Mark Townsend's Blog – March 2009 Archive (9)

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Getting Close

Good Monday Morning, Got alot done over teh weekend and I am in good shape for tomorrows inspection.



Wings are built with just a little riveting to go.



Time to Start on the Stabilizer.

By 4 pm on Monday I have just about everything done, and I am off to be a Guest speaker for an RAA chapter. Wings are done and mostly riveted, fuel system… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 30, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Back to Wings

Back side of the wing, the rear spar is a two peice affair with a doubler channel, this makes assembly quite simple and fast. Best part is the trailing edge being a bent unit which makes the trailing edge very attractive.

Front skin cleco's right on.



Look close at this picture, the amount of time that will be saved in slat alignment from the… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 29, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

750 Slats and Flapperons

This pictrue was taken yesterday at 9:26pm and is a great starting point for today.

Here is all the slats and Flapperons, I have made the 701 and 801 slats and I will say that these are by far the easiest to build, no Jigs and they are designed to make assembly simple Hats off to the Boys at Zenith for comming up with this…

Added by Mark Townsend on March 28, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Inspection Deadline Looms

Thursday March 26th I finally get started on the wings, at 2pm I have so far unpacked the crate and removed it from the Hanger. The wings will be built on rails and the spar is ready to start on. MAin problem is that my pre-cover inspection is on Tuesday ! Just 5 days away, where is the coffee!



End of Thursday, WOW I had expected the wings to go fast but… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 26, 2009 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

Windows Anyone

The roof is installed, I extended the length over the doors to allow for the water to run off in the wings and not into the cabin.



We have windsheild installation, pretty straight forward, I use the plastic drill bits from Aircraft Spruce.



I have layed on my back on every Zenith model to work behind the panel, the 750 is by far the best and… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 21, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Painting a STOL 750

Getting a fuselage ready for paint takes far longer then actually shooting it, in fact cleaning up the two guns after painting takes longer then it does to paint.





After a couple of days of scrubbing and prepping we have a painted interior. I use a two part epoxy in a custom colour called Can-Zac Grey, it has a bit of a matted finish, but after a week of curing it is almost… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 8, 2009 at 4:00pm — 4 Comments

Day Off

I have been working on the 750 for 3 weeks now and it is time for a day off, What do I do on my day off? I work on the 701. This plane is close to flying, the motor is all prepped and with foaming the motor that has not run in 5 years I now have almost full compression on every cyl. As you can see I wanted to spend a little time on the panel. I was going to install a full efis system as I had planned on using the 701 on extended trips, now with having a 750 the 701 will be used as a demo plane… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 5, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Wiring / Tubes / brake lines / what did I forget!

With getting the inside ready for painting I need to run all lines I can think of, pitot, brake, wiring, coax, flap motor, fuel line, trim, ect,ect.

The nest of wires and tubes coming out from under the seat is unsightly, so I made this little cover, I don't want it to be big, just enough to hide the majority of the lines in plain view and still be able to route new ones if needed.

Not only do you… Continue

Added by Mark Townsend on March 4, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Prep for Paint

This is a small blog I have spent the last two days running wires from the Forward Fuselage to the rear fuselage, below you can see the outlet for some wires that come out under the passenger seat. I had to spend a day working up the wiring schematic to know what I needed to run.

Fuel lines connect behind the rear spar attachment, a very nice touch Zenith, now we can hide all lines from the cabin area.…

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Added by Mark Townsend on March 3, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

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