"Hey Donald,
Firstly, you like Donald or Don? I'm a Tony but if in trouble Anthony, so I get it. I've been onto Roger about these W4-9 issues, mine are the short ones at 390 mm that pick up the inboard fuel tank rib only. The plans changed…"
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"June, 2012. Sold my beloved CH701 to a Mexican businessman. Flew her to Ft. Stockton, TX where he picked her up. Flew 7 years and 165 hrs."
need wing fold conversion
Hey fellow Zenith builders: I am selling my CH701 and a potential buyer from out of state needs the plane modified to the wing fold option. I do not have the facilities nor time any more to accomplish the work. Would appreciate any info on where I can get this job done, preferably close to Oklahoma. Don Herbel, Collinsville, Okla.See More
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outdated drawings?
Posted on March 19, 2024 at 6:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Any Cruzer builders having issues with outdated drawings? It was redesigned a couple of years ago to make it conform to much of the Super Duty model but the drawings I paid for are woefully outdated. I have to jump between the STOL, SD and Cruzer drawings to try to figure out the building sequence. All three models have some commonality, but you have to figure out for yourself what applies and what doesn't. Additionally, my pick list was also outdated and I make almost weekly calls to Mexico…
Continueneed wing fold conversion
Posted on April 24, 2019 at 10:52am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hey fellow Zenith builders: I am selling my CH701 and a potential buyer from out of state needs the plane modified to the wing fold option. I do not have the facilities nor time any more to accomplish the work. Would appreciate any info on where I can get this job done, preferably close to Oklahoma. Don Herbel, Collinsville, Okla.
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- At 6:06pm on January 11, 2024,
Tony Renshaw said…
Hey Donald,
Firstly, you like Donald or Don? I'm a Tony but if in trouble Anthony, so I get it. I've been onto Roger about these W4-9 issues, mine are the short ones at 390 mm that pick up the inboard fuel tank rib only. The plans changed as you know to 780 mm ones, but they fall short of the 2nd rib outboard of the fuel tank, which for my way of thinking is dumb for a doubler. Now you posted a picture of a drawing that I am guessing you got from Roger, or Zenith anyway of the placement of a "long" W4-9, longer than the 780 mm ones. My kit was dispatched in April, the plans changed in March, yet I got old drawings 07/21 from memory and short W4-9s. I asked Roger who's response I've attached. Suffice to say I feel they are handling it on a case by case basis, and not wanting to create a retrospective problem for themselves. If its good enough for people in the UK to have a long W4-9, well that's what I want. My question please is, where did you get that drawing and what length did you end up getting from Roger? I reckon it needs to go out to the second rib.
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