Zenith 750 Cruzer, Flapperon splice plates
December 6, 2025EAA counselor Dale Severs checked the empenage attaching to the fuselage and the wing struts.Reattached flapperons to the wings.Riveted inbound splice plates.See More
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Applying Cortec question
Started this discussion. Last reply by Alexander Samoylovich Nov 25, 2023. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Hello.How to apply Cortec correctly?I read the Forum and the Cortec user's manual. I dilute Cortec with distilled water 4:1. I clean the surface with acetone, rough a bit with scotchbrite and clean…Continue
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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilling flapperon counterweights
December 5, 2025Drilled flapperon counterweights.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Temporarily attached flapperons
December 02, 2025Drilled and temporarily attached flapperons.To make the flapperons counterweights lighter I decided to drill hoes in them.Started drilling the flapperons counterweights.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching elevator control cables
November 28, 2025Added cotter pins to the control cable supporting rollers.Attached the elevator top and bottom control cables. Safety pins installed.Set the right wing trailing edge. Pay special attention to the angle supporting the fuel tank from behind. I quite forgot about it.When installed the trailing edges on the left wing the inbound trailing edge had a higher angle of attack than the outbound trailing edge. I removed the trailing edges and tried again to check may be it was the…See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Put left trailing edge
November 25, 2025Slightly enlarged a hole in the vertical stabilizer to allow the full range of the elevator movement.Trimmed the inbound trailing edge part touching the fuselage.Temporarily installed the left wing trailing edge.Made flapperon spacing templates.…See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Bolted the horizontal stabilizer
November 23, 2025Made the vertical elevator stopper.Riveted the horizontal stabilizer plastic ends.Riveted the horizontal stabilizer doublersBolted the horizontal stabilizer with spacers.…See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Cable supports
November 22, 2025Riveted the elevator to the stabilizer.Riveted the cable top and bottom supports.Made the horizontal stabilizer spacers for the front attach points.Made the elevator upper stop.…See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attached the struts
November 14, 2025Filed the strut attaching point by Zenith's instructions. Attached both struts. Removed the wing stands.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilled holes in the struts
November 12, 2025Drilled the holes in the upper part of the struts. Tried to fit the struts. The right wing attachment is too tight to fit by hand. It is too tight even without the strut.Asked Zenith. The slot in the part C75W7-4 is too tight. I cannot fit it with hands. I looked at the conference. Some people say to file the male part a bit and polish it. What is the right way to fit?Zenith answer: polish all surfaces to not to remove too much. …See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Cut the holes for instruments
November 10, 2025Cut holes for instruments using mainly jig saw and a file.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Cut the struts to the size
November 8, 2025Alighend the wings dihedral. Cut the struts to the size. I used a hack saw.Drilled the top ends for the attach points.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilling the wing back spar.
November 4, 2025Aligned and realigned the wings. I used a laser level. It is easier to work with than a string.Drilled the rear spars. The distance to the spar edge looks reasonable.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the instrument panel prototype
November 3, 2025Made the instrument panel prototype from cardboard.Drawing pictures or moving small pieces of paper over the panel helps but it is not the same.More than one version was required.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the tow bar kit
October 6, 2025Continue aligning the wings. It is surprisingly hard.Finished building the tow bar kit.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Aligning the wings
October 4, 2025Started aligning the wings. The wing stands are too high.Started building the tow bar kit.Made the fuselage strut end.See More
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching the wings
October 7, 2025Temporarily attached the wings.We did not have enough working hands. Used a hoist to pull the wings up.The next time I would do it differently. It is what people call experience.…See More
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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Flapperon splice plates
Posted on March 25, 2026 at 7:36am 0 Comments 1 Like
December 6, 2025
EAA counselor Dale Severs checked the empenage attaching to the fuselage and the wing struts.
Reattached flapperons to the wings.
Riveted inbound splice plates.
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilling flapperon counterweights
Posted on March 22, 2026 at 6:16pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
December 5, 2025
Drilled flapperon counterweights.
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Temporarily attached flapperons
Posted on March 11, 2026 at 5:59pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
December 02, 2025
Drilled and temporarily attached flapperons.
To make the flapperons counterweights lighter I decided to drill hoes in them.
Started drilling the flapperons counterweights.
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching elevator control cables
Posted on March 1, 2026 at 8:47am 0 Comments 0 Likes
November 28, 2025
Added cotter pins to the control cable supporting rollers.
Attached the elevator top and bottom control cables. Safety pins installed.
Set the right wing trailing edge. Pay special attention to the angle supporting the fuel tank from behind. I quite forgot about it.
When installed the trailing edges on the left wing the inbound trailing edge had a higher angle of attack than the outbound trailing edge. I removed the trailing edges and tried again…
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