Alexander Samoylovich's Blog – December 2024 Archive (14)

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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilled holse in the front wheel fork

September 12, 2024

Drilled holse in the front wheel fork and doubler.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 31, 2024 at 7:52am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Put rubber pucks on the front wheel leg

September 08, 2024

Put rubber pucks on the front wheel leg. Used silicon grease on the leg.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 30, 2024 at 9:02am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Control rods

September 02, 2024

Attached flapperon vertical and horizontal control rods.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 29, 2024 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Control Mixer

September 1, 2024

Assembling the flapperon actuator and the control mixer.

Used 9V battery to check if the actuator can turn the mixer bar.

By Zenith advise used ACF-50 as the lubricant. It looks like it works.…

Continue

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 25, 2024 at 10:32am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Painting steel parts

August 31, 2024

Painting steel parts. Rust Oleum self etching prime and Rust Oleum glossy smoke grey enamel.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 24, 2024 at 1:04pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Matching strut mounts to the landing gear channel

August 28, 2024

Continued filing the gear channel and the strut mount bracket to match.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 15, 2024 at 8:35am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Started painting aileron pedals

August 15, 2024

Started painting aileron pedals. One part is the original one another one is sanded before priming.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 13, 2024 at 7:14am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Fabricating the emgine mount fittings

July 31, 2024

Ground the top engine mount fittings.
Drilling the top engine mount fittings.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 12, 2024 at 7:31am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilled sides of the cabin frame

July 30, 2024

Drilled sides of the cabin frame.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 11, 2024 at 11:15am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Seat belt attachment

July 29, 2024

Riveted the seatbelt attachments.

Inserted the bolt in advance. After riveting it is impossible to insert it this way.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 10, 2024 at 1:15pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Drilling the top of the cabin frame

July 29, 2024

Drilling the top of the cabin frame.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 9, 2024 at 10:06am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Finishing the forward L angles

July 27, 2024

Finishing the forward L angles.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 7, 2024 at 9:34am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Making the forward L angles

July 24, 2024

Making the forward L angles.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 3, 2024 at 7:46am — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Riveting the firewall

July 23, 2024

Riveted the firewall. Left the bottom part unriveted. After joining with the fuselage the holes are to be drilled and deburred.

Added by Alexander Samoylovich on December 1, 2024 at 8:09am — No Comments

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