South African teens fly from Cape to Cairo in plane they assembled from kit

Re:South African teens fly from Cape to Cairo in plane they ... by cyanoacry on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:08PM (#20397168)

And for those that wonder what a more "modern" scratchbuilt plane is like, check out the Cozy Mk IV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_MK_IV. Made from fiberglass and foam cut to templates that came with a set of plans (with a handful of pre-fab parts).

A typical builder's log: http://www.cozy.simpex.com/

source: I, too, am building a plane in my garage. https://twitter.com/acozyplane

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Re:South African teens fly from Cape to Cairo in plane they ... by JasonFruit on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:26PM (#20397329)

The Cozy is a beaut too. I love it when we come out of the woodwork like this!

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Re:South African teens fly from Cape to Cairo in plane they ... by JasonFruit on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @09:21PM (#20398403)

Using Twitter as a build log is frankly genius. It would have saved hours of work on my website.

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Re:South African teens fly from Cape to Cairo in plane they ... by AWildC182 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:42PM (#20397475)

I know a couple people who built the Cozy Mk IV. They're sweet airplanes!

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