Hi Paul, An update. Going through a long list of odds and ends,
getting ready for flight. After a series of engine runs, first
flight might follow this summer.


Lewis Bjork

The cooling system is looking great Lewis.

I love those louvres. It looks like a shark.


Paul Lamar


NICE!

C. Smith

I didn't get the pictures....

Chris Cosman



Here they are again.

What are you up to these days Chris? Long time no hear from :)

I assume you got your degree in ME and got a job in a new location.

Paul Lamar

Yes, finished up the ME degree with a Nuclear minor and hired on at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station (I interviewed at Scaled, but income stability considerations drove me in a different direction) .  Relocating the family and 3 airplane projects plus finishing a home for us to live in ate up most of the spare time in 2013-14. For about a month we had all 3 projects crammed into the garage/house; the airport manager is my back yard neighbor and observed us carting wings into the master bedroom and figured it was time to find us a hangar at the airport.  About 5 weeks ago we got the Cosman LSA reassembled and back in the air. Flying in Salt Lake is winter cold followed by density altitude issues with sprinkles of nice weather in between.  It is nice to have constant good weather and thick air for a change, especially for the marginally powered stuff I fly.

Our local airport KBXK, Buckeye Municipal AZ, has some heavy hardware that is fun to stroll through.  They are putting on the Buckeye Air Fair on 21 Feb, for those who are looking for a $100 hamburger that week-end.  Plus they have inexpensive 100LL.

I hope to get the Cosman 2 (based on the Stits Flut-r-bug) back in the air soon after some improvements, reassembly, and the annual inspection then either fly it / use it as a test bed for 1-rotor experiments or sell it.  I also need to get the Cosman 1 reassembled and back in the air.

Like most of you, I suffer from an excess of projects and a dearth of time to devote to them.

Chris Cosman

Congratulations on the ME.

Cute air-plane.

Paul Lamar


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