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from; Warren L. Taylor(pete) This is just a note to introduce myself and my brother we are building three zenith zodiac aircraft from plans two sets of plans we have are the 601xl and one is the 650. we have been working at least three years on this project the normal time spent is 3 days a week 7.5 hours per day. luckily the wings werenot complete when the upgrade came along. this is our firstbuild of an all metal bird. there have been few problems that gave us trouble thanks to the…
ContinueAdded by Warren L. Taylor on December 19, 2011 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment
I just wanted to post a few pics of the control setup on a 750 , for anyone that had anyquestions and would like to get see pics . i know it always hepls me and i havent seen to may pic of the setup
As you can see just swagged to the clevis on the rudder perdals
and i knew they had to be crossed but i was hoping to do it in the tail section , but there isnt…
ContinueAdded by Tracy Buttles on December 19, 2011 at 3:00pm — 9 Comments
I may be repeating what everyone else already knows, but just in case....
I've priced O200 baffles, and even the units built by other than Cessna were pricey, probably due to the FAA paperwork. The cheapest I found were around $800. That's a lot of money for a little aluminum, and a bit of seal.
Whilst browsing through my library, I happened to scan my copy of the late Tony Bingelis' "Firewall Forward." Inside, I found a scalable pattern for O-200…
ContinueAdded by Jim B Belcher on December 19, 2011 at 1:42pm — 5 Comments
I flew to another airport for the first time today. Managed to get enough courage to leave home airport (kmic) by myself. Used gps from Microsoft flight simulator to get right heading. It worked, I ended up about 3/4 mile north of Buffalo airport. Seen alot of people out on lakes with very thin ice (looked black from the air). Go to store and buy fish, or fall through thin ice and freeze to death? Its a toss up.
Added by Jesse Hartman on December 18, 2011 at 4:09pm — No Comments
Suzy Patey is responsible for the following challenges in Ghana. Thank you Suzy...
You see, SHE pasted nice pictures of a windshield fairing on her 801. Our girls told me that our 'silicon putty windshield seal looked ugly'. So, I told them 'If you can do better - go do!'.... and they did.
When we teach the girls here in Ghana, they have to…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on December 17, 2011 at 9:11am — 7 Comments
In Ghana, Santa has been giving inspirations to the CH701 building ladies of WAASPS and Medicine on the Move.
Consideration was given to renaming the the aircraft as 'Metal Sleigh', for, afterall, both the Wooden Sleigh of the red-coated-white-bearded aviator (Reindeer powered, of course), have great similiarities....
1. STOL capabilities - both…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on December 16, 2011 at 4:54am — No Comments
I'm looking to stay in touch with builders who have Serial numbers 8500 and 8502 as I'm building 750-8501 are you building the sister plane to mine? If you are or know who is building these serial numbers could you let me know I would like to stay in touch with these individuals. Thanks Phil
Added by Philip James Weston on December 15, 2011 at 9:53am — 1 Comment
I need to trim my canopy to fit a Zodiac XLB. Does anyone have any advice that they can share in respect to the best tool to cut the canopy and how to approach the job. Should I start trimming from the rear or front of the canopy and how do I determine my datum point on the canopy. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Ray White
Added by Raymond White on December 14, 2011 at 5:04am — 3 Comments
Fellow builders: do you have any photos/ suggestions on how to provide padding protection for the trailing edge of the glare shield on a CH701? The drawings refer to it as the front top skin, part # 7F14-4
Added by Don Herbel on December 12, 2011 at 11:22am — 4 Comments
The plans have no information to guide the installation of the optional fiberglass doors.
The builder resources on Zenith's website have an aged photo assembly guide that leaves out a key piece of info...The upper door sills must be trimmed 20 mm ( from 80 to 60mm in height). Otherwise the door hinges will not align with the door's upper flange, instead they will want to align on the plexiglass.
I confirmed my findings with another builder's experience here:…
ContinueAdded by Steven Winn on December 11, 2011 at 10:18pm — 2 Comments
Thanks for that... just got to sit back and wait for kit to arrive, time to make benches etc to build on now.
Added by Chris Hoare on December 9, 2011 at 6:00am — No Comments
November 9, 2011, Tule'os, my bird, passed inspection and is ready to go!! Eleven years worth.
www.rickbeckmanszodiac601xlb.com has some pics.
Added by Erwin Beckman (Rick) on December 6, 2011 at 6:45pm — 1 Comment
Hi All,
Before I put the top skin on the rear fuselage I was wondering other things that would be easier doing now than later. Also contimplating placing a few extra L braces opposite of the others on the side walls.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Jeff Roberts
750 under construction.
Added by Jeff Roberts on December 5, 2011 at 9:58am — 2 Comments
Does any one out there have a used set of the Homebuilt DVDs they would like to sell for the CH750? Let us know! Thanks! Dave and Patsy
Added by Dave (Rocky) M Brown on December 3, 2011 at 2:21pm — 2 Comments
We are waitng for our CH750 kit to arrive and are planning to buy the videos as we go to help assist in the build. We already went to the rudder workshop in Cloverdale and came home with our rudder completed. It was fantastic! Thank you Doug and Lori! Our question is, which video should we buy first, and where do we begin in our build? We are wanting to buy the videos as we go rather than all at once. We are not sure which part we start on first. Any advice out there? Thanks! Dave…
ContinueAdded by Dave (Rocky) M Brown on December 2, 2011 at 6:42pm — 4 Comments
Thought you might be interested in hearing about our great cross country adventure to Traverse City, MI this Fall. We planned an 8 hour drive up to meet our family on Friday, then return home on Monday. As the weekend drew closer, it became apparent that the weather was going to be severely clear throughout the whole weekend. On top of that the wind was solidly out of the South. This begged the question: To fly or not to fly? I spent the better part of about 2 seconds…
ContinueAdded by Chuck Long on December 2, 2011 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments
Passed my Final Inspection!!! Went very well just a couple of label snags. I had installed the "EXPERIMENTAL" Decals in my cockpit and that is a different class here in Canada, so I had to remove. Just have to wait on my papers from Transport Canada then off to my first flight. I have been training in Doug Pelton's plane and it has been great. His plane flies awesome. I will post my first flight in the next two weeks or sooner I hope......
Added by Mark Colbeck on November 30, 2011 at 7:17am — 9 Comments
First of all you may notice that we have skipped that past couple of Zenith Rudder Workshops while moving full speed ahead on the 3 projects that we had going here at once.
I am now feeling like I can see the light at the end of the tunnel to finish up my own plane. Although not complete yet, I thought it would be wise to begin checking with them concerning the registration and certification process.
Fortunately for me I had to be in Oklahoma City on business so I hand carried…
ContinueAdded by Bill Carter on November 29, 2011 at 11:30am — 2 Comments
I have some parts for sale I am nor going to use. I am discounting everything 25% off the new price . A Zenair 801 cowl. A Lycoming O 360complete exhaust kit with muffler heat shroud. A carburetor filter heat box for a Lycoming O 360 and a Zenair 801 flap motor. All this stuff is listed on the airplane parts for sale tab on my website karlhippdesigns.com
The reason I am selling this stuff is that I am installing a different engine choice and I have installed manual flaps
Added by karl hipp on November 27, 2011 at 5:38pm — 2 Comments
Got my form blocks done for the tail section today. Now just waiting for my fluting pliers & bulk pack of rivets...should have most of my rudder parts formed (and maybe assembled) within a couple of weeks. Can't believe it took this long to get going! Got my rolled aluminum sheet, Cortec primer and hardware from Zenith just before Thanksgiving...got about 8 solid hours of work in this weekend.
Added by Greg Harris on November 27, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments
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