Bennett Scheuer

Camden, ME

United States

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
ZODIAC XL
Project Status
Just started
Building From
Kit
Building Experience
No Experience
Flying Experience
Private Pilot

Comment Wall:

  • David W. Brown

    Bennett, The paint is a two part NAPA automotive and NAPA primer. I have the color code is stored somewhere and will try to find it. I selected it from their color chart. David

    Mar 5, 2009

  • Dr. Edward M. Moody II

    Thanks Bennett! You da man! I'll call Michael Nassour's number and see what we can arrange and when.

    Ed

    Mar 6, 2009

  • JG Ginther

    Thanks for the comment Bennett. That sure is a nice looking dog in your picture. Best clam chowder I ever had was in a seaside bar in Maine - great place!

    Apr 20, 2009

  • Roy Visona`

    Hi Bennett, yes the boxes aft the seats are in carbon fiber. A freind who has a racing team made them and the brake caliper covers you can see in the pictures, they keep the mud out on grass strip landings.
    Can't tell you how much they would cost. Plastic is a great alternative :)
    Ciao
    Roy

    Jul 13, 2009

  • Peter Shean

    Hi Bennet,
    I would love to chat about our respective projects. MIne is an XL and will have a WW corvair motor built by Kevin Fahy. I am not quite 1/2 way done. My flight surfaces are all complete and I am just starting my fuselage. What stage are you? If communicating by email is easier that through the Zenith.aero site, feel free to contact me that way. email address petershean@aol.com

    Oct 10, 2009

  • Stephen R. Smith

    Hi Bennet,

    Nice to hear from you. I hope you are doing well and that your project is progressing.

    The Jabiru engine, while not perfect, is still a good choice in my opinion. It gets better all the time. One could hope that by the time you are ready to buy, most of the bugs will be worked out of it.

    Steve

    Oct 11, 2009

  • Dr. Edward M. Moody II

    Sorry to see you go Bennet. Was this brought on by the ZBAG, NTSB, FAA,SAIB, seven crashes et al? For whatever reason, I will you well and hopefully a speedy return to buidling and flying.

    Ed

    Nov 13, 2009

  • Dr. Edward M. Moody II

    All good sound thought there. On the other hand there are 2K plus planes out there having fun. I suspect many of them like you find the public discourse distasteful or useless so we hear a lot of squeaky wheels.

    Ed

    Nov 13, 2009

  • Dr. Edward M. Moody II

    I know exactly what you mean. "Okay, you sold me a kit with a factory built spar, hydraulically pressed or professionaly hammered big-assed solid rivets through precisely drilled thick components..... and now I'm going to remanufacture it? Let me get this straight now, the critical parts where the failures are suspected to occur, the most technically difficult part of the build which was factory done originally to make it feasible is what I need to improve on at home. Okay then, no worries mate".

    Ed

    Nov 13, 2009

  • Dr. Edward M. Moody II

    Slow-build entire kit purchased after a rudder workshop in December 2005. Finished and flown this spring. 45 hours so far with a couple more hours planned for tomorrow. My parade is rain-proof except for over-reaching government regulation.

    Ed

    Nov 13, 2009

  • Dr. Edward M. Moody II

    Oh and no.... no prepunched holes in the skins. Almost all the rivet holes were laid out by hand, pilot drilled, back-drilled, match-drilled etc. Like a handful of other builder/flyers on this site, I have well justified faith in the design and the way I fly it. Have no fear about our dialogue contaminating my attitude.

    Ed

    Nov 13, 2009