Robert N. Eli
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N701D is complete and ready for airworthiness inspection

N701D has all the Zenith 701 upgrades, including bubble doors, streamline struts, nosewheel fork, and 4-position flap lever. It is powered by the Viking 110 Honda engine with a Warp Drive propeller.
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Aircraft Model
STOL CH 701
Project Status
Nearly done
Building From
Kit
Engine installed (or plan to install)
Viking
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No Experience
Flying Experience
Private Pilot
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Retired College Professor
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
KVVS

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Fire Proof Steering Rod Boots

Posted on June 27, 2014 at 6:23am 11 Comments

I posted some photos of my rubber steering rod boots a day or two ago, and it has drawn criticism for not being fire proof.. Good point.. I am trying to retain the rubber boots since they seem to seal well against carbon monoxide entry into the cabin, but I will have to see if I can come up with a way of keeping heat from a fire from getting to them. Or at least, retard the heat long enough to get the aircraft on the ground. I am going to start my further development by testing some scrap…

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Help with Final installation of Horizontal Stabilizer and Elevator, CH701?

Posted on June 12, 2014 at 7:36am 1 Comment

The photo assembly guide shows quite a bit of detail on installation of the rudder, but no information on installing the stabilizer. I also have John Croke's dvd's...but no info there either.. Does anyone know of a source of information on this subject? 

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At 6:16am on June 18, 2021, Michael Mccarthy said…

Hello,

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At 3:42pm on October 8, 2015, Bryan Ekholm said…
Robert,
I saw in a reply of your's to another builder that you have a 701 cowl for say to fit the old style rotax mount. What price would you be asking for it.
Bryan Ekholm
At 6:20pm on June 21, 2014, Terry Hagel said…

The major thing I did to get things lined up was cutting the shaft on the Matco brake cylinder.  As I recall, there is way more threaded shaft than needed for the adjusting u piece that goes on the end.  The shaft was to long and kept me from lining things up.  I just put a nut on the threads, clamped the end of the threads in the vice and trimmed a piece off.  The treads cleaned up fine with the nut.  Hope this helps.

Terry

At 1:33am on June 18, 2014, Terry Hagel said…

Robert

I never did find much info on the install of the H Stab.  What I did is level up the fuselage and then install the stabilizer.  I was careful not to put any stress on the mounting tabs from the fuselage since I have read about stress cracks in them as they age (I had to put some small spacers into achieve a no stress condition).  The stabilizer was also placed straight to the fuselage by measuring between the cabin frame and the tips of the stabilizer.  Besides levels on the fuselage I also placed them on the stabilizer at each tip.  Take your time and look it over good before you drill holes.  I did black clecos to the tabs first, then checked everything again before the final drilling for the bolts.

Terry

At 1:26pm on January 18, 2009, Richard Benson said…
I appreciate the info Bob. I'll go over to Lowes tomorrow to see if they have the same product down here.
Thanks,

Rich
At 9:07am on January 18, 2009, Richard Benson said…
Robert,

What are those metal supports that your horizontal stabilizer is resting on? I've tried wood and metal 2X4 studs without much success.

Thanks,

Rich
WVU alumnus
Ocala, FL
 
 
 

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