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Permalink Reply by Paul on September 10, 2011 at 11:51am

Hi Dan, good luck on your build. I would recommend reading these to documents from Zenith the Construction Standards and the 701 construction manual. Both listed on the 750 builder site.

http://www.zenithair.com/stolch750/75up-manuals.html

As stated from the 701 contruction manual Zenith recomends a 4 x 12 or length of wing spar (750 3517mm or 11.5 ft), but the min. should be 8 foot. You should be fine at 10.

Hope to some new photos of your build.

Paul

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Permalink Reply by Jake Reyna on September 10, 2011 at 12:33pm

Dan, if I was to do it over again I would start by building the tail feathers, ailerons, slats and flaps. That will give you plenty of metal building experience and those parts are easy to store, in the attic, hang on the wall, etc.

Then build the fuselage, this takes the most time. Install the instrument panel, etc. and as much of the FWF as possible. Put the fuselage on gear, roll and store.

The wings can be built in 4-6 weeks, the first taking the most time. Then your done and are ready to hang the wings. Following the standard build procedure leaves the most time consuming for last, better to get that out of the way as soon as possible.

Good luck, it will be a great Winter project.

Jake

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Permalink Reply by Bob McDonald on September 10, 2011 at 2:42pm

If your building a CH750. Use the crate as a work bench. Wings and fuslage assemble best on a set of folding steel saw horses ($15 each) and two 4" X 4" steel tube railings 14 ft long. Start with Rudder, Horizontal stabilizer, Elevator, Wings... then Fuselage. Tail feather store easy...under your bed or closet.

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