Welcome to the family.

I wish you the all the best with your project. If you ever get the chance to visit the Zenith factory please take the time to stop by our builder assist facility too. We are their newest and nearest builder assist facility and like to have visitors. We are right here in Mexico, Mo., not far from the factory.

Take care and good luck,

Bill Carter

American Light Sport Aircrafters

Builder Assist & Assembly Center

www.LightSportAircrafters.com

Mark,

For the float attachements it's way cheaper to make them yourself.Even get a welder to make them.

Just buy the material and provide the plans...that's it.

$390 for that part is no deal.

Hi Mark,

The WigWag lights were installed under the fuselage in front of the door on both sides of the plane. They came forn CrazedPilots and were installed like the ones on the Rebek in the video. When I go back to the hangar, I'll take pictures.

Regards,

Norm

Hi Mark,

Thanks ! It was really great to have the 701 take to the sky. The instructor fiddled with it for some time and then turned the controls to me and said 'flies real well'. When it was time to land, he said 'go for it - I'll follow your movements just in case...'. He never touched anything and the next thing I knew we were on  the ground rolling....

Hope you enjoy your 750 as much...

Regards,

Normand

CH701 C-GFEU

Hi Mark,

Yeah, split rims suck!  Mine came with tubes (old kit). The tire rotated on the rim and cut the valve stem on landing. No fun, but a good thing it was the nosewheel and the prop was far from the ground !

I ordered the tubeless kit for the Matco rims so I will get rid of all the remaining tubes (mains). I tried without the kit to put back the rim together but it leaked real bad.

Hope the kits solves the problem.

Keep safe !

Norm

Mark,

Great looking panel!

Dave

Hi Mark,

I used Epoxy paint and primer.The paint is REAL good. Sticks to the primer VERY WELL. 

The primer on the other hand did not stick to the aluminum so good !

If I had to do ti over - which I will :-(   ...  I'll use CAR PAINT. Easier to work with, infinite choice of color - only drawback - heavy  !

I don't know what went wrong, I did scotchbrite the whole thing, still the primer/paint peels off...

Regards,

Norm 

Hello, Mark

Thanks for the comments on my avionics project.

As with anything else, you can pay a small fortune for what you want.

The guys at MP3car recommended a screen in the US$1,200 range, and a second option for US$600:

http://store.mp3car.com/products/inelmatic-industrial-10-4-tft-sunl...

http://store.mp3car.com/products/sunlight-readable-7-touchscreen-mo...

Yesterday I found option 2 (Lilliput 669 GL) for ~US$300 - and, if I don't mind a "naked" monitor, less than US$200. It was a matter of finding the one without the stuff I do not need (transreflective touch screen, for one).

Good luck with your project, I see you are almost there.

Regards from Montreal

Carlos

Mark,

I have a 750 with a 0-320 flying now and have dealt with this issue also.  I made a few mods to help plus modified my operating procedures.  It would be best if we could speak about these issues on the phone.  Give me a call when you can.

Ken Elias

540-407-0026

email  2765seville@gmail.com

Mark,

I'm retired so any time would be OK to call.  Looking forward to hearing from you.

Ken

Hi Mark,

Getting the Steel Bungee from Viking should be pretty fast now. Mine took almost 3 months mainly due to the fact that the Steel Bungee was made for the CH750 and Viking tought that the CH701 could use the same design. Not so, the nosegear leg is different; they had to redesign some parts and have machine work done to make the Steel Bungee fit the CH701.

I would think that getting either a CH701 or a CH750 SB would be quite fast now ; a month or so between payment, clearing  and mail...

Regards,

Norm

Hi Mark , I tried to watch your videos and couldn't.  Said they were private. I had watched some before.  trying to decide if I will use my O-235 or not.