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Comment by David J. Beaulieu on June 12, 2017 at 2:34pm

Thanks guys, appreciate the comments...certainly helps keep me motivated and "pressing on." I'm sure there will be a few more hurdles to get over!

Bob  -  My plan is still to bring this up your way and let you see it up close and personal, who knows...your floats might even be on!!

John - After initially rigging/positioning of the wings I was a bit dismayed by the "edge distance" issue.  Came to the boards and read just about everything regarding hanging the wings and then made a call to Roger the next morning.  In an earlier discussion about the general subject, he had advised me to drill the wing spar root fitting hole a few mm further outboard so that the wing would attach a bit closer to the fuselage/cabin frame.  This would allow the rear channel to be a bit closer to the cabin rear attach point as well and minimize the potential for lack of edge distance.  Despite having done so, I still had to go with min edge distance numbers on the rear attach points  (new pilot holes 2-3 mm further outboard), and min edge distance (actually, just a bit more) on the rear channels and resultant slight aft sweep!  I do agree with the general consensus that it will likely not be an issue, or even noticeable with our type aircraft.  Interestingly, the rear channels of both wings (when established at 3 degree angle of incidence) are almost centered in the vertical about my cabin rear attach points, and my trailing edge wing skins are within 1-2 mm of each other measurement wise relative to the fuselage top skin horizontal plane.

Comment by John Austin on June 11, 2017 at 8:05pm

Looking good, David!  Curiously, I wound up with a bit of forward sweep - I think several others did too, at least with the Ed 1-2 kits - seems I remember there was some discussion about it.  As I recall, Caleb (Zenith engineer) didn't seem to think it made much difference - they all fly great!  ;>)

Comment by Bob McDonald on June 10, 2017 at 8:03pm

Very nice work... keep at it, your close enough to taste 1st flight.

Comment by Doug Malloy on June 10, 2017 at 4:04pm

Moving along David. She is a beaut.

Comment by David J. Beaulieu on June 10, 2017 at 3:39pm

Thanks Walt, will be interesting to see how it looks with the blue struts and flaperons.  Hope to get those on next week.  Seems like a lot left to do before I can schedule the airworthiness inspection...

Comment by Walt Snyder on June 10, 2017 at 10:41am

Really nice, like the paint, fits the 750 well!