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I chose teflon ss braided fuel lines with AN fittings, an Andair fuel selector valve( LH RH, off) and a center routing of hoses. While a…
ContinueAdded by Mike Adamczyk on January 20, 2013 at 8:29pm — 3 Comments
Spent a rare relatively warm January Sunday afternoon disassembling, deburring and priming the CH 750 elevator. Still a few hours left and hope to complete tomorrow. This is the first project work I've done since before the holidays. Felt great to be working on it again!
Added by David A. Judkins on January 20, 2013 at 6:02pm — No Comments
I just got done installing a root fairing on a 750 . I had noticed some weakness in the sheet metal along the curve on it and also on others 750s and 701s , I have also seen some root fairings with lots of dimples and waves . A few have developed small cracks from the oil canning of this area. Thought I would show what I had done on this 750 and can easily be done on other 750s or 701s
I just marked a line down the center of the fairing panel and started about 10mm from the spar .…
ContinueAdded by Tracy Buttles on January 18, 2013 at 4:54pm — 2 Comments
A year and a half ago I volunteered to make some Google Maps from the Zenith.aero membership database but to my shame I have only just now gotten around to it. So, with the data from August 2011, I made three maps: one for members registered with a 701, one for those with a 750, and another for the 650 members.
Here's a screenshot of the 750 one.…
ContinueAdded by Paul Sanders on January 14, 2013 at 3:30pm — 19 Comments
A journey that began in the middle of June ended yesterday when I received my ASEL endorsement on my LSA license. I had been licensed for almost a year for PPC when I got the bug for fixed wing (always had the bug). I began flight lessons in June, and purchased my Zenith CH701 in August.
The lessons continued in the 701 with Mr. Ed Athey who was very patient with this "old guy". He was encouraging at all times, even when I got discouraged. Ed has over 30,000 hours of safe flying…
ContinueAdded by Joe Byrd on January 13, 2013 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
I finally ran out of things that needed done before first flight of my 601 XL B. The next thing to do was fly it.
Engine is a 2700 cc Aeromax Corvair
Engine installation is my own design except motor mount.
Rotec carb, homebrew intake and exhaust system.
Dual Ford EDIS-6 ignition using single Ford 6 cyl coil pack.
Warp drive 68" prop
Cowling is modified fiberglass Aeromax
No problems or difficulty on the first flight other than the…
ContinueAdded by Louis W. Ott on January 12, 2013 at 11:00pm — 10 Comments
Added by Steven Winn on January 12, 2013 at 9:51pm — 2 Comments
Flew with the doors off first time today. 2.5 more hours. Here is a pic of the annual Vol Fire Dept. annual auction in Trenton NC. What a madhouse, I was happy to be in my plane...
Added by Steven Winn on January 12, 2013 at 9:41pm — 1 Comment
Added by Christopher Braun on January 12, 2013 at 2:00pm — 5 Comments
Here are a few pics of the 801 spar atachment nd the 750
the 801 I have in my hand you can see the size differance(A5 on the 801 A6 on the 750) and on the other pics you can see the rivet size,spacing and use of an-3 bolts on the 750
we are talking a usefull load of 1050 in the 801 versus 580 (I know it can be registered above light sport) 750
I might at least put…
Added by Tracy Buttles on January 10, 2013 at 5:22pm — No Comments
We are still trying to figure why exactly all the coolant came out. The best hypothesis is an airlock developed in the system and forced the coolant out.
That still leaves us wondering why the airlock started in the first place.
Once piece of the puzzle has been figured out, which sadly creates a new question. The bottle failed due to exhaust heat. We were seeing EGTs close to the yellow\warning zone before the failure. The portion of the bottle that melted was…
ContinueAdded by John Marzulli on January 10, 2013 at 3:17pm — 4 Comments
Some good news:
First the cylinder bodies were all fine. They measured in spec and had no scaring and no signs of warping.
The better news is the cylinder and heads all passed their hardness tests. The minimum hardness of the heads is 85HB and the Cylinders 90HB.
The heads measured between 102-134 and the cylinders 108-118. The lowest values were for #1 head and #2 cylinder.
As expected the bolts were all loose from the…
ContinueAdded by John Marzulli on January 9, 2013 at 3:01pm — 11 Comments
Today was the first day I have flown since November 30th. I did my solo cross country that day. Shortly after that I had to have emergency gall bladder removal, so I was out of commisison for a while. Then cold, wet weather. Today was beautiful, and perfect flying weather. Flew a total of two hours and was ready for more. Tomorrow is my check ride with CFI #2 who will endorse my logbook and I will be officially LSA ASEL and PPCL.
Added by Joe Byrd on January 8, 2013 at 7:50pm — 3 Comments
Several people have asked about the video cameras that I've been using. I've posted a few videos that include views from inside the cockpit (with audio), and views from outside the cockpit.
I have an NFlightCam GPS+ (about 1 year old), and a GoPro Hero2 (about 5 months old), generally using both cameras at the same time on my test flights.
These small video cameras have been a big help in my Phase 1 testing. It's helpful to be able to "go back and review what…
ContinueAdded by Patrick Hoyt on January 8, 2013 at 4:45pm — 7 Comments
Sitting here in Idaho wishing it would warm up to at least flyable weather. Been right around zero and even though I have an engine pre-heater I built and the newly installed Zenith cabin heat I can't force my self out to the airport.
I finished off the second Condition Inspection in early December. No issues except that I found that the left radiator mount had broken at the front engine mounting bolt. Seemed to have failed radially from the mounting hole under the washer. Ordered…
ContinueAdded by Phil Smith on January 8, 2013 at 12:53pm — 1 Comment
40 hour fly off is going slow. 9.5 hours so far. Having a couple of small issues....fuel is transferring from left to right in flight, not sure why.
Been adjusting prop pitch flatter, at 12 degrees, getting max 5200 rpm full throttle, level flight. Going to reset to 11 deg in search of 5600 rpm static. Makes me wonder about actual horsepower.
Engine itself is running smooth, no issues, but I do experience an unusual vibration when throttling back for descents (from memory seems…
ContinueAdded by Steven Winn on January 2, 2013 at 7:08pm — 1 Comment
I need some Rotax advise as my plane is stranded at another airport.
The coolant overflow bottle failed in flight. The first sign was some red fluid in the cockpit a few minutes after take off. At first I thought it was brake fluid.
I noted the EGTs were high, but the CHTs were in range, and the oil temps were slightly high, but not in "the red zone"
A minute later I started smelling something in the cockpit and turned back to the field at reduced…
ContinueAdded by John Marzulli on December 30, 2012 at 12:16pm — 6 Comments
Has anybody scratch built there own metal floats? and if so what plans did you use?
Added by Robert McNaught on December 24, 2012 at 4:50pm — 3 Comments
Merry Christmas, to all the Zenith family everywhere, from the mountains of far west Texas!
Added by Jim B Belcher on December 24, 2012 at 9:25am — No Comments
My Zodiac 601 XL-B has moved past phase one flight testing and handles beautifully! The visibility and flight characteristics are better than I imagined and I have just flown from the test area back to my own (rented) hangar in PGD! I expect to still have a few items that will need attention as I continue to do a pre-flight inspection like it is my first flight each time. Do not take anything for granted. I will be writing an article about the build as well as the expectations that were…
ContinueAdded by Captain Dennis Kirk on December 20, 2012 at 10:25pm — 5 Comments
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