Zenith 2020

Plan and Play

Airplane section	Build time (hrs)
Avionics	59
Electricals	6
Elevator	26
Engine	118.5
Finishing	185
Firewall forward	138.5
Flaperons	58.5
Flying 750	0
Fuel and Brake lines	17
Fuselage	190
Landing gear	20.5
Miscellaneous	16
Phase 1 Testing	49.666666666667
Rudder	10.5
Tail Unit	67
Wings	94
Total	1056.1666666667

Zenith Build

Fuselage almost done – time to move on to Wings next

May 2, 2018 in Zenith 750 tagged Fuselage by Nori

With the extensive support and documentation from Zenith team, the fuselage build is almost at a point that it can be placed to the side of the work space. Next thing to set is the pedals with mounts and paddles and I will come back to setting up the controls […]

Fuselage – Going on and on … and some more …

December 27, 2017 in Zenith 750 tagged Fuselage by Nori

As a wise man advised me earlier, start with the difficult built first so you have time on your hand and there it goes. It’s been almost 40 plus hours and I am still tinkering with Fuselage build. Most of the time was myself stuck with mixer control unit beneath […]

Let’s get started with Fuselage build…

November 26, 2017 in Zenith 750 / Zenith Build tagged Fuselage by Nori

With the advent of Hurricane IRMA and it’s passing through South Florida – It’s time to start focusing on the Cruzer Build. Thanks to Zenith team for delivering the Fuselage kit in a finely packed crate – and there starts the build process. It started with reviewing and tallying all […]

Trip to Corvair College # 41 to learn and run the engine

November 17, 2017 in Zenith 750 tagged Engine by Nori

When the unexpected happens, the fun begins.

Supported by some luck, I was able to acquire a Corvair 2850 CC / 110 HP engine that has 14 hrs on it. Its time to learn more about this engine by attending the upcoming Corvair College # 41 @ Barnwell, SC and have it run on test bed if possible.

Teamed up with Mr Greg Stoner, onwards to go to Barnwell. Amazing trip, great company and some fantastic learnings at this college.

Gained much needed understanding and confidence on how to setup the timing for the engine and arrange the distributor settings. Thanks to all the SME’s (Subject Matter Experts) @ Corvair movement that helped me in this endeavor.

Looking forward for next college @ Barnwell to continue with my student journey in the field of Corvair’s.

See below a quick Video of the Engine Run on Test stand… Sounds great.

Great experience at Corvair College # 39 @ Barnwell, SC

March 20, 2017 in Zenith 750 tagged Engine by Nori

Got to meet lot of champions when it comes to Corvair engines. Every one is passionate and knowledgable about their engines and the appreciative thing is the camaraderie they show to help each other out. KUDOS to the organizer of this events. Hand down this is awesome … Just to […]

Excited to learn about Corvair engine – On my way now to Corvair College CC#39

March 2, 2017 in Zenith 750 tagged Engine by Nori

It’s surreal to see that plane is progressing from ideation to execution – slow but definitely moving ahead. One important component for an experimental LSA is for Builder to be aware of his engine and it’s inner workings and the best part of it is if that engine is an […]

It’s time to plan for Sebring Sport Aviation Expo

January 19, 2017 in Zenith 750 tagged Miscellaneous by Nori

As part of continuing education towards HomeBuilt Aircraft, the trip is planned and confirmed to visit Sport Aviation Expo held at Sebring Florida – on Jan 26-28 2017 Can’t wait to check the planes out 🙂 Website details can be found at SEBRING AVIATION SHOWCASE

Elevator section – DONEski

December 19, 2016 in Zenith 750 tagged Tail Unit by Nori

After a couple of days of thoughtful assembly practices, I was able to complete the Elevator section in full and sync it up with the Horizontal Stabilizer. I cannot fathom the fact that it would be nearly impossible to complete any Kit plane built with out the right tools. Few tools […]

Horizontal Stab finished and next is the Elevator section

December 5, 2016 in Zenith 750 tagged Tail Unit by Nori

With every passing weekend, I feel more accomplished. The horizontal stabilizer for my Zenith is complete with next step is to connect the end plastic caps and the elevator section. I will get on with Elevator build over this week

More progress updates into the weekend

November 30, 2016 in Zenith 750 tagged Tail Unit by Nori

Few more updates on Horizontal Stabilizer assembly. The work was spread across multiple days (& Nights) in bits and pieces. But almost nearing the completion (soon)