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Added by John Burns on March 30, 2020 at 7:20pm — No Comments

Tail / Slats / Flaperons

About 3 weeks ago finished the rudder. Failed to take account lead time so have been reading Sky Ranch, and did short block Corvair assembly. I'm looking for some 95 or 110 HP heads if someone has some rebuildable cores, hit me up I'll take them off your hands ; )

Rudder on parts rack…

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Added by Skip Rhudy on March 25, 2020 at 11:34pm — 3 Comments

Work on it daily

It is critical that I work on my airplane every day in order to make progress.  I find that if I have more than 24 hours between sessions it is way too hard to remember where I left the tools !  :-)

Added by John Burns on March 17, 2020 at 6:42pm — 4 Comments

Flying and Inspiring the Younger Generations

I just want to encourage those that fly not only young eagles, but any younger generations to continue to do so. I can't begin to explain the joy this kiddo had when he took his first flight in the SD this last week. Something he will remember always and I know many of you are out there sparking that same joy and wanted to say thank you. Alissa…

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Added by Jan Eggenfellner on March 16, 2020 at 9:30am — 2 Comments

Rear Fuselage and Rudder Hinges

Approaching 600 hours.  I have made substantial progress on the rear fuselage and have installed the rudder hinges with the help of  a metal rod.  

Added by Bradford Drown on March 13, 2020 at 7:30pm — No Comments

WANTED: Photo of your airplane project in your garage

A well-known national aviation insurance company is working on a print advertising campaign, and they are looking for a specific photo showing an airplane being built in a home garage. See below sample (keeping in mind this is just a sample).

Are you currently building your Zenith in your garage, and is your project at a stage where it is well recognizable as an airplane? They want to arrange a photo shoot with you (or alternatively use a suitable file photo of your project in your…

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Added by Sebastien Heintz on March 5, 2020 at 2:59pm — 2 Comments

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Added by Kenneth Stapleton on February 18, 2020 at 9:43pm — No Comments

Seat Panel

I have completed the debur on the center wing and moved on to the seat panel.  Completed fabricating all the L angles, drilled and deburred including the rear bearing channel.  Now starting on the rear fuselage.

Added by Bradford Drown on February 11, 2020 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Cruise pitch

 I have 701 with 100 HP 912 with 3 blade warp drive, What prop pitch do you suggest for best Cruise.  What RPM do you get at full power on the ground ?

THANKS

Added by Robin ten Pas on February 7, 2020 at 8:10am — 1 Comment

New Acquisition

Flew this up to Atlanta from Orlando yesterday

Added by John Schaper on February 6, 2020 at 4:47pm — 3 Comments

Because I'm A Pilot - "Bob's Okay"

I have not posted much in the last few years, preferring to lurk in the internet shadows and follow the adventures of others. I still answer questions quickly in PM sent through the web site. The 2005 CH601HD rests quietly in the hangar its systems "mothballed"..... ignored the past 2 years. Like an unfaithful boy friend my fancy had turned to another aircraft. A 1976 Citabria GCBC a friend with too many aircraft was generous enough to loan me. I learned to handle the evil "tail wheel" gear,…

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Added by Bob McDonald on February 5, 2020 at 1:27pm — 12 Comments

Zenith STOL Champions (once again) at 2021 New Zealand Bush Pilot Championships!

Congratulations to Deane Philip for his first place finish at the 2021 New Zealand Bush…

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Added by Zenith Aero on February 3, 2020 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

Zenith Workshop and Fly-In Gathering in Florida

Roger and I recently returned from central Florida where we held a hands-on kit aircraft building workshop and hosted a Zenith fly-in gathering together with Wheels and Wings. What a productive workshop and fun time meeting with new and existing Zenith builders and flyers!

Day One: Rudder workshop class and demo flights (Friday, January 24, 2020): Watch the…

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Added by Sebastien Heintz on January 30, 2020 at 5:00pm — 2 Comments

DIY EFIS

Latest update on my DIY EFIS, now includes COM, NAV, and XPDR via SDR (Software Defined Radio) 

Added by Jono Lind on January 24, 2020 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Flipping Over Wing Solo

After a lot of prep work on my lifting sling, I finally was able to flip my wing upside down.

Overall I am happy with the results. I had complete control of the wing at all times.

After I get a chance to use it few times and fine tune my process, I plan to make video showing it in action.…

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Added by Damon Brantley on January 18, 2020 at 5:43pm — 2 Comments

Jabiru Gen4 and Arion Aircraft FFW kit

I just received my generation 4 engine today.  I also received the firewall forward kit provided by Arion aircraft the US Jabiru dealer.  Everything looks great and it seems to be a very complete kit.  I will post more details at a later date, but the Jabiru engine and FWF kit combined seem to be the cheapest combination after the Viking engine and certainly the cheapest for a new engine.

Added by John Burns on January 16, 2020 at 5:56pm — 4 Comments

Center Wing, time to debur

Top skins and nose skin is in place drilled to A5 with strips and plates in place as well as L angles rear of strips and connecting I/b gear box rib and adj. nose ribs. (I should shim these where they attach to the skins?) I cut out excess nose skin, will trim at some point in the future. Getting ready to tear down and debur. I am now struggling with the…

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Added by Bradford Drown on January 5, 2020 at 7:34pm — No Comments

Ordered

My son and I completed the rudder workshop and flew to Cruzer.  Great aircraft.  Ordered my first kit which ships Jan 23rd.  Cn't wait to start the process.  Along awaited dream to build nad fly my own aircraft.  I'm Jazzed

Added by Jim Stutson on December 22, 2019 at 6:54pm — 3 Comments

Aircraft Building Workshop Returns Florida in January 2020

Friday: hands-on workshop  |  Saturday: Zenith fly-in  |  Sunday: Viking Engine workshop…

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Added by Zenith Aero on December 17, 2019 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

Top Skins

Flipped over the center wing and pulled the top skins from storage.  Drilled to A5  the internal rear ribs to the top skins, Using the strips for templates I finished drilling the top skins to A5 which fitted the strips to the ribs in turn to the skins.  Suggest that anyone working toward this particular part of the project to be sure to do the internal three rear ribs first, then the strip area of the top skins and o/b ribs next, and finally the rivet pitch to the  o/b ribs behind the strip…

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Added by Bradford Drown on December 17, 2019 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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