April 17 2026

Riveted the avionics tray to the fuselage

April 13, 2026

Installed all 4 break adapters. I 3D printed temporary cups to prevent openings from dirt which I have plenty of.

Continued working on the aviation tray. Deburred, measured the ECU wires, checked I can set all rivets.…

April 12, 2026

I did not like the first version of the avionics tray. Made the second attempt with a larger one.

April 10m 2026

Installed the header tank side support to prevent rocking. I wanted two but hope one is good enough.…

April 9, 2026

Installed all EGT sensors. The most time consuming was installing and removing the botton engine cowling to check the sensors do not touch anything.

March 24, 2026

Installed the header tank.
Assembled the center console.

March 22, 2026

Both doors are trimmed and temporarily attached to the fuselage.

March 11, 2026

Trimmed the right door bubble using dremel. The door fits the fuselage. Need to sand the edges a bit.

Made a small lift to change the wheels.…

March 5, 2026

Drilled holes in the bubble doors for the locks. I used a step drill and dremel sander drum for fine cutting the edges.

Clecoed the bubbles.…

February 28, 2026

Trimmed, drilled and temporarily attached the windshield and the top window.

February 16, 2026

Drilles the nose wheel axle and install the cotter pins.

Drilles and temporarily installed the doors striker plates and cylinder attachments.…

February 16, 2026

Continued triming the windshiels. The match to the front skin looks good. Drilled pilot holes in both sides.

Tried to mount the header tank. The constant tension clamps look too short now. Definitely I am doing something wrong.…

February 14, 2026

Safety wire on the front landing gear.

February 09, 2026

Added windshield side trim support.
Used a strap duplicator to drill holes in the trim matching the holes in the cabin frame.

February 3, 2026

Compressed the front leg rubber pucks using 2 screwdrivers.
When the wheel is in the air the leg centers well.
May be a bit too tight. Loosing is much easier than compressing.

January 16, 2026

Continued trimming the windshield. So far looks reasonable.…

January 13, 2026

Finished the avionics tray. Actually, I discarded it later and built another one.

Trimmed the Front Top Skin on the back corners to be aligned with the cabin frame.

Drilled holes for pitot and electric.

More trimming on the windshield.

The root pin overlaps the side window. Asking Zenith what should I cut - the pin or the window. If the pin should I use stronger rivets?

Zenith answer - do not cut anything. They will…

January 11, 2026

Trimmed windshield to match the cabin frame.

Started building an avionics tray.

The windshield goes right over the rivets in the front skin. I will ask Zenith if it is ok.

My kit has a wide instrument panel, and it does not match the drawings I have. Because of this, it is not clear how the C75N1-5 Windshield Side Trim Support should be installed.

It cannot go under the C75F16-2 Forward Top Skin, because it would interfere with the…

January 8, 2026

Drilled pin holes in the seats. Assembled the seats.

Drilled holes for the fuel lines in the fuselage.

Cleaned the banana slots for the flapperons.

Enlarged holes around drain and ventilation in the left wing.

Started trimming the windshield. I am using Dremel.…

January 3, 2026

Removed the wings.

Riveted the top window ribs.

Reinstalled the instrument panel. Preparing for the windshield installation.…