Jim MacWilliams
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CH650B Kit + Corvair engine for sale

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jim MacWilliams Mar 4. 2 Replies

Zenith CH650B complete kit including Finishing Kit plus Corvair engine, cowling, and engine mount. Kit is approximately 30-40% complete. All control surfaces are complete - tail, rudder, elevator,…Continue

CH650B Fuselage Plywood Templates

Started Aug 24, 2022 0 Replies

Made my plywood templates today.  I had to smile when I looked at the table of template dimensions shown on drawing 6B14 as I'm challenged to cut to 1 millimeter precision let alone 0.2 mm.  Maybe…Continue

 

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CH650B Fuselage Plywood Templates

Made my plywood templates today.  I had to smile when I looked at the table of template dimensions shown on drawing 6B14 as I'm challenged to cut to 1 millimeter precision let alone 0.2 mm.  Maybe everyone else has a table saw that can cut to the precision of a tenth of a millimeter, but I don't.  I wanted to let everyone know that you can make these templates any size as long as the ratio of the Horizontal Top minus the Horizontal Bottom to the Vertical distance, (HTop - HBottom)/Vertical,…See More
Aug 24, 2022
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Aircraft Model
Zenith CH 650
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Corvair
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Private Pilot
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Flight Test Engineer, BSEE
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