Cozy III
Pilot’s Operating Handbook Page 18
♦ Mags ON
♦ A flooded engine will start easier if cranked with throttle
about 1/2 open. Do not do this unless you (or someone
else) have your hand on the throttle to retard it to idle
immediately after the engine fires and starts running.
VERY COLD CONDITIONS
♦ Very cold temperatures, below 25 deg F, will make the
engine hard to start.
♦ Pump throttle four times (or prime four strokes)
♦ Mags OFF
♦ Pull prop through four blades
♦ Mags ON
♦ Pull prop through gently
♦ When feasible, engine preheat or use of an oil dipstick
heater is desirable.
After start, the engine should be idled at 1000 RPM. Oil pressure
should rise to within limits within 30 seconds after starting.
TAXIING
After start (or before), a back seat passenger can board while
the airplane is still parked nose-down. Then, raise the nose by
lifting at the canard leading edge, and while holding the nose up,
crank the nose gear into the extended position, and hold the
nose down on the nose gear while the right-seat passenger
climbs aboard. Instruct the right seat passenger to hold his or her
feet on the brakes while you climb aboard. If you are flying from
the right side, have the passenger steady the airplane while you
climb in, and after putting your feet on the brakes, have your
passenger follow. DO NOT attempt to raise of lower the nose
with the nose-wheel crank with any weight on the nosegear.
CAUTION
Keep taxi speed slow on unprepared loose surfaces. The COZY
is more susceptible to prop damage than tractor type aircraft.
Steering below 25 knots (30 mph) is accomplished by applying
full rudder and brake as required in the direc-tion you wish to go.
As you accelerate, the single pedal control will automatically shift
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