Sharing few more steps of progress with Tail section of my Zenith Cruzer. Rudder fitting tested (on clecos now) Elevator cables attached (what a bitch it is – to get into “hell hole” again to connect the cables) Next steps – – Start with Rudder cables – Start with Corvair […]
After almost 3 full days of dilly dallying around the horizontal stab adjustments – finally gained some inner strength and went ahead with drilling holes into the brackets. Horizontal stabilizer attached temporarily to the fuselage Continuing with vertical stabilizer now … Hope to wrap up the setup on tail section […]
For next week’s work – it’s time to adjust the orientation of Fuselage on wheels for better access and lighting. Rearranged the plane in my hangar today. Next is to align, adjust and fix the horizontal Stab and Elevator on the fuselage – For a first timer like me – […]
So the day was great so far and was able to install my Corvair on the mount … All in all, the plane is now on its wheels officially and next steps include To add as many components to engine as I can such as baffle kit, plug cables etc […]
So far the weekend is going on a positive high Torqued the engine mount bolts to 25 ft-lb Attached elevator bell crank and elevator control rod Experienced first hand what other zenith builders called “hell hole” from the belly at the bottom to connect the flaperon servo and mechanical structures […]
Finally the nose wheel weldment with zenith donut pick system is set in – cool beans and now I can actually make some progress on the build in near future …
It’s time to work on engine related items… It’s been a long winded browsing on internet and user manuals for last couple of days to identify and place some needed itemsOrdered so far this week are:– Torque wrench (CDI) make – Motor mounting AN bolts along with washers and nuts from […]
I believe a milestone was achieved today in my Zenith build. I was able to complete the following so far – Main landing gear attached to airframe– Nose wheel landing gear weldment attached to fire wall– 3 Matco 6” dia wheels (2 half rims) were finally assembled (had a hallelujah moment […]
Here’s the latest progress so far on my Zenith cruzer…– Firewall setup in position – DONE– Upper motor mounts – DONE– Yoke and Flaperons control rods – Installed (temporary) Next steps would be – Install Main landing Gear– Install Nose wheel – Install Corvair Motor mount – and more … and more ….
With flaperons DONE – we move into firewall and firewall forward setup …
