Robert Tedesco

Coraopolis, PA

United States

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
STOL CH 701
Project Status
Nearly done
Building From
Kit
Engine installed (or plan to install)
Viking
Building Experience
Have worked on airplanes before
Flying Experience
Sport Pilot (or Ultralight)
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
Retired. Doing church work.
Work experience: 1) crew chief on B-47; 2) Aerospace engineer by training; 3) worked on 747 as liaison engineer (Boeing, Everett); 4) 30+ years as an electro-mechanical engineer; 5) engineering consultant at end of engineering career; 6) parallel career in pastoral church
work.
BSAE University of Pittsburgh, 1969
Father of 10, grandfather of 35...+5 greatgrandchildren.
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
not decided

Comment Wall:

  • Sebastien Heintz

    I love your profile photo :)

    Jul 16, 2009

  • Alexander Kuzmin

    Super Photo

    Oct 4, 2009

  • Steven Winn

    That is quite a crowd around your aircraft!

    Any of those Grandkids helping with the build?

    Steven Winn

    Aug 29, 2013

  • Steven Winn

    Robert, I had to trim the ends of the upper horizontal firewall channel to clear the mounts. For the mid mounts,  I used 1/4 inch bolts through the mount, firewall, and Zenith supplied steel reinforcement on the inside. For the lower mounts, I bent up 4130 steel sheet to tie the mounts to the lower belly longerons.

    Here is a video I made when attempting to align the original mount. After this video, I sent the mount back to Viking. They corrected and returned it.

    Engine alignment

    Steve

    Aug 29, 2013