Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers
Online Community of Zenith Builders and Flyers
March 2025 Blog Posts (4)
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Riveted piano hinges to the door frames
December 7, 2024
Drilled left door frames holes to #21.
Riveted piano hinges to the door frames.
Drilled out the SS rivets on the left side.…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on March 15, 2025 at 9:15am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Installing the forward top skin
November 30, 2024
Drilling and clecoeng the forward to skin.
Questions to Zenith about the skin.
My instrument panel is wide. I cannot wrap the skin around the cabin frame like on the drawings. I suspect the drawings is for the SD only.
Should the top skin be over the side skin or under, like the drawings says.
The most difficult - what to do with the 9 SS A5 rivets in the cabin frame? Should I remove them and set again through the top skin or I can leave the…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on March 13, 2025 at 8:02am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Installing the forward top skin
November 29, 2024
Started installing the forward top skin.
Continued making the left door frame.
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on March 8, 2025 at 10:03am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the right door frame
November 27, 2024
Clecoed #30 the external gussets to the frame bars.
It is not clear what size, what type and what pitch of rivets to use in different parts of the window. I will ask Zenith.
The areas to question are: size A4 or A5, pitch 100 or 60, material soft, regular, SS, countersink, countersink angle (100 or 120)
Gussets IB
Gussets OB
Bubble
Frame braces
Zenith's ansrwers:
The gusset rivets are all A5.
The bracket rivets are…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on March 1, 2025 at 10:09am — No Comments
Featured Blog Posts
- Ron Alexander Youth Aviation Program
- Zenith Workshop Returns to Texas in February 2025
- 2024 Zenith Homecoming Open Hangar Days and Fly-In: September 20 & 21
- Building a Zenith Cruzer in a 1 Car Garage - Airventure 2024
- Spent two weeks in the Utah Backcountry with a Zenith STOL CH 701. Hare are the videos
- FAA Releases MOSAIC NPRM
- ArkanSTOL (how fast can you fly slow)
Latest Blog Posts
- Zenith 750 Cruzer, Riveted piano hinges to the door frames
- Zenith 750 Cruzer, Installing the forward top skin
- Zenith 750 Cruzer, Installing the forward top skin
- Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the right door frame
- Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the right door frame.
- Zenith 750 Cruzer, On its own legs
- Z 750 Cruzer project with UL Power 350i for Sale - nearing completion
Most Popular Blog Posts
Monthly Archives
2025
2024
- December (20)
- November (22)
- October (21)
- September (14)
- August (4)
- July (4)
- May (2)
- April (4)
- March (2)
- February (2)
- January (2)
2023
- December (5)
- November (12)
- October (4)
- September (3)
- August (3)
- July (21)
- June (10)
- May (6)
- March (2)
- February (7)
- January (3)
2022
2021
- December (3)
- November (1)
- October (6)
- September (5)
- August (4)
- July (8)
- June (6)
- May (7)
- April (4)
- March (12)
- February (8)
- January (6)
2020
- December (9)
- November (4)
- October (6)
- September (6)
- August (8)
- July (13)
- June (6)
- May (3)
- April (8)
- March (9)
- February (7)
- January (6)
2019
- December (5)
- November (6)
- October (11)
- September (14)
- August (17)
- July (7)
- June (15)
- May (11)
- April (8)
- March (15)
- February (7)
- January (5)
2018
- December (8)
- November (3)
- October (3)
- September (8)
- August (8)
- July (8)
- June (10)
- May (10)
- April (8)
- March (10)
- February (8)
- January (8)
2017
- December (23)
- November (17)
- October (12)
- September (15)
- August (16)
- June (12)
- May (12)
- April (16)
- March (9)
- February (17)
- January (11)
2016
- December (18)
- November (13)
- October (13)
- September (18)
- August (21)
- July (11)
- June (12)
- May (12)
- April (6)
- March (13)
- February (20)
- January (20)
2015
- December (17)
- November (7)
- October (8)
- September (10)
- August (15)
- July (10)
- June (10)
- May (6)
- April (10)
- March (1)
- February (7)
- January (11)
2014
- December (11)
- November (16)
- October (12)
- September (14)
- August (22)
- July (13)
- June (14)
- May (6)
- April (16)
- March (19)
- February (14)
- January (9)
2013
- December (9)
- November (12)
- October (22)
- September (13)
- August (14)
- July (25)
- June (15)
- May (19)
- April (26)
- March (10)
- February (27)
- January (23)
2012
- December (20)
- November (26)
- October (34)
- September (15)
- August (29)
- July (25)
- June (32)
- May (30)
- April (22)
- March (24)
- February (36)
- January (19)
2011
- December (27)
- November (31)
- October (28)
- September (18)
- August (30)
- July (28)
- June (32)
- May (26)
- April (40)
- March (31)
- February (44)
- January (26)
2010
- December (22)
- November (25)
- October (34)
- September (43)
- August (54)
- July (26)
- June (17)
- May (15)
- April (21)
- March (24)
- February (20)
- January (31)
2009
- December (46)
- November (56)
- October (12)
- September (17)
- August (19)
- July (24)
- June (30)
- May (29)
- April (47)
- March (38)
- February (38)
- January (27)
2008
- December (2)
1999
- November (1)
New from Zenith:
Classified listing for buying or selling your Zenith building or flying related stuff...
Custom Instrument Panels
for your Zenith:
Custom instrument panels are now available directly from Zenith Aircraft Company exclusively for Zenith builders and owners. Pre-cut panel, Dynon and Garmin avionics, and more.
Zenith Homecoming Tee:
Flying On Your Own Wings:
A Complete Guide to Understanding Light Airplane Design, by Chris Heintz
Builder & Pilot Supplies:
Transition training:
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty for all your building and pilot supplies!
How to videos from HomebuiltHELP.com
Developed specifically for Zenith builders (by a builder) these videos on DVD are a great help in building your own kit plane by providing practical hands-on construction information. Visit HomebuiltHelp.com for the latest DVD titles.
© 2025 Created by Zenith.Aero.
Powered by
