Alexander Samoylovich's Blog – October 2023 Archive (3)

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Finishing the elevator

July 30 2023

Riveted the elevator.

My riveter head is too large to get inside the cradle. I used a nut as a shim between the rivet head and the riveter.

Tuned the servo. To make the range +20 -40 as per the drawing I had to set the distance between the trim arm pins to 119mm. Very close to the recommended 116.

Changed the way the safety wires on the piano hinges are set. It is the way the safety wire is set on the Zenith demonstration plane. See the last image,…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on October 29, 2023 at 4:37pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Finishing stabilizer tips

July 28 2023

Riveted the stabilizer tip ribs. Drilled the stabilizer tips. The angle between the tip rib and the stabilizer is good enough I believe.…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on October 28, 2023 at 5:36pm — No Comments

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Stabilizer tips

July 27 2023

Sanded the plastic stabilizer tips to make edges flat.

By a reason I cannot understand the parts C75T1-11 tip rib do not have predrilled holes in my kit. The Assembly Manual assumes they should be.

I send an email to Zenith and talked to Roger on Oshkosh.

Yes, it is an error. The holes should be there. But instead of asking Zenith to fabricate and send me the new parts I decided to drill them. After all it is a part of fun.

I draw a 10mm line from…

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Added by Alexander Samoylovich on October 27, 2023 at 12:52pm — No Comments

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