Paul Saccani

Male

Perth, Western Australia

Australia

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
STOL CH 701, STOL CH 750
Project Status
Flying
Building From
Partial kit
Engine installed (or plan to install)
Subaru
Building Experience
Have worked on airplanes before
Flying Experience
Private Pilot, Sport Pilot (or Ultralight)
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
Lecturer, Engineering/Polytechnic West/
Reliability Engineer, Qantas Group/
Technical Services Engineer, Qantas Group
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
YNRG

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  • adrian dines

    Hi PAUL , I THOURGHT THIS PLANE HAD ALREADY BEEN REGISTERED AND FLYING . I'M SURE ITS THE SAME ONE I LOOKED AT  AT PERRY RD WANNEROO.

    HOWEVER , IT DID NEED A BIT OF WORK .

    REGARD'S    A.D

    Jan 3, 2014

  • Paul Saccani

    G'day Adrian, Yes, that is the same plane you see see on my homepage picture.  "Needed a bit of work" would be an understatement.  There were some very serious deficiencies, as built.  I bought it for parts to advance my own project, though labour wise it has cost me much more, the amount of dollars spent on materials has been less.  The Perry road aircraft was built to 3rd edition 425 kg MTOW, whereas I was working on a 545 kg MTOW version of the 5th edition.  The result is very much like grandads axe.  The only skin I could not reuse was the lower rear fuselage.  Hope to see you around some time.  Cheers, Paul

    Jan 19, 2014

  • Chumphol Sirinavin

    Hi Paul,

    You did mention changing the U plates at the wing struts ends to thicker material. I checked with 7V10 plan and it called for .080" 4130 material. My early light weight version of CH701 already came with .080" thick at wing strut ends. Do I still need to change it for heavier load. I made a note of you suggestion somewhere but fail to find it.

    Thanks,

    Champ

    Oct 28, 2015