Make your hotel reservations soon for the upcoming Zenith Aircraft Company Open Hangar Day & Fly-In Gathering scheduled for Friday, September 23, 2016 & Saturday, September 24, 2016!…

Finally got around to setting an appointment at the Philadelphia FSDO to get my repairman certificate.  The examiner there was very friendly and excited to be able to learn more about homebuilding.  In fact, we talked for nearly an hour and a half because he was enjoying looking at all the photos and videos I brought.  After all the certificated pilots I've met who take a step backwards and give the 'crazy-eye' look  and then go on to say how they would never fly in an experimental aircraft,…

See our new event page for the 25th anniversary Zenith Aircraft OPEN HANGAR DAY and Builder Fly-In at the Zenith kit factory in Mexico, Missouri. Friday and Saturday, September 22 & 23, 2017

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Here's a brief overview of the pre-flight of the main spring gear of the Zenith STOL CH 701 - to make sure that the aluminum spring gear is properly tightened between the two polyurethane spacers (on both sides).  This is a quick and easy item to check for regularly (and especially after a rough landing):

Older STOL CH701's used pieces of…

A panel hack saw is a special kind of hacksaw that uses a spring steel sheet as a back to support a standard hacksaw blade. This allows the saw to make long cuts in metal where a normal hack saw would be stopped by the bar.

When I first found out about them I wanted to buy one, but no one seems to make them anymore. So I had to make one of my own.The spring steel is .032 sheet and the hacksaw blade is a standard blade.

The saw can be a little tricky to use.  The…

Since announcing that we'd purchased the assets of SAM Aircraft earlier this year, Zenith Aircraft demo pilot Roger Dubbert and I recently traveled to Zenair Ltd. in Midland, Ontario, Canada to fly the prototype aircraft (that my brother Nicholas had previously flown back from Quebec). The purpose of…

HI,

MY NAME IS JORGE MATAS AND I'M BUILDING A STOL CH 701 KIT FROM ZENITH AIRCRAFT COMPANY (BUILDER #78403).

RIGHT NOW THE PROJECT IS 90% OR MORE ASSEMBLED, AND I HAVE EVERYTHING TO FINISH THE PLANE (EXCEPT ENGINE AND INSTRUMENTS).

I ALSO HAVE THIS EXTRA OPTIONS:

BUBBLE DOORS.

ELECTRIC ELEVATOR TRIM TAB.

21X6 TUNDRA TIRES.

VORTEX GENERATORS.…

A homemade set of tucking forks for fluting parts. While I have used this on only two parts, I like the control these give me over creating flutes compared to the fluting pliers I have used for just about everything else.…

hello,out there.  I am wondering if someone  ever deceided to build a 750 with out flaps?

also  changing tail to be like a cruiser tail?

I plan on using a 0320 Lycoming on my craft.

                                                        Tom Fulton,calabash nc

After I melted part of one of the seat covers, I had to order an additional yard of material to complete the repairs.  The repairs took only a couple of small pieces so I was left with lots of extra material for some more upholstery projects. 

When I leave my home base for other airports, I like to carry my tow bar for easy maneuvering and parking.  It is a long clunky piece and there is not a good place to stow it.  I decided to use some of the extra material and pleating…

We are currently getting spooled up for Aero Friedrichshafen on the 20-23 April.

We plan to have a stand set up with a huge selection of our available materials as well as some good examples of our work.

In addition, we have a 1:1 mock cockpit of a 650 XL with a beautiful interior that we will have on display.

If you are in the area come and stop by.…

I've been a bit slow to add updates here.  Not because progress hasn't been made on the EAA Chapter 245 CH750 Cruzer project, but because I've been working away in my basement workshop on my personal aircraft build project.

Our Cruzer continues to take shape in our EAA Chapter hangar.  While we're waiting for some parts (fuselage longerons in particular) we continue to soldier on, cleaning up details on parts already assembled and applying chromate primer to mating parts…

Some people say they have been involved in aviation for as long as they can remember. Wouldn't it be great to be involved in something that would help give today's children the opportunity to say the same thing in the future? Some schools are doing just that by partnering with their local…

Three C clamps, $4.50 at Harbor freight, one scrap piece of angle, free, the look on the passengers face when I tell them that I scratch built the wings and did not really follow the plans, PRICELESS…

Three C clamps, $4.50 at Harbor freight, one scrap piece of angle, free, the look on the passengers face when I tell them that I scratch built the wings and did not really follow the plans, PRICELESS!!!

There are several forum topics in the 750 STOL area about seat belts and 4 or 5 point harnesses.  So far I have seen three different ways of upgrading to the 4 or 5 point harness from the stock over the shoulder seat belts.  Joe Harrington has posted pictures of his installation using a cable attached behind the baggage back wall and John Austin has posted pictures of his installation using a welded tube running from the existing shoulder belt tabs.  Both of these types of installation are…

Here are a few photos and videos of the trip to and from the Sebring U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, January 20 - 23, 2016, in Sebring (central Florida).

For us, the trip itself is usually the highlight of attending these shows, and the trip allows us to spend quality time flying the planes that we spend our days building, and allows us to experience first-hand the cross-country capability of our fun light airplanes. (To this…

 Ok, I have the CH 650…

I later added a Velcro strap to hold headsets.  Seat cushions are positioned in the seat pan with Velcro also.

As with all my fabrication, I had it Cat scanned to be sure there were no defects.…

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I have been flying for several years with just some Noral seat cushions from Aircraft Spruce.  The 3” seat bottom was okay but the 2” back was always slipping between the back support bars.  I ended up adding a stadium cushion and a lumbar pad without much better results.  After reading several of the seat discussions on the forums, I decided to build my own upholstered seats.  As usual, I studied the work of my hero, John Austin, and copied his and others’ seats.  But in this…