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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Working on the electricity bay
August 6, 2025
Made clamps for the capacitor.
Attached the power and earth buses.
Put the battery in place.
Move adel clampses around.
Made a new hole in the firewall for the ECU main cable.…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 29, 2025 at 10:02am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Installing EGT probes
July 27, 2025
Made an EGT probe mock-up to select the right sensor position.
A good position is easy to find for the two back exhaust pipes. For the two front pipes it is more difficult.
The Homebuilt Help video says the probes should not point to the engine parts. The probe manufacturer says the probes are not designed to be bent.
Asked the manufacturer.
The manufacturer said the probes could be bent in the part which is closer to the exhaust pipe. See the…
ContinueAdded by Alexander Samoylovich on September 27, 2025 at 9:01am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching the cowling
July 27, 2025
Drilled the wholes to the size.
Cut and filed the cowling trailing edge.
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 25, 2025 at 12:48pm — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching the cowling, continued
July 26, 2025
Matching the top and bottom cowling.
Using hydraulic instead of wooden edges. It is named progress.
Cut a plywood template to keep the distance between the spinner and the cowling correct.…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 17, 2025 at 9:29am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching the cowling
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 15, 2025 at 8:21am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Attaching the cowling
July 23, 2025
Matching the top and bottom cowling. Trimming the cowling trailing edge.
Attached the propeller spinner back plate. I was not able to push the propeller bushings by hand. Used a bolt-nut and some sockets to persuade them.…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 14, 2025 at 11:07am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Cut holes in the engine cowling
July 19, 2025
Cut holes in the engine cowling. Tried electrical instruments first.
The easiest to use were a copying saw and a file.
Temporarily attached the bottom part of the cowling. Just to see how it looks.…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 5, 2025 at 11:23am — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the battery compartment
July 19, 2025
Making the battery compartment.
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 4, 2025 at 1:14pm — No Comments
Zenith 750 Cruzer, Preparing to lift the front wheel
July 7, 2025
Attached the oil breather.
Preparing to lift the front wheel to regrease the rubber pucks and tighten the collars.
I used a Harbor Freight hoist.…
Added by Alexander Samoylovich on September 3, 2025 at 4:03pm — No Comments
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