November 2023 Blog Posts (12)

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Alright who is the dynon wizard? Helping finish a 801 with vertical power electrical system and dynon skyview. Surely not the first to have this set up

Added by will luggar on November 27, 2023 at 5:11am — 4 Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Strut attaching point

September 03 2023

Drilled the spar.

Built the strut attaching point. Used a long flexible drill to drill wholes on the side.…



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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 23, 2023 at 9:12am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Clecoed the whole bottom side of the wing

September 01 2023

Clecoed the whole bottom side of the wing

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 21, 2023 at 8:08am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Level the wing skeleton

August 31 2023

Levelled the wing skeleton using shims.

Clecoed the wing outbound bottom skin.…



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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 18, 2023 at 1:10pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Started the wing bottom skin

August 29 2023

Finished the wing skeleton. Started the wing bottom skin.…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 16, 2023 at 11:52am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Started building a wing

August 15 2023

Started building a wing. Clecoed the skeleton. Flattened a nose rib flange to fit the spar better.…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 13, 2023 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Build a foldable flapperon rack and stored the flapperons on the attic

August 11 2023

Build a foldable flapperon rack and stored the flapperons on the attic.

One screw per leg. Two screws total. The legs rotate and pinch the horizontal bar. No glue. No special value. Just for fun.…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 12, 2023 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Overvoltage protection for auto conversion engines

I have been looking for some time for an affordable device that will provide protection from overvoltage should my alternator fail. This device made by Olsen Technologies is affordable ($149.00) and easy to install. It is designed to short out the resettable breaker in the alternator field circuit when the voltage from the alternator exceeds 16volts.

I am going to purchase one and bench test it before installing . It can be purchased from Earthx batteries or the Olsen website,…

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Added by Glenn Davis on November 6, 2023 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Finishing flapperons

August 10 2023

Added flapperon arms and L angles…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 5, 2023 at 8:34am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Working on flapperons

August 09 2023

Fabricating and drilling the inbound flapperons L angles. I used the method described in the Homebuilt Help. Used the flapperon arm as a conductor.

Added flapperon tips.

Riveted the flapperons.…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 4, 2023 at 9:54am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Deburring the right outbound flapperon

August 01 2023

Deburred and covered with cortec the right outbound flapperon.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 2, 2023 at 4:07pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Starting flapperons

July 31 2023

Stored the stabilizer and the elevator on the rack.

Clecoed the right outbound flapperon skeleton.…



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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on November 1, 2023 at 12:48pm — No Comments

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