Today I laid up F28 and the longerons. I did these two first because I don’t have enough BID to do any of the other bulkheads. Also, I’m going to vacuum bag most of the bulkheads, and since this one is small I could do it without giving up much weight. It’s also not particularly visible in the finished plane, so I felt like if I made a mess of it with my first layup of the plane, I wouldn’t see it in the end.

With the longeron, I found it really easy to hold against the jigs. some other builders had mentioned needing multiple clamps, but mine only needed the two pictured here. I also put a few weights (buckets of concrete) to hold the plywood flat. I put a few screws in to hold the longerons in place, but in the end they weren’t necessary.

Here’s the longerons:

And here’s F28:

Today I’m preparing the foam cores for the bulkheads. Here’s the front seatback:

and here’s F22 with a doubler. In the plans it said to put this together in several pieces and glue them together, but I was able to cut it in just 2 pieces.

Last weekend I received some prefab wings from Dennis Oelmann. If you’re not going to do the wings yourself, this is the guy you want. He says he’s built 60+ sets of wings, and really has a good system down. He’s also a very nice guy and has built a few Cozy aircraft of his own. So he knows what he’s talking about, and it great for answering builders’ questions. If you’re going to build a cozy, I strongly recommend speaking with Dennis.

Here’s a photo of the wings in my garage. There’s wings, winglets, and a matching center section spar.