That was great! I moved from Oregon to go fla years ago and it's it's busier here but you get used to it. I had to fly OVER huge lake Okeechobee instead of around because of a presidential TFR, so I thought your pain Thanks again for sharing I loved it!
It´s me who thanks you for showing us all this beautiful landscape views and for explaining so clearly the details of the trip.timle for my f Great episode my Friend. Very entertaining and so important as a lesson to prepare for the flying exam. (I'm seventy years old but I keep learning thanks to you. Mario (from Portugal)
Two of the T-45 Goshawks have bomb-like pods hanging underneath on centerline. Those are called "blivets" and can be bolted on to carry cargo/luggage. I logged a couple hundred hours in these and my first carrier landings - they were fun to take on the road and always got a lot of attention parked at civilian airports. I remember my first solo cross-country from Kingsville to Harlingen, TX, where I was parked next to some very nice business jets. Those pilots were drooling over my aircraft, while I drooled over their GPS, autopilots, Flight Management Systems, and flat panels - back then the T-45A was all steam-gauges without GPS, autopilot, or even VHF radios. Great aircraft fly in VFR, not a fun aircraft to get instrument qualified in with only a 70 hours of prior flight time in a turboprop - I was just barely hanging on there for a while until I got used to the ridiculous speeds and climb rates. Fly Navy!
Great video Scott...!! This is helping a lot to maintain our goal to get our Cozy MKIV up in the air after so many years of work !! I have more than a 100hours on my friend's Cozy MKIV and I enjoyed every single hours of flight !!! Keep on telling us what you are doing !!!🙂
Great video Scott. Really enjoyed our visit. Thanks for taking me up letting me fly. Now I have the bug again and we will blame you when we buy an airplane and start throwing money out the window 😂
I really enjoyed coming along for this trip. Lots of lovely scenery, suspense, ominous NOTAMs/TFRs, getting tossed around in lovely thermal conditions, and crosswind landings :) I'm getting the popcorn ready for the cylinder head temperature mystery special. Great job stitching it all together, and thank you for sharing!
Scott hi , good to see you stepping through the issues you have identified ... Trouble shooting is never a straight forward pathway . R&D is always interesting ... flow diagram can also help issolate what, where, when ... just a thought . I have flown a few Routes in your country but always at a lot higher flight level ... 850 level puts a whole different perspective on the topography ... especially around them hills in Virginia 😮 Thank you for taking us along on your flight ... amazing thankyou.
I really enjoyed this video! You are very skilled with that Cozy. I don't know much about them since most of my time is in 172's and piper warriors but they're pretty cool!
what a great journey. 1:40 we all make mistakes. thanks for sharing it. 3:14 "..call sign" .. so hard to understand what he said! interesting he doesn't use your call sign, just talks, so weird. 16:27 CAS(?) light just came on? 19:05 great shot. 30:50 extra day, fly with Heather, cool when it works out like that! 39:40 whew! great crosswind landing. 40:10 that's a full windsock. and yeah, people who don't fly into non-AWOS-equipped airports don't realize how hard it can be to spot a windsock as you approach.
3:14 yeah that controller was a real mumble-mouth. It took me a second to figure out what he was saying to me. The CAS light at 16:27 is CHT exceeding 400F. And yes!! Full windsock, so that was a significant crosswind!
Cool video, as are they all. Glad to see you finally got to visit sunny Lakeland. I retired from the Lakeland Post Office, 35 years including 4 years military. I know Lakelnd pretty well. Great and exciting trip, now you know what you and the Cozy are capable of. Love that little airplane, that is purist flying.
Great video! I've felt the same with the go/no-go decisions! I fly out of KPIE and giggled when you talked about big airports and complex airspace. FL is beautiful but hangars are unavailable! If you do think about moving here, get the hangar first! Our Velocity is challenging with CHT on climb-out also. I've done a ton of work trying things to cool it. We have NACA ducts and the cooling is downdraft with a plenum on the top of the cyls.
Hey Scott. I’ve been binge watching your videos. Just purchased a Long EZ and about to start my transition training. I plan to do a lot of flying from NW Arkansas to Akron Canton area and then also to Sandusky. So would love to have your contact. Hope to meet you someday soon.
I’ve got some news that may be difficult for you to hear: EVERYWHERE in FL has gators. Not to worry though. Just remember that they are as scared of you as you are scared of a chicken salad sandwich! Hope that helps! 😊
TFR = Temporary Flight Restriction, means you are not allowed to fly there. AWOS = Automated Weather Observation System, an automated system that broadcasts wind and other information over the radio.
ummm about your ''sweater overheating sitch'' I had an image of a ''jacket'' that had removable sleeaves, and a pianio henge kinda string thingie in the back down the spine, so you can remove the sleaves, and pull the piano henge ''cord'' fromt he back (cord is tucked behind the collar at back of your neck... and peal the VEST sides *off* without gettin ''UP'' ...... I can draw up where I saw the seams if the translation was bad... don't kno if they make such a jacket but... eh... :)
Hey Scott, try using those rudders a lot more landing in gusty x-winds. The Cozy has some adverse yaw so all the aileron movement needs some rudder action to help out. Might put on trailing edge fences too which improves aileron response at landing speeds.
Hi Mike! I definitely was using rudders on short final there, especially when I had a lot of aileron in - if you look at my legs (especially the iPad mounted to my right leg) you can see me moving around. But I've seen some of your crosswind landings, you make it look easy! :) I definitely would not have chosen to land in that crosswind given the choice, but I'm glad I've had the experience to know that I can do it if needed. It would have been much easier if it wasn't also quite gusty as well.
@@CanardBoulevard I was wondering if maybe I couldn't see how much you were using the rudders. I've found "feathering" the rudders works good for me to keep from over controlling. Some folks will land crabbed into the wind if they need to. The Cozy IV's gear is pretty robust and will take some punishment if necessary.
You are not required to avoid transiting MOAs, even when they're hot. Restricted areas, yes - MOAs, no. Particularly on Flight Following, there's no issue with flying through MOAs - I do it all the time, and ATC has no issue with it.
Of course not, but it's not exactly a smart (or courteous) thing to do. I was once up close and personal with some fighters in an MOA (at NIGHT) that was supposedly inactive, on a cross-country when working on my commercial back in the 1990's. It scared the crap out of me. I don't feel the need to repeat that experience.
@@CanardBoulevard Well, I completely disagree that it's not smart or is discourteous. I've never had any issue with the military pilots, ATC, or the other civilian aircraft transiting the MOAs (which I see all the time as well), anywhere in the US. The military aircraft don't want to hit you just as much as you don't want to hit them and they have better surveillance equipment to make sure that doesn't happen. It's no different than flying in any airspace that may or may not be busy (Class B, such as Cleveland or Cincinnati, near you) or have fast moving civilian aircraft (bizjets, etc.). If you want to avoid them that's fine - but there's no need to do so. Hell - I CAN'T avoid them - the Isabella MOA starts at 200 ft. AGL right above KTSP. You may want to take a look at this: www.edwards.af.mil/Portals/50/documents/R2508/AFD-070103-052.pdf?ver=2016-06-21-080711-260 to see what the folks in this area need to deal with regularly, and why I might have a different view of MOAs from yours. My $0.02.
@@CanardBoulevard Got it!! At first I thought it was a weight and balance issue… I like the fact that you are always concerned about her comfort with the heating and avoiding turbulence when possible! Quite the gentleman! Really enjoy your videos! Keep ‘em coming!!!
@@bobniedbalec7168 if actions aren't taken to help em be comfy, they may choose to not go as often with, and that would just suck, not enjoying something that means too much to ya with yer other half..... ;) or wordage to that effekt!
I’m sure you’re an experienced husband, but I think you forgot the cardinal rule. Never ever ever say in public that your wife complained about anything. You will pay for that. I know you didn’t mean it in any disrespectful way and I’m just giving you a hard time but your wife’s probably gonna give you a hard time too. I do understand the irony of the situation your damned if you do you’re damned if you don’t. It’s either too cold or it’s too hot. But your wife seems very pleasant and the fact that she didn’t complain at all, and simply waited until you asked and then told you that it was too hot makes that clear. if I recall repair video about the heat, you have a cable that I assume you can use the air it’s only allow some of the hot area to regulate correct?
I'm safe, because she doesn't watch any of these videos!! :) I have two cables that I installed actually, one of them turns the heat on, and the other changes the output of the heat between the front and the rear (or both). Oh, and yes, 20 years experienced :)
That was great! I moved from Oregon to go fla years ago and it's it's busier here but you get used to it. I had to fly OVER huge lake Okeechobee instead of around because of a presidential TFR, so I thought your pain
Thanks again for sharing I loved it!
It´s me who thanks you for showing us all this beautiful landscape views and for explaining so clearly the details of the trip.timle for my f
Great episode my Friend. Very entertaining and so important as a lesson to prepare for the flying exam. (I'm seventy years old but I keep learning thanks to you.
Mario (from Portugal)
I appreciate the kind words, Mario! Decision making in aviation is a critical skill!
Two of the T-45 Goshawks have bomb-like pods hanging underneath on centerline. Those are called "blivets" and can be bolted on to carry cargo/luggage.
I logged a couple hundred hours in these and my first carrier landings - they were fun to take on the road and always got a lot of attention parked at civilian airports. I remember my first solo cross-country from Kingsville to Harlingen, TX, where I was parked next to some very nice business jets. Those pilots were drooling over my aircraft, while I drooled over their GPS, autopilots, Flight Management Systems, and flat panels - back then the T-45A was all steam-gauges without GPS, autopilot, or even VHF radios. Great aircraft fly in VFR, not a fun aircraft to get instrument qualified in with only a 70 hours of prior flight time in a turboprop - I was just barely hanging on there for a while until I got used to the ridiculous speeds and climb rates.
Fly Navy!
This is the kind of trip you dream about. Great to watch!
Great flight many thanks for sharing enjoyed this one all the best with the CHT upcoming cheers
Great video Scott...!! This is helping a lot to maintain our goal to get our Cozy MKIV up in the air after so many years of work !! I have more than a 100hours on my friend's Cozy MKIV and I enjoyed every single hours of flight !!! Keep on telling us what you are doing !!!🙂
Great video Scott. Really enjoyed our visit. Thanks for taking me up letting me fly. Now I have the bug again and we will blame you when we buy an airplane and start throwing money out the window 😂
I really enjoyed coming along for this trip. Lots of lovely scenery, suspense, ominous NOTAMs/TFRs, getting tossed around in lovely thermal conditions, and crosswind landings :) I'm getting the popcorn ready for the cylinder head temperature mystery special. Great job stitching it all together, and thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the very kind words!
Scott hi , good to see you stepping through the issues you have identified ... Trouble shooting is never a straight forward pathway . R&D is always interesting ... flow diagram can also help issolate what, where, when ... just a thought . I have flown a few Routes in your country but always at a lot higher flight level ...
850 level puts a whole different perspective on the topography ... especially around them hills in Virginia 😮
Thank you for taking us along on your flight ... amazing thankyou.
FL850?!?! What are you flying, an SR-71?? But yeah, hills get very small from high up! The closer you get to them, the bigger they become...
Nice trip. Thx for sharing and glad you followed your gut instinct to stay an extra day. Win win win
Great Video!!! I watched it all.
Excellent Flight. Better than my Varieze, too, because you can take baggage 🙂
An absolute joy to watch. Thank you for sharing your journey!
Good job thank you!
I really enjoyed this video! You are very skilled with that Cozy. I don't know much about them since most of my time is in 172's and piper warriors but they're pretty cool!
enjoyed this one. keep the videos coming!
Nice to see your cozy up in the air again!
what a great journey.
1:40 we all make mistakes. thanks for sharing it.
3:14 "..call sign" .. so hard to understand what he said! interesting he doesn't use your call sign, just talks, so weird.
16:27 CAS(?) light just came on?
19:05 great shot.
30:50 extra day, fly with Heather, cool when it works out like that!
39:40 whew! great crosswind landing.
40:10 that's a full windsock. and yeah, people who don't fly into non-AWOS-equipped airports don't realize how hard it can be to spot a windsock as you approach.
3:14 yeah that controller was a real mumble-mouth. It took me a second to figure out what he was saying to me. The CAS light at 16:27 is CHT exceeding 400F. And yes!! Full windsock, so that was a significant crosswind!
Cool video, as are they all. Glad to see you finally got to visit sunny Lakeland. I retired from the Lakeland Post Office, 35 years including 4 years military. I know Lakelnd pretty well. Great and exciting trip, now you know what you and the Cozy are capable of. Love that little airplane, that is purist flying.
Enjoyed that flight with you. Appreciated the ADS-B map/data inset and the explanations. Hopefully I would go around with crosswind like that. Cheers.
Great Content good decision to wait another day ! Thanks again 👍
Really enjoyed this video, one of your best
Great video! I've felt the same with the go/no-go decisions! I fly out of KPIE and giggled when you talked about big airports and complex airspace. FL is beautiful but hangars are unavailable! If you do think about moving here, get the hangar first! Our Velocity is challenging with CHT on climb-out also. I've done a ton of work trying things to cool it. We have NACA ducts and the cooling is downdraft with a plenum on the top of the cyls.
Hey Scott. I’ve been binge watching your videos. Just purchased a Long EZ and about to start my transition training. I plan to do a lot of flying from NW Arkansas to Akron Canton area and then also to Sandusky. So would love to have your contact. Hope to meet you someday soon.
nice video. Thanks. Can you tell the improvement with the balancer?
Definitely. Much less perceived engine vibration. I can tell in the camera video I shoot that the vibration is much reduced.
Those Goshawk are made by British Aerospace/McDonnell Douglas and is 'related' to the RAF Fast Jet Training Aircraft & the Red Arrows...
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time to break out the gatorade bottles lol
amzn.to/3QG26W7 :)
I’ve got some news that may be difficult for you to hear: EVERYWHERE in FL has gators. Not to worry though. Just remember that they are as scared of you as you are scared of a chicken salad sandwich!
Hope that helps! 😊
I know that, it was just frustrating that in all the many times I've been to Florida, I had never actually seen one on the wild before!
-- What does TFR stand for? What does AWOS stand for?
TFR = Temporary Flight Restriction, means you are not allowed to fly there. AWOS = Automated Weather Observation System, an automated system that broadcasts wind and other information over the radio.
ummm about your ''sweater overheating sitch''
I had an image of a ''jacket'' that had removable sleeaves, and a pianio henge kinda string thingie in the back down the spine, so you can remove the sleaves, and pull the piano henge ''cord'' fromt he back (cord is tucked behind the collar at back of your neck... and peal the VEST sides *off* without gettin ''UP'' ...... I can draw up where I saw the seams if the translation was bad... don't kno if they make such a jacket but... eh... :)
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Hey Scott, try using those rudders a lot more landing in gusty x-winds. The Cozy has some adverse yaw so all the aileron movement needs some rudder action to help out. Might put on trailing edge fences too which improves aileron response at landing speeds.
Hi Mike! I definitely was using rudders on short final there, especially when I had a lot of aileron in - if you look at my legs (especially the iPad mounted to my right leg) you can see me moving around. But I've seen some of your crosswind landings, you make it look easy! :)
I definitely would not have chosen to land in that crosswind given the choice, but I'm glad I've had the experience to know that I can do it if needed. It would have been much easier if it wasn't also quite gusty as well.
@@CanardBoulevard I was wondering if maybe I couldn't see how much you were using the rudders. I've found "feathering" the rudders works good for me to keep from over controlling. Some folks will land crabbed into the wind if they need to. The Cozy IV's gear is pretty robust and will take some punishment if necessary.
You are not required to avoid transiting MOAs, even when they're hot. Restricted areas, yes - MOAs, no. Particularly on Flight Following, there's no issue with flying through MOAs - I do it all the time, and ATC has no issue with it.
Of course not, but it's not exactly a smart (or courteous) thing to do. I was once up close and personal with some fighters in an MOA (at NIGHT) that was supposedly inactive, on a cross-country when working on my commercial back in the 1990's. It scared the crap out of me. I don't feel the need to repeat that experience.
@@CanardBoulevard Well, I completely disagree that it's not smart or is discourteous. I've never had any issue with the military pilots, ATC, or the other civilian aircraft transiting the MOAs (which I see all the time as well), anywhere in the US. The military aircraft don't want to hit you just as much as you don't want to hit them and they have better surveillance equipment to make sure that doesn't happen. It's no different than flying in any airspace that may or may not be busy (Class B, such as Cleveland or Cincinnati, near you) or have fast moving civilian aircraft (bizjets, etc.). If you want to avoid them that's fine - but there's no need to do so. Hell - I CAN'T avoid them - the Isabella MOA starts at 200 ft. AGL right above KTSP.
You may want to take a look at this:
www.edwards.af.mil/Portals/50/documents/R2508/AFD-070103-052.pdf?ver=2016-06-21-080711-260
to see what the folks in this area need to deal with regularly, and why I might have a different view of MOAs from yours.
My $0.02.
Why does your wife always ride in the back?
When your flight instructor went up she road shotgun…..
Because she likes to stretch out and move around, set up her phone to watch movies, etc. Can't do that up front. It's her choice and preference!
@@CanardBoulevard
Got it!!
At first I thought it was a weight and balance issue…
I like the fact that you are always concerned about her comfort with the heating and avoiding turbulence when possible!
Quite the gentleman!
Really enjoy your videos!
Keep ‘em coming!!!
@@bobniedbalec7168 if actions aren't taken to help em be comfy, they may choose to not go as often with, and that would just suck, not enjoying something that means too much to ya with yer other half..... ;) or wordage to that effekt!
I’m sure you’re an experienced husband, but I think you forgot the cardinal rule. Never ever ever say in public that your wife complained about anything. You will pay for that. I know you didn’t mean it in any disrespectful way and I’m just giving you a hard time but your wife’s probably gonna give you a hard time too. I do understand the irony of the situation your damned if you do you’re damned if you don’t. It’s either too cold or it’s too hot. But your wife seems very pleasant and the fact that she didn’t complain at all, and simply waited until you asked and then told you that it was too hot makes that clear. if I recall repair video about the heat, you have a cable that I assume you can use the air it’s only allow some of the hot area to regulate correct?
I'm safe, because she doesn't watch any of these videos!! :) I have two cables that I installed actually, one of them turns the heat on, and the other changes the output of the heat between the front and the rear (or both).
Oh, and yes, 20 years experienced :)