, you have to reach through
the propeller to grasp the trailing edge of the blade, when the
engine starts, the airplane tends to come toward you, and the
airflow through the prop tends to suck you into it. With the COZY,
on the other hand, you hold the prop on the edge nearest you,
and when the engine starts, the airplane tends to run away from
you, and the prop blast tends to push you away also. The tractor
type must be chained down and the main wheels chocked for
marginal safety when hand propping. The COZY, with nose
down parking, chocks itself. With modern, impulse-coupled
magnetos, just pull the engine up on compression and give it an
EZ flip through. In the unlikely event that your COZY does run
away from you after starting (if you leave the throttle open and
unattended), it won't carve the first thing it comes to into
hamburger, but will give it a bump with the nose' instead. FAA
regulations require that you have a qualified person in the
cockpit, or at least reaching in with hands on the throttle and
ignition switches when hand propping. For hand propping, the
COZY should always be parked nose down on the bumper.
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