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Here's a brief overview of the pre-flight of the main spring gear of the Zenith STOL CH 701 - to make sure that the aluminum spring gear is properly tightened between the two polyurethane spacers (on both sides). This is a quick and easy item to check for regularly (and especially after a rough landing):
Older STOL CH701's used pieces of…
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A panel hack saw is a special kind of hacksaw that uses a spring steel sheet as a back to support a standard hacksaw blade. This allows the saw to make long cuts in metal where a normal hack saw would be stopped by the bar.
When I first found out about them I wanted to buy one, but no one seems to make them anymore. So I had to make one of my own.The spring steel is .032 sheet and the hacksaw blade is a standard blade.
The saw can be a little tricky to use. The…
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Since announcing that we'd purchased the assets of SAM Aircraft earlier this year, Zenith Aircraft demo pilot Roger Dubbert and I recently traveled to Zenair Ltd. in Midland, Ontario, Canada to fly the prototype aircraft (that my brother Nicholas had previously flown back from Quebec). The purpose of…
ContinueAdded by Sebastien Heintz on February 18, 2016 at 3:30pm — 16 Comments
HI,
MY NAME IS JORGE MATAS AND I'M BUILDING A STOL CH 701 KIT FROM ZENITH AIRCRAFT COMPANY (BUILDER #78403).
RIGHT NOW THE PROJECT IS 90% OR MORE ASSEMBLED, AND I HAVE EVERYTHING TO FINISH THE PLANE (EXCEPT ENGINE AND INSTRUMENTS).
I ALSO HAVE THIS EXTRA OPTIONS:
BUBBLE DOORS.
ELECTRIC ELEVATOR TRIM TAB.
21X6 TUNDRA TIRES.
VORTEX GENERATORS.…
ContinueAdded by Jorge Matas on February 16, 2016 at 11:18am — 1 Comment
A homemade set of tucking forks for fluting parts. While I have used this on only two parts, I like the control these give me over creating flutes compared to the fluting pliers I have used for just about everything else.…
ContinueAdded by Damon Brantley on February 13, 2016 at 9:09pm — 2 Comments
hello,out there. I am wondering if someone ever deceided to build a 750 with out flaps?
also changing tail to be like a cruiser tail?
I plan on using a 0320 Lycoming on my craft.
Tom Fulton,calabash nc
Added by Thomas Fulton on February 9, 2016 at 4:41pm — 1 Comment
After I melted part of one of the seat covers, I had to order an additional yard of material to complete the repairs. The repairs took only a couple of small pieces so I was left with lots of extra material for some more upholstery projects.
When I leave my home base for other airports, I like to carry my tow bar for easy maneuvering and parking. It is a long clunky piece and there is not a good place to stow it. I decided to use some of the extra material and pleating…
ContinueAdded by JEFF COCHRAN on February 5, 2016 at 9:34am — 2 Comments
We are currently getting spooled up for Aero Friedrichshafen on the 20-23 April.
We plan to have a stand set up with a huge selection of our available materials as well as some good examples of our work.
In addition, we have a 1:1 mock cockpit of a 650 XL with a beautiful interior that we will have on display.
If you are in the area come and stop by.…
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I've been a bit slow to add updates here. Not because progress hasn't been made on the EAA Chapter 245 CH750 Cruzer project, but because I've been working away in my basement workshop on my personal aircraft build project.
Our Cruzer continues to take shape in our EAA Chapter hangar. While we're waiting for some parts (fuselage longerons in particular) we continue to soldier on, cleaning up details on parts already assembled and applying chromate primer to mating parts…
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Some people say they have been involved in aviation for as long as they can remember. Wouldn't it be great to be involved in something that would help give today's children the opportunity to say the same thing in the future? Some schools are doing just that by partnering with their local…
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Added by Jonathan Kreilich on February 1, 2016 at 9:10pm — 1 Comment
Three C clamps, $4.50 at Harbor freight, one scrap piece of angle, free, the look on the passengers face when I tell them that I scratch built the wings and did not really follow the plans, PRICELESS!!!
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There are several forum topics in the 750 STOL area about seat belts and 4 or 5 point harnesses. So far I have seen three different ways of upgrading to the 4 or 5 point harness from the stock over the shoulder seat belts. Joe Harrington has posted pictures of his installation using a cable attached behind the baggage back wall and John Austin has posted pictures of his installation using a welded tube running from the existing shoulder belt tabs. Both of these types of installation are…
ContinueAdded by JEFF COCHRAN on January 29, 2016 at 8:41am — No Comments
Here are a few photos and videos of the trip to and from the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, January 20 - 23, 2016, in Sebring (central Florida).
For us, the trip itself is usually the highlight of attending these shows, and the trip allows us to spend quality time flying the planes that we spend our days building, and allows us to experience first-hand the cross-country capability of our fun light airplanes. (To this…
ContinueAdded by Sebastien Heintz on January 27, 2016 at 3:30pm — 8 Comments
Added by David Warner on January 26, 2016 at 3:37pm — 5 Comments
I later added a Velcro strap to hold headsets. Seat cushions are positioned in the seat pan with Velcro also.
As with all my fabrication, I had it Cat scanned to be sure there were no defects.…
ContinueAdded by JEFF COCHRAN on January 25, 2016 at 2:30pm — 3 Comments
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I have been flying for several years with just some Noral seat cushions from Aircraft Spruce. The 3” seat bottom was okay but the 2” back was always slipping between the back support bars. I ended up adding a stadium cushion and a lumbar pad without much better results. After reading several of the seat discussions on the forums, I decided to build my own upholstered seats. As usual, I studied the work of my hero, John Austin, and copied his and others’ seats. But in this…
ContinueAdded by JEFF COCHRAN on January 25, 2016 at 2:00pm — 2 Comments
Years ago there was a picture of a flat black 750 with 2 IPADS on the IP. Does anyone know where I could find that picture? Im looking at paint schemes. It had a serious black helicopter Area51 look to it.
Added by Doug Schmalzel on January 25, 2016 at 11:14am — 2 Comments
I have spent the past five months tracking down a strange problem. It was a problem that confused me, A&Ps, and lots of very smart people.
It was a problem that sent me down a path of inspections, repairs, experimentation, and lots of test flying.
It was a problem that was ultimately solved by two cents with of zipties.
When I pulled back the throttle on my 912ULS powered (550 hours on the engine) 701, the engine would start to get rough around…
Added by John Marzulli on January 24, 2016 at 11:56pm — 4 Comments
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