I am almost tempted to add stripes to the rudder. Almost...I'm tired of painting.

As it sits, it weighs 524 lbs. I am pleased.

Made a tentative appt with the DAR for the week of Thanksgiving.

After several weeks of apprehension, read "scared to death," and one bent nose fork, I finally got some help from an airline pilot buddy and went flying at our farm strip.  I did 4 takeoffs and landings, while my friend watched from the ground with a radio and gave me some coaching.  That coaching and some great help from Bob McDonald, Jimmy Young, and John Austin gave me the confidence and the skills to finally feel comfortable with my landings.

I left the flaps alone and…

That is the last of the paint for the fuselage. Now final assy…

An A&P visited my project the other day and suggested a cover over the electrics since the installation is near the rudder pedal. This is a wet lay-up of 8 plys sandwiched in saran wrap, tucked around the fuses and shunt, and allowed to cure. It snaps right in.…

After 5 Years in garage spending i dont know how many hours i am on finish ... i am proud and happy :) THX for good project easy building for Zenith ! :) and Ted Taylor for painting scheme ! :) Andrzej

check your weather grab your wife or a friend get int the plane warm it up  just go fly    turn key and go even if it becomes that 35 dollar burger ja in ocala fl    Z701JN      afteralmost 4 years building and setbbacks it came together nicely     presently200 hour engine    190 airframe

Latches for the rear corner of the doors. Made from 1/4" stainless hyd tubing. Silver soldered in a "bullet tip".

Door flanges are bowed, creating gaps. Haven't decided what to do about it (if anything).…

Seam sealing completed after this pic. Finished this up around 1:30 am last night.

Aluminum cutter 2.0 - A dremel tool is probably the most useful tool tol help with your homebuilt project. When trying to use a cutoff wheel, however, you have to control depth, angle and path all at once. Dremel doesn't make a base for the tool like the base on a skilsaw, but that would really help!

Dremel does make an attachment that threads onto…

Compass and Dynon both dead on West.  Yeah!

Made this de-Gaussing coil by wrapping a bunch of magnet wire around a coffee can. I didn't make enough wraps to plug straight into the wall, coil got hot. Had to use the variac. This thing will magnetize or…

N200BE has been a good 601XL.  It is a better 601XL-B.  "Betty" has been safe, reliable & fun.  This a/c has been to Oshkosh, Mount Rushmore & more.  Four things I would change about the last five years of flying this Zodiac. 

First, tuning the Bing carby was very difficult.  After several experiments the best adjustment was to put a divider in the intake tube ahead of the carby.  The result of not tuning the carby sooner required me to put new rings on the odd side of the…

Installed Red Baron XP LED Strobe on vertical stabiliser. I feel much better about being seen with this strobe.

Maybe some of you have some suggestions on a problem. I did not build this aircraft, I bought it and am learning on the go. interesting but frustrating. There are no good groups close by to draw information from. Ive had a problem with radio whine from the very beginning.Especially on transmit. I installed a noise filter on the alternator but it didnt help much. Since I…

Almost ready for final finish.…

Completed EAA TIG class this weekend (refresher for 5 years ago). Have equipment and metal.  Ready to practice, practice, practice. then start building metal parts..

Painted the right hand wing today. Fuselage is etched and ready for prime.

Got my Biennial Flight Review last week.I am extremely inspired to complete this project.…