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One of our pilots from Brazil is transitioning to the CH701 with the 912iS. He put a GoPro on the mount and then created with You Tube video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ijgyJhgUic - although it is speeded up, it shows a lot of interesting hand movements in the cockpit... watch carefully as you see me in the right seat moving my hands around a lot! Also check out the full and free movement prior to take off - as well as enjoy…
ContinueAdded by Jonathan Porter on June 24, 2013 at 2:31am — No Comments
Added by Krzysztof Kacprzak on June 23, 2013 at 6:04am — No Comments
Plans indicate the trailing edge beveled edge on the top of the elevator pointing 15 degrees up, causing a permanent down trim.
The instructions indicate in two separate places, the beveled trailing edge should be on the bottom of the elevator creating a flat and neutral lift trailing edge.
My question is: which is the correct?
Added by Patrick L. Hatfield on June 18, 2013 at 9:54pm — 4 Comments
Solved some technical issues....so back on the air live. Retired now so spending quite a few hours/week on this project. Camera is currently focused on the seat area. The channel is mostly for my kids/grandkids, but you're welcome to visit. ustream.tv/channel/stevebetsy
Added by Steve Johnson on June 17, 2013 at 5:00pm — No Comments
Added by Krzysztof Kacprzak on June 17, 2013 at 7:44am — 2 Comments
Hi Builders,
I wanted to make very sure that my fuel senders were sealed before putting the tank in the wing and then filling it with fuel in the future!
The builders guide says the screws should have fiber washers under the head for sealing. These are no longer provided in the supplied VDO install kit. It sounds like a very good idea to have a fiber washer to help seal or a copper washer - like the seal washer used in banjo fuel fittings. I am also using the…
ContinueAdded by Larry Zepp on June 16, 2013 at 11:13am — 5 Comments
ICI en France,
Le club ULM "Bulles d'Air 51" à pris livraison de son ZENAIR 601 UL.
Avec un moteur Rotax 912S. La déco n'est pas encore finie.
Vitesse mini mesurée: 51 km/h & Maxi: 198 km/h !
Added by GRIMM Edgar on June 15, 2013 at 8:58am — No Comments
Does anyone have a source for an aluminum airfoil shaped fairing that one could placed around front gear tube?
Preferably open at back so could be slipped around gear tube and then riveted shut and riveted to gear tube for stability.
Added by Jerold Ebke on June 9, 2013 at 1:45pm — 8 Comments
Added by Mike Norton on June 7, 2013 at 9:08pm — 1 Comment
Started the CH 750 wing build this weekend by conducting a first pass at form molds for the nose ribs and rear ribs, The center lightning hole on the rear rib is slightly off as that was my first attempt with the fly cutter. Will get some more lumber this week and try it again next weekend.
Added by David A. Judkins on June 2, 2013 at 11:53pm — No Comments
Trimmed and fitted forward dorsal piece to LE of horiz. stab. For those that have done this, you know it takes a lot of small trimming and fitting. The real artsy exercise is the aft piece which I have now completed. It took considerably longer. I plan on attaching these with nutplates and rivnuts instead of riveting.
Added by Norm Neuls on June 2, 2013 at 1:53pm — No Comments
701 builders: what trip value circuit breaker are you using to protect the nav light circuit of the Aeroflash dual (strobe, nav) light unit? The units were supplied by Zenith as an option for my 701. For a while during phase 1, I had a bad ground for the right wing nav light and could never tell during flight whether the light was working or not. If I thumped the wingtip while in the hangar, the light would come on. Aeroflash says the current draw for a 12V system should be 2 amps per…
ContinueAdded by Don Herbel on June 1, 2013 at 3:07pm — 5 Comments
After cutting the 59 mm hole for the fuel sender, I needed to get some chips out of the tank.
It worked well to get a small 110 VAC floodlight bulb and socket that would fit into the fuel cap hole to light the inside. To remove chips, taping a painters tack cloth to a long stick made it really easy to pick out random chips and make the tank inside clean and ready to seal the sender.
Larry Zepp - Zodiac 650B builder
Added by Larry Zepp on May 29, 2013 at 10:28am — 2 Comments
You're invited to join us for our "Fly In To Summer" Builder Fly-In Gathering at the Zenith Aircraft Factory.…
ContinueAdded by Sebastien Heintz on May 23, 2013 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment
Added by Basil Buwalda on May 19, 2013 at 2:25pm — No Comments
Hello, Im a new guy on the block, looking for any advice on a prop for a continental 0200A on my 750. Any recommendations? Was told Warp Drive props were'nt too good......Thank you........Scott
Added by Scott Mascher on May 17, 2013 at 11:04am — 9 Comments
Well I'll try again since I submitted about 6 hours ago and all that went thru were the photos. A liability of growing up on vacuum tubes and trying to master the computer age. I acquired Ken Ryan's 750 project and yesterday brought the wings home here to the Wasilla area from Ken's place in Anchorage. A lot of you have interacted with Ken over the last few years and I will have to say he did a fine job of building. This won't be the first airplane I've built or rebuilt over the years…
ContinueAdded by Norm Neuls on May 16, 2013 at 9:57pm — 2 Comments
Added by Krzysztof Kacprzak on May 16, 2013 at 1:24am — 1 Comment
I didn't see anything in the plans about aileron controls stops. Any comments on what to do there?
Added by Bruce Cobo on May 15, 2013 at 6:47am — 3 Comments
I like it when I can use the word "uber". It just sounds cool. Anyhow, the photo below shows my garage for the next year. It's small, I mean like real small. Breaks down like this.....
I once had a really cool house with a really nice sized garage, that was 6 months ago. The plan was to buy a new home so the house went for sale. It had an offer 5 days…
ContinueAdded by Mike Johnson on May 13, 2013 at 9:09pm — 7 Comments
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