January 2025 Blog Posts (3)

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Deburring the front fuselage

September 26, 2024

Painted the strut mounts.
Deburring the front fuselage parts.
Tested the torque tube rear bearing fitting. Not good. Talked to Zenith. They will send me a new bearing.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on January 3, 2025 at 8:22am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Disassembled the front fuselage

September 25, 2024

Primed the left strut mount.
Disassembled the front fuselage.
Ready to deburring.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on January 2, 2025 at 7:24am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Primed the right strut mount

September 23, 20224

I drilled the skin holes incorrectly. They are elliptical. Drilled a set of holes below.

I am thinking about adding rivets in between the bad holes. The spacing allows it. Rivet A5 is 4 mm, the current distance between holes is 25, 29, 35 mm.

Zenith recommended to use A6 rivets or AN3 bolts for the damaged holes. I opted for the bolts.…



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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on January 1, 2025 at 8:59am — No Comments

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