Phase 1 – Completed
After a lot of waiting and flying the most awaited and anxious 40 hrs of phase 1 test flying – my Zenith Corvair Cruiser “Tuk-Tuk Toucan” has performed as expected and is now a plane – it’s official.
Zenith Build
My first solo of TukTukToucan
Thanks to the ever changing weather in South Florida – finally I got a break this week to do the Solo flying on my 6 year old Zenith project – where in I can say : I did it – I built it and I flew it and the experience […]
First Flight – DONESKI
After due deliberations, we were able to do the first 2 hrs of test flight for my Zenith 750 Cruzer Here is a quick video of the take off and landing for the first flight.
A quick blurb from Experimental Aircraft Channel
Thanks to Bryan Walstrom of Experimental Aircraft Channel – that on an impromptu visit, he was able to capture few details about my Corvair Powered Zenith Cruser – TukTuk Toucan 🙂 Check the video here
Prepare for AWC – Airworthiness Cert by FAA / FSDO
It’s finally the time to show case the hard work on this project Zenith N750RN and get approval from DAR of Tampa FSDO
Finalizing the Instrument Panel
Instrument panel is finally at a usable stage with the following Air Speed Indicator Grand Rapids EFIS Firelight supported iPad mini ELT For Corvair – Air/Fuel Ratio gauge Circuit breakers and all other good stuff …
How about Painting my TukTuk
I started experimenting with marine grade painting and it seems the outcomes are good enough for me. Once paint is dry – I was even able to add some decals too 🙂 Adding few finishing touches to my “Tuk Tuk Toucan” .. fuselage painting followed by side panel artwork and […]
More finishing items …
After getting registration papers from FAA last month, we started working on finishing most of the big and little stuff for my TukTuk Toucan Cruzer … Finished clean setup and locking all the wiring properly both FWF and Inside as well Installed OAT as needed for my GRT EFIS Ordered […]
Bubble doors, Skylight and Wind shield
The most sensitive and fragile parts of all of the build are here now to be assembled.. Used the pointed tip of soldering iron to drill a pilot hole in lexan material followed by assembling them to the aluminum frames…