October 7, 2025

Temporarily attached the wings.

We did not have enough working hands. Used a hoist to pull the wings up.

The next time I would do it differently. It is what people call experience.…

October 7, 2025

Drilled the bubble doors using a step drill.

September 27, 2025

Added the stoppers for the rudder. Should to adjust the travelling angle later.

Adder fairings for the rudder cable. It is not clear how to put the teflon fairlead. I will ask Zenith.

Put the fairing outside the fuselage.…

September 24, 2025

Added one more supporting L angle to the upper pulley.

Installed the bottom pulley with two L angles.…

September 22, 2025

Set the top elevator pulley.

September 14, 2025

Drilled all empenage holes to the size. Deburred.
Attached large wires in the motor compartment.

September 7, 2025

Attached and drilled the front fin skin. It required a lot if filing and measuring.

Attached the fin L angles.…

September 2, 2025

Temporarily installed the fin.

Question to Zenith: keep the long bottom parts of the fron fin skin or cut like on the drawings?

Answer: cut.…

August 31, 2025

Riveted the trim servo to the elevator.

Balanced the elevator.…

August 30, 2025

Attached the stabilizer.

Rechecked the trim tab range.…

August 23, 2025

Drilled the horizontal stabilizer brackets uo to the size. The bracket had pilot size holes. I used a strap duplicator.

Aligned the horizontal stabilizer.

The overlap between the stabilizer and the brackes is so small I did not dare to drill immediately. Will ask Zenith.

My hardware does not match the drawings I have. It looks like my horizontal stabilizer is older than the drawings. The drawings say the front spar attachment bracket…

August 21, 2025

Riveted the stabilizer brackets.

August 20, 2025

Moved the airplane to the hangar. Used a car hauling service.…

August 07, 2025

Temporarily installed ECU behind the firewall.

August 6, 2025

Made clamps for the capacitor.

Attached the power and earth buses.

Put the battery in place.

Move adel clampses around.

Made a new hole in the firewall for the ECU main cable.…

July 27, 2025

Made an EGT probe mock-up to select the right sensor position.

A good position is easy to find for the two back exhaust pipes. For the two front pipes it is more difficult.

The Homebuilt Help video says the probes should not point to the engine parts. The probe manufacturer says the probes are not designed to be bent.

Asked the manufacturer.

The manufacturer said the probes could be bent in the part which is closer to the exhaust pipe. See the…

July 27, 2025

Drilled the wholes to the size.
Cut and filed the cowling trailing edge.

July 26, 2025

Matching the top and bottom cowling.

Using hydraulic instead of wooden edges. It is named progress.

Cut a plywood template to keep the distance between the spinner and the cowling correct.…

July 25, 2025

Matching the top and bottom cowling.…

July 23, 2025

Matching the top and bottom cowling. Trimming the cowling trailing edge.

Attached the propeller spinner back plate. I was not able to push the propeller bushings by hand. Used a bolt-nut and some sockets to persuade them.…