Wings back on for weight/balance and wet…

Had to take steps to eliminate cable chafing at the aft baggage and the tail…

After several weeks away from the project, I resumed working on form molds for a nose rib that I need to replace. After several attempts, I got the measurements correct and made several attempts at constructing before I had something I believe is correct. Pictures will be posted. While I have been trying to build a kit, I may try to build future ribs and spars from scratch! Building from plans is actually quite fun!

This year was my 4th trip to Copperstate, the annual fly-in held at the Casa Grande Arizona airport (KCGZ).  The fly-in is fine, but for me the trip is the main event.

The flight this year was a total of 1,926 miles.  We spent two days flying each way.  I say we.  On the trip down I flew my Zodiac, keeping Doug Dugger of …

A um ano estamos voando apoiando um projeto no alto Rio Arapiuns, em varias comunidades. O projeto conta com voluntarios Odontologos que estam fazendo um otimo trabalho cuidando de Crianças carentes, mas não apenas extraindo dentes com problemas, mas estão ensinando e acompanhando essas crianças em uma nova cultura de cuidado bucal. Isso tem ajudado muito a população dessas…

I am almost tempted to add stripes to the rudder. Almost...I'm tired of painting.

As it sits, it weighs 524 lbs. I am pleased.

Made a tentative appt with the DAR for the week of Thanksgiving.

After several weeks of apprehension, read "scared to death," and one bent nose fork, I finally got some help from an airline pilot buddy and went flying at our farm strip.  I did 4 takeoffs and landings, while my friend watched from the ground with a radio and gave me some coaching.  That coaching and some great help from Bob McDonald, Jimmy Young, and John Austin gave me the confidence and the skills to finally feel comfortable with my landings.

I left the flaps alone and…

That is the last of the paint for the fuselage. Now final assy…

An A&P visited my project the other day and suggested a cover over the electrics since the installation is near the rudder pedal. This is a wet lay-up of 8 plys sandwiched in saran wrap, tucked around the fuses and shunt, and allowed to cure. It snaps right in.…

After 5 Years in garage spending i dont know how many hours i am on finish ... i am proud and happy :) THX for good project easy building for Zenith ! :) and Ted Taylor for painting scheme ! :) Andrzej

check your weather grab your wife or a friend get int the plane warm it up  just go fly    turn key and go even if it becomes that 35 dollar burger ja in ocala fl    Z701JN      afteralmost 4 years building and setbbacks it came together nicely     presently200 hour engine    190 airframe

Latches for the rear corner of the doors. Made from 1/4" stainless hyd tubing. Silver soldered in a "bullet tip".

Door flanges are bowed, creating gaps. Haven't decided what to do about it (if anything).…

Seam sealing completed after this pic. Finished this up around 1:30 am last night.

Aluminum cutter 2.0 - A dremel tool is probably the most useful tool tol help with your homebuilt project. When trying to use a cutoff wheel, however, you have to control depth, angle and path all at once. Dremel doesn't make a base for the tool like the base on a skilsaw, but that would really help!

Dremel does make an attachment that threads onto…

Compass and Dynon both dead on West.  Yeah!

Made this de-Gaussing coil by wrapping a bunch of magnet wire around a coffee can. I didn't make enough wraps to plug straight into the wall, coil got hot. Had to use the variac. This thing will magnetize or…

N200BE has been a good 601XL.  It is a better 601XL-B.  "Betty" has been safe, reliable & fun.  This a/c has been to Oshkosh, Mount Rushmore & more.  Four things I would change about the last five years of flying this Zodiac. 

First, tuning the Bing carby was very difficult.  After several experiments the best adjustment was to put a divider in the intake tube ahead of the carby.  The result of not tuning the carby sooner required me to put new rings on the odd side of the…