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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Deburring the front fuselage

September 26, 2024

Painted the strut mounts.
Deburring the front fuselage parts.
Tested the torque tube rear bearing fitting. Not good. Talked to Zenith. They will send me a new bearing.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on January 3, 2025 at 8:22am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Disassembled the front fuselage

September 25, 2024

Primed the left strut mount.
Disassembled the front fuselage.
Ready to deburring.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on January 2, 2025 at 7:24am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Primed the right strut mount

September 23, 20224

I drilled the skin holes incorrectly. They are elliptical. Drilled a set of holes below.

I am thinking about adding rivets in between the bad holes. The spacing allows it. Rivet A5 is 4 mm, the current distance between holes is 25, 29, 35 mm.

Zenith recommended to use A6 rivets or AN3 bolts for the damaged holes. I opted for the bolts.…



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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on January 1, 2025 at 8:59am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilled holse in the front wheel fork

September 12, 2024

Drilled holse in the front wheel fork and doubler.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 31, 2024 at 7:52am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Put rubber pucks on the front wheel leg

September 08, 2024

Put rubber pucks on the front wheel leg. Used silicon grease on the leg.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 30, 2024 at 9:02am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Control rods

September 02, 2024

Attached flapperon vertical and horizontal control rods.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 29, 2024 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Control Mixer

September 1, 2024

Assembling the flapperon actuator and the control mixer.

Used 9V battery to check if the actuator can turn the mixer bar.

By Zenith advise used ACF-50 as the lubricant. It looks like it works.…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 25, 2024 at 10:32am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Painting steel parts

August 31, 2024

Painting steel parts. Rust Oleum self etching prime and Rust Oleum glossy smoke grey enamel.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 24, 2024 at 1:04pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Matching strut mounts to the landing gear channel

August 28, 2024

Continued filing the gear channel and the strut mount bracket to match.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 15, 2024 at 8:35am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Started painting aileron pedals

August 15, 2024

Started painting aileron pedals. One part is the original one another one is sanded before priming.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 13, 2024 at 7:14am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Fabricating the emgine mount fittings

July 31, 2024

Ground the top engine mount fittings.
Drilling the top engine mount fittings.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 12, 2024 at 7:31am — No Comments

CH601UL is growing in Italy

Added by Massimo Piva on December 11, 2024 at 1:12pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilled sides of the cabin frame

July 30, 2024

Drilled sides of the cabin frame.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 11, 2024 at 11:15am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Seat belt attachment

July 29, 2024

Riveted the seatbelt attachments.

Inserted the bolt in advance. After riveting it is impossible to insert it this way.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 10, 2024 at 1:15pm — No Comments

West to Washington State

Added by Mark Ertz on December 9, 2024 at 5:37pm — No Comments

Strip map to West Coast & back

Added by Mark Ertz on December 9, 2024 at 5:35pm — No Comments

West to Washington State from Iowa

West bound

21.5 flight hours, 99 gals, 2 overnites, 17 stops.

Over I-80 WEST TO KLBF

NORTH from KEVW to POCATELLO 

Overnite @ KGNG

NW to boise & I-90 over Steven's Pass Casades.

Dir Lyndon WA. Near Billingham (4 day stay).

East bound

17.5 hrs, 75 gals, one overnite, 7 stops.

Over the top @ Casades

Dir KCOE, the I-90 to Laurel outside Billings

Dir KCDR Then KRDK RED OAK & RTB KBRL.

*Will post pics…

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Added by Mark Ertz on December 9, 2024 at 5:33pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilling the top of the cabin frame

July 29, 2024

Drilling the top of the cabin frame.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 9, 2024 at 10:06am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Finishing the forward L angles

July 27, 2024

Finishing the forward L angles.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 7, 2024 at 9:34am — No Comments

Zenith Workshop Returns to Texas in February 2025

Zenith Aircraft…

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Added by Zenith Aero on December 5, 2024 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

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