Well, here it is Monday and we are finally putting on the finishing touches to the last item in the project, the cowl. Kent took two days while I was away and worked on the air intakes, today we put the finishing fiberglass on the openings. Now all we need is to let the resin harden and we can do the final install.]
Installed the bottom section today and ran the wires to the oil pan heater and the battery maintainer, put the holding…
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Added by Phillip Owens on May 17, 2010 at 5:00pm —
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I just got back from a week at First Light Aviation Group in Livermore, California with Rick Lindstrom & Rich Vetterli. I went down to help them with the Upgrades on their Corvair powered CH601's. We had a great time and made excellent progress on both airplanes.
Rick Lindstrom will bring his airplane up to our booth at the Arlington Fly-in this year July 7th- 11th, so feel free to stop by and see his bird and talk to us about the…
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Added by Brady McCormick on May 17, 2010 at 2:12pm —
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Earlier this week we were treated by a two day visit by the FAA's newly created National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) to evaluate and determine that the
STOL CH 750 kit, as produced by Zenith, meets the intent of the "51% rule" and to allow an amateur-builder to register the plane as an "amateur-built - Experimental" aircraft (meeting the "major portion" requirement of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations part 21, Certification Procedures for…
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Added by Sebastien Heintz on May 13, 2010 at 8:00pm —
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AeroSport is one of the major annual fly-ins in Spain for recreational sport aircraft and ultralights. The event took place last weekend in spite of precarious weather and volcanic ash that kept airline traffic grounded over most of the country. Many light planes still flew in to AeroSport in Iguadala/Barcelona, including a dozen Zodiac models (CH 601 HD, HDS, XL and a CH 640). Both Zenair representatives for Spain had a display…
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Added by Michael Heintz on May 11, 2010 at 8:00am —
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It's Official, the STOL CH750 can now be registered as an AULA in Canada. CAN-ZAC has worked with Transport Canada to have the newest Zenith Kit added to the list. http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/general/ccarcs/advancedullist.htm
This means that you now have the choice in Canada of either an Amateur built or Advanced Ultralight registration for your STOL CH750.
At present…
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Added by Mark Townsend on May 10, 2010 at 10:15am —
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After aprox. 70 hours and $600.00, we "Got-r-Done". Thanks to my friends and Brother Bo we are back in the air. We were short A5 rivets, too. Another Zodiac builder came up with rivets over the weekend to keep us popping w/o a break in the action. I bought the angle drill attachemnt this blog recommended and we installed new Sonex rubber bushings on the Jabiru engine mount. Got a local tow truck operator to haul for us this time.
As for the upgrade, our a/c had no signs of wear or…
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Added by Mark Ertz on May 7, 2010 at 1:25pm —
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Problem: as left/right flaperon is applied, path length of the cable changes dramatically, because the top of the elevator control horn is located about 12” off the axis of rotation of the flaperon torque tube.
With cable tension set to 20lbs at neutral stick, I was seeing 10-15lbs at full left (very slack) and >35lbs at full right stick. This was tight enough to cause the elevator horn to bend!
Solution: I have added a pulley right behind the lower access hatch, on the…
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Added by Sebastian Dewhurst on May 5, 2010 at 4:31pm —
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This was the ramp in front of the Zenith factory earlier today: two burgundy and gray light aircraft visited today:
The high wing is Mike Schlichtman's STOL CH 750 and the other is Randy Schlitter's
Rans S-19 LSA.
Mike's nice STOL CH 750 is nearly identical to our factory demo version - both are powered by the six cylinder Jabiru 3300…
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Added by Sebastien Heintz on May 4, 2010 at 8:30pm —
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Today was a day to get closer to the first flight, the new fittings arrived for the oil cooler and were installed back on the airplane, oil and filter were changed, Added the forward bumper buffer for the top cowl by using a small rubber hammer, cut off the handle, and cut a 1/2" piece of plywood in a cirlce just larger than the hammer , screwed the two together and fiberglassed it onto the top of the cowl, when inverted into the normal position the base of the rubber hammer will just rest on…
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Added by Phillip Owens on April 30, 2010 at 8:22pm —
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N408WL flew today 04/30/2010 first flight after modification very windy day 90 degree crosswind aircraft flew very well only change was the ailerons seemed heavier than before. Made the best landings I have done. extra 30 lbs helped the cg. flew 1.5 hours 3.5 of phase one to go. Emptey weight 790 lbs with jabiru 3300, icom 200, Dynon 180, airspeed indicator, Garmin transponder, air gizmo and 196 GPS, flite com intercom, exp bus and compass 406elt. Modification added 30lbs.
Added by Harry P. Land Jr. on April 30, 2010 at 5:21pm —
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After our enjoyable
trip to Sun'n Fun, we are ready for a week of
work in the sun! One of the first planes we saw upon our arrival was Gus Warren's STOL CH 750:
This recently completed STOL CH 750 is equipped with the lightweight ULpower UL260i engine (hence the long nose) distributed by…
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Added by Sebastien Heintz on April 28, 2010 at 12:00pm —
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Following is a brief report and photos from our flight to Sun'n Fun earlier this month:
(Update: See my new video clips at the bottom of this post).To test the comfort and cross-country capability of the
STOL CH 750, Roger and I decided to fly together (in one plane) to
Lakeland, Florida, from…
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Added by Sebastien Heintz on April 23, 2010 at 9:00am —
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Kalahari Cheetah Project
Dr Gus Mills
Pilot in Command: Andrew Conroy and Navigator: Derrick van Zyl
Author: Derrick van Zyl
Mission
Tracking and finding missing Collared Cheetahs in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park for “The…
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Added by Andrew Conroy on April 22, 2010 at 3:00am —
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First I want to start by saying some stuff was missing. One set of seats and wing root fairings. I made my seats and the wing root fairings will be Carbon Fiber, maybe 10 pounds total. From the beginning I concentrated on building light. No wheel pants. Jabiru 3300 with a custom FWF. Grove gear. Wood propeller.
Second, I had Arnie the A&P at U76 use his certified scales.
Empty weight: 686 pounds
Left wheel: 231 pounds
Right wheel: 219 pounds
Nose wheel: 236…
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Added by Jake Reyna on April 21, 2010 at 6:00pm —
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Hello all,
I'm looking for someone in my area that can help me transision into my new 701, Just got it here and wings are hung, and I need to get my annual done. Then I would like to fly with someone familiar with the 701 to give me a little heads up. Anyone in the central/south New Jersey available to drop into NJ46 (PearlAcres) Apt.?
Thanks,
Tom G.
Added by Tom Genereux on April 21, 2010 at 4:20pm —
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I plan on completing the discrepancy list by Wednesday and then head back to Astoria. Talked to the DAR, Jim Gilchrist, yesterday to verify the timeline once I had submitted the Notarized statement addressing the list. He's out of town until May 1 and will send out the Airworthiness as soon as he receives the paperwork. So, I'll be legal soon thereafter, yahoo!
Last item on the list will be Weight & Balance. I'm going to have the local A&P use his scales. I've tried to build as…
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Added by Jake Reyna on April 20, 2010 at 8:07am —
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Hi Guys,
A good day today, my 601XL completed its first…
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Added by Peter Johnson on April 16, 2010 at 3:20am —
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Monday installed the oil dipstick door and did the layup for the box that will hold the wires that lead to the oil pan heater and the battery maintainer, This box will be fiberglassed on the inside of the lower cowl on the right side of the airplane and an access door will be installed also. It appearswe will need to add some rubber gasketing around the base of the cowl for a better fit of the camlocks. Then it is on to finishing the air intakes and baffles to direct the airflow into the intake…
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Added by Phillip Owens on April 15, 2010 at 4:49pm —
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Hello from Sun 'n Fun 2010! Who else is down here besides me?
Everyone at home can follow this year's activities on the internet. Sun 'N Fun Radio is being streamed live at:
http://liveatc.net/snfas are Lakeland tower north, and Lakeland tower south.
Added by Jim Belcher on April 14, 2010 at 4:55pm —
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I had 19.8 hrs on it. I talked with the Seattle FSDO and they said because I had not yet completed my 1st 40 hrs, they would not need to add additional testing time. I worked about 20 hrs per week for 4 months, but I did all the work alone. Keep plugging along!
Added by Louis Gallego on April 13, 2010 at 10:57am —
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