Question for those with cowl fitment experience.
I have fit my airducts using the shapes they came with for a guide
They fit well or I thought.
Now I am fitting the cowl to the engine and the ducts
do not fit the cowl both in height and side to side in the
area of the duct inlet or opening.
My question is did any of you have to trim the ducts shape for both
length and the sape to control height.
Can you share with me what you had…
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Added by Richard Simmons on December 22, 2009 at 5:13pm —
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Finalmente anche in Europa il kit modifica per i nostri 601XL! Per l'Italia la distribuzione e` presso i concessionari, in particolare
www.flyboys.it oppure info@flyboys.it
Added by Roy Visona` on December 22, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Just scheduled my Airworthiness inspection for my CH750 for January 9, 2010. I thought waiting for my kit to arrive was bad, this is going to be nerve racking at best, waiting two weeks. Still have some little things to do but not enough to keep my mind off Jan 9th. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Clem
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Added by Clemens Kramer on December 21, 2009 at 1:06pm —
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I'm installing a Lyc on my XL and would like to talk to anyone in similar situation. Ed Hamilton (609)971-8757
Added by Edward A. Hamilton on December 20, 2009 at 6:17pm —
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Can someone measure and post the distance from the top of their muffler to the Carb heat shield.
Thanks,
Mike
Added by Mike Armstead on December 19, 2009 at 8:54pm —
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I finished flight testing this week. I took the day off work and flew off the final 6.1 hours. The plane is fantastic everything I imagined it to be. After 6 hours fkying I have found that I will have to adjust my seats to make them more confortable though. All the jhard work and effort in building the plane from plans has been worth it, so for all the builders out there still working keep at it because the end definatly does justify the means. All the best and good luck Gordon
Added by Gordon Watkin on December 19, 2009 at 1:03am —
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As you all know, we've been busy making the producing the parts of the Upgrade Package kit, and now we're also busy
shipping them out to builders and owners!
All the Upgrade Package kit parts and hardware shown above can be shipped in the two cardboard containers: One box (18"x12"x6", 25 lbs.) for the smaller parts and all hardware and one 6-foot long 4-inch cardboard tube (about 16 lbs.) for the longer parts. These package are…
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Added by Sebastien Heintz on December 18, 2009 at 5:26pm —
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Just to make sure on your Elsa certificate you need to check your phase two limitations to see if indeed you do have paragraph 13 in it if you do you must contact your FSDO if you do not have it you should be okay. We at QSP have it in my 601xl but our 701 and our other 601 does not all with ELSA certificates so check your limitations first . Hopefully you will not have that paragraph.
Doug
Added by Doug Dugger on December 18, 2009 at 3:13pm —
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Seems like it never stops. Just found out that our ELSA certificates will expire on Jan 31st of 2010 even if they say unlimited on the certificate. According to my local FSDO contact if you look in your phase two of your flight limitations par. 13 it states (no person may operate this aircraft for compensation or hire,except this aircraft may be used for compensation or hire to conduct flight training in accordance with 91.319 until January 31 2010, at which time this airworthiness certificate…
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Added by Doug Dugger on December 18, 2009 at 2:22pm —
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Just got a ROAN update announcing the increase of the TBO on the 912 series engines from 1500 hrs to 2000 hrs or 15yrs,. Welcome piece of news.
Added by Thomas Richardson on December 15, 2009 at 4:13pm —
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Does anyone have any experience with a Dynon autopilot on the 601xl. I already have the flightdeck 180 and am considering adding the servo's. This setup is considerably cheaper than most and I was just wandering how well it works with the 601xl.
Thanks,
Mike
Added by Mike Armstead on December 14, 2009 at 8:03pm —
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Continuing on where we
last finished, now we re-install the "upgraded" wing center spar section into the fuselage and position additional fuselage doublers:
First we installed the beefed-up Front Wing Uprights (6-ZU-2-6). This replaces the original Wing Uprights (6B13-1) with the heavy duty .125-inch Front Wing Uprights. We are forced to drill a new row of holes parallel to the original row for the new…
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Added by Sebastien Heintz on December 14, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Got my buddy Jamie over today to help with the solid rivets on the elevator trailing edge. I thought they were going to be hard to do but not so. It was pretty easy with the both of us, I held everything in place, straight and level and Jamie whacked the rivet setting tool with a 2 lb. ball peen hammer and it worked just fine. I even drilled one out and that was a piece of cake too. I only have one question. I accidently drilled three holes 1/8" instead of 3/32", how much should I cut off of a…
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Added by Robert Crawford on December 13, 2009 at 9:48pm —
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I would like to thank Gus and his family for the great two day work shop at his hangar in Edgewater Fl this past weekend. The information that I learned far exceeded my expectations ! Their hospitality was great and Gus's knowledge was evident in the skills he displayed.
I would like to thank Zenith for letting Roger come down and help out during this busy time I know they are experiencing. Also for Jack letting us use his aircraft for the update shop.
Tom McCall
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Added by Tom & Julie McCall on December 13, 2009 at 3:14pm —
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Does anyone have information or plans for a Susuki 1.3L with a Raven redrive mount?
Added by Claude Melbourne on December 13, 2009 at 10:10am —
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Just released a new member of the CH 750 build videos - for those utilizing the Jabiru 3300 engine. This video was filmed at the Can-zac hangar with Mark Townsend demonstrating the engine installation process using the firewall forward components from Jabiru USA. From uncrating the engine to fitting the cowl - it is all detailed on this DVD. Details in the CH 750 section of
HomebuiltHELP.com
Added by Jon Croke on December 12, 2009 at 12:02am —
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The Zenair Newsletter and DVD has now been mailed - please allow an extra day for delivery due to the holiday crunch at the post office!
This issue features the pertinent issues regarding the Ch 601XL upgrade including a guest memo from Chris Heintz on the topic. The DVD features the first installment of the videos from the Zenith upgrade on the demonstrator CH 601XL. Also, builder/pilot interviews from the recent Fly-in at the factory in Mexico are featured on the DVD. Dont miss it!
Added by Zenair News on December 12, 2009 at 12:00am —
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I am kit building a CH 650. While waiting for the wing mods, I have decided to work on the main gear (easily set aside when I get the mods). The 650 plans call for the main gear legs to be installed with the "flat" side toward the front. However, the Zenith demo plane and the HomeBuiltHELP demo plane show the gear legs installed in reverse. Is there a reason for this? Is this an old design? Are others doing this for some reason, or should I just follow the plans?
Added by Jim Snyder on December 10, 2009 at 11:04am —
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I've now
added the photos for the last post on riveting and re-assembling the center wing spar section. Below is the upgraded center spar section, ready to return to the fuselage:
As previously mentioned, Roger Dubbert from the Zenith factory will be attending
Gus Warren's Zodiac CH 601 XL… Continue
Added by Sebastien Heintz on December 9, 2009 at 3:49pm —
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Hi all , I have an 0-300 D continental engine to put in my ch 300 tri z , Would any cessena 172 mount fit? Or any mount for that engine fit , or adapt to the fire wall of the Ch 300???? I have no clue what to get , can someone help me . Best regards, Roger
Added by Roger Latour on December 9, 2009 at 9:13am —
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