Alexander Samoylovich
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Applying Cortec question

Started this discussion. Last reply by Alexander Samoylovich Nov 25, 2023. 8 Replies

Hello.How to apply Cortec correctly?I read the Forum and the Cortec user's manual. I dilute Cortec with distilled water 4:1. I clean the surface with acetone, rough a bit with scotchbrite and clean…Continue

 

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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Preparing L angles to the top skin

September 24 2023Preparing L angles to the top skin.Clecoed the L angles to the top skin. Covered the skin and the L angles with cortec.Levelled the right wing on the workbench. Preparing to work on the top skins.See More
Dec 19, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, riveted the flapperon arms

September 20 2023Riveted the flapperon arms.Made 2 mistakes.Had to remove the rivets from the bottom skin near the flapperon arm doubler (3 places, 6 rivets together) to make the room for the riveter.Riveted the first rib arm from inside to not interfere with the gas tank.See More
Dec 15, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Clecoed the right wing skins

September 11 2023Clecoed the right wing skins. Preparing to riveting.See More
Dec 6, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Strut attaching point

September 03 2023Drilled the spar.Built the strut attaching point. Used a long flexible drill to drill wholes on the side.See More
Nov 23, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a discussion

Applying Cortec question

Hello.How to apply Cortec correctly?I read the Forum and the Cortec user's manual. I dilute Cortec with distilled water 4:1. I clean the surface with acetone, rough a bit with scotchbrite and clean with acetone again. I apply the diluted Cortec with a foam brush. The coverage is not ideal but reasonable I believe. Sometimes I have very few bubbles.But now Cortec dries and I have a problem. Cortec "shrinks" around holes and away from edges leaving something which looks like uncovered surface.…See More
Nov 21, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Clecoed the whole bottom side of the wing

September 01 2023Clecoed the whole bottom side of the wingSee More
Nov 21, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Level the wing skeleton

August 31 2023Levelled the wing skeleton using shims.Clecoed the wing outbound bottom skin.See More
Nov 18, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Started the wing bottom skin

August 29 2023Finished the wing skeleton. Started the wing bottom skin.See More
Nov 16, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Started building a wing

August 15 2023Started building a wing. Clecoed the skeleton. Flattened a nose rib flange to fit the spar better.…See More
Nov 13, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Build a foldable flapperon rack and stored the flapperons on the attic

August 11 2023Build a foldable flapperon rack and stored the flapperons on the attic.One screw per leg. Two screws total. The legs rotate and pinch the horizontal bar. No glue. No special value. Just for fun.…See More
Nov 12, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted blog posts
Nov 5, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Deburring the right outbound flapperon

August 01 2023Deburred and covered with cortec the right outbound flapperon.See More
Nov 2, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Starting flapperons

July 31 2023Stored the stabilizer and the elevator on the rack.Clecoed the right outbound flapperon skeleton.See More
Nov 1, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted blog posts
Oct 29, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Stabilizer tips

July 27 2023Sanded the plastic stabilizer tips to make edges flat.By a reason I cannot understand the parts C75T1-11 tip rib do not have predrilled holes in my kit. The Assembly Manual assumes they should be.I send an email to Zenith and talked to Roger on Oshkosh.Yes, it is an error. The holes should be there. But instead of asking Zenith to fabricate and send me the new parts I decided to drill them. After all it is a part of fun.I draw a 10mm line from the edge for rough positioning and used…See More
Oct 27, 2023
Alexander Samoylovich posted a blog post

Zenith 750 Cruzer, A wing storage rack

July 22 2023A storage rack. It was designed to keep the wing. Since I do not have the wings yet I store the parts already built. It has enough room for the wings too.See More
Aug 12, 2023

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Aircraft Model
CH 750 Cruzer
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Just started
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Engine installed (or plan to install)
Rotax 912iS
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Flying Experience
Commercial / CFI
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
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Zenith 750 Cruzer, Preparing L angles to the top skin

Posted on December 19, 2023 at 6:13pm 1 Comment

September 24 2023

Preparing L angles to the top skin.

Clecoed the L angles to the top skin. Covered the skin and the L angles with cortec.

Levelled the right wing on the workbench. Preparing to work on the top skins.…

Continue

Zenith 750 Cruzer, riveted the flapperon arms

Posted on December 15, 2023 at 12:41pm 0 Comments

September 20 2023

Riveted the flapperon arms.

Made 2 mistakes.

Had to remove the rivets from the bottom skin near the flapperon arm doubler (3 places, 6 rivets together) to make the room for the riveter.

Riveted the first rib arm from inside to not interfere with the gas tank.…

Continue

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Clecoed the right wing skins

Posted on December 6, 2023 at 9:27pm 0 Comments

September 11 2023

Clecoed the right wing skins. Preparing to riveting.

Zenith 750 Cruzer, Strut attaching point

Posted on November 23, 2023 at 9:12am 0 Comments

September 03 2023

Drilled the spar.

Built the strut attaching point. Used a long flexible drill to drill wholes on the side.…



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