Bob Simmons's Likes

August 2024

Unique Mount for Fire Extinguisher I have always carried a 1.4 lb Halotron (inert gas, no chemical residue) fire extinguisher in my STOL 750. I mounted it behind the passenger's seat, but never liked that location, fearing access mig… Discussion Unique Mount for Fire Extinguisher 4 Likes

July 2024

Finished!

Blog Finished! 1 Like Takeoff from Wallace Lake NS

video Takeoff from Wallace Lake NS 3 Likes

March 2024

Engine Monitoring In setting up my Gen 4 Jabiru 3300 on my CH750 STOL and doing the test flights in 2021 I was frustrated with the poor charting available from my MGL EMS data files. I am fairly handy with Excel, but… Discussion Engine Monitoring 3 Likes

January 2024

January 2024 Update: Zenith Kit Aircraft Fac…

video January 2024 Update: Zenith Kit Aircraft Fac… 5 Likes Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty

photo Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty 3 Likes

October 2023

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…

Blog Zenith 750 Cruzer, Stabilizer tips 1 Like canopymounted

photo canopymounted 2 Likes Hit 312 Hours on my Viking 130 as still lovi… I just took a 600NM trip from Anacortes to Sandpoint Idaho and back to demo to a prospective Zenith/Viking customer who got scared by buying/flying a poorly rigged 701 and needed to see what a 750/13… Discussion Hit 312 Hours on my Viking 130 as still lovi… 10 Likes Thanks! Thanks for allowing me to join. Helping to encourage a good friend on his build and to learn a bit to help assist him. Discussion Thanks! 2 Likes

September 2023

Zenith 601

This is my first post. I'm in the Kansas City, Missouri area and have been to Mexico, Missouri and flown in the factory plane on a demo ride. I like the 650 (low wing) and am interested in…

Blog Zenith 601 2 Likes Strut lifts It’s been a few years on my 60 pound lift struts on my 601XLB, so I decided to replace them. Wow! What a difference, you don’t notice the slow degradation. The new struts are like power assist in the… Discussion Strut lifts 2 Likes

August 2023

Jabiru Engine Seminar A note from Linda Moran at Arion Aircraft: From: Linda Moran To: Linda Moran <Linda@flylightning.net> Subject: Engine Seminar We will be having our next Engine Seminar on October 20th &… Discussion Jabiru Engine Seminar 2 Likes

June 2023

Father's Day Flying Fun

video Father's Day Flying Fun 3 Likes Flight Home from College

video Flight Home from College 5 Likes

March 2023

First Flight!

photo First Flight! 4 Likes My corvair cruzer ..completed phase 1 testing

photo My corvair cruzer ..completed phase 1 testing 8 Likes

February 2023

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photo IMG_20221230_161856393_HDR 2 Likes N745WB First Flight

video N745WB First Flight 2 Likes

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