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June 2016

STOL CH 750 Instrument Panel

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Zenith Banquet for 2016

It's time once again to announce the Zenith Aircraft Builders Banquet for 2016! Our event will once again be held at the Oshkosh Elks…

Blog Zenith Banquet for 2016 2 Likes Zenith Banquet for 2016 Zenith Banquet for 2016 It's time once again to announce the Zenith Aircraft Builders Banquet for 2016! Our event will once again be held at the Oshkosh Elks Lodge, 175 West Fernau Ave, in Oshkosh,… Discussion Zenith Banquet for 2016 3 Likes Nicopress inspection Did some destructive investigating to see how well the swaged nicopress compressed the wire cables. I suspect a load test to failure would be more definitive, but I was curious... Discussion Nicopress inspection 1 Like Rear view

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May 2016

Unmasked fuselage1

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While ordering 4130 tubing for making various steel parts of my project I noticed that the 1-1/8" with .058 inch wall tubing has an inner diameter of just over an inch. I happen to have some 1"…

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April 2016

lighting holes (3)

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March 2016

Zenith binder

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I have been experimenting the last few weeks trying to figure out how to best create the joggles to go over the .093 longerons on the lower fuselage.

I tried the wood block method…

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