February 2013 Blog Posts (24)

Hobby takes flight: Local friends building plane in garage

The following was the lead story on AOPA's AVIATION eBRIEF (February 5, 2013) 

Friends build…

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Added by Zenith.Aero on February 5, 2013 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments

I got a few hours in this weekend

Since I got the rudder I have tried to put in a few hours every time I get.  My son and me have got the skeleton part of the rudder together, now we need to take it apart to debur the drill holes.  I called Zenith, because I did not know how much to debur, if I should get it smoth or just the metal shaving off.  They told me to get it smooth.

 

My only complaint is I cant get enough time to put into the project.  My wife tells me I building it too fast, we will have to order…

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Added by Sham Mohammed on February 4, 2013 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

Brake Fluid Selection

I've finally finished running the brake lines and would like to know what type of brake fluid to use.  I'm using Matco brake cylinders and matco disk brakes.

I like the idea of non-hydroscopic.. Is that what they mean by DOT 5?

Added by Dan Dempsey on February 2, 2013 at 5:44pm — 6 Comments

Wing progress again

Mr. Groundhog came out a day early here and brought me some aluminum today so I started cutting my first bottom and nose skin. Post soon I hope.

Added by Tim Smart on February 1, 2013 at 3:27pm — 3 Comments

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