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Jimmy Young
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PSRU - Crowned Pulley - A tracking solution
What type engine and PSRU do you have, and what is the ratio? Also, what size/type prop are you using?
Replied May 3
Fuel Lines: What type to use?
A pilot of an RV 10 made an emegency engine out landing at our grass strip in Angelton TX just last Thursday. He was at 7000 ft. AGL when he lost the engine so he had plenty of time to locate a field…
Replied Apr 29
Lighting packages
I ran into the same mounting problem with the surface not being pefectly flat. However, I think a bead of silicone caulk will solve the issue just fine when it's time to paint. It's only off about ma…
Replied Mar 23
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- STOL CH 750
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- Less than half
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- Sport Pilot (or Ultralight)
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- Field Sales Rep for Houston area concrete ready-mix company. I currently fly a Kolb Firestar II out of Bailes Field (7R9), a small grass strip airport near Angleton TX. Started flying in 2007, got my SP license in Feb. '08. Just fulfilling a lifelong dream!
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Good luck with your 750 build.
PS: In your photos, I see a gas filler neck trim ring, did that come from George Race? He just lives down the road from me. Great guy!
Blaine
Thanks,
Blaine
Gald to hear from you: building is great, but someone elase's experince and ideas are rally needed at times!. You are a bit ahead of me, as I have the rudder, H. Stab & elevator done and am completing my first wing (pilot side). Where did you get those rings for around the gas caps?
Thanks,
Blaine
Good to hear from you. I am in the same boat with 80 hr workweeks. I bought my engine a 3100 Corvair and all the firewall forward from William Wynne. I have about 1.5 hours on the engine and it runs as advertised. I have no flight time as the wings are yet to be completed. The panel took a little longer than I thought but turned out excellent. If I had to do it over I still would go with a William’s built engine.
Good luck
Ron
The landing lights are automotive lights from NAPA. Brand is Hella (German). I did not add any extra inspection plates. I built the airplane with the help of Mark Townsend, the Canadian Zenith dealer. He has loads of experience with building Zenith aircraft and he did not recommend any additional inspection plates.
--Angus
Glad to help with your 750 adventure. I now have 30 hours on the airplane. Other than a few problems with air leakage (which makes for a cold cockpit in Canada in the winter), the airplane has been great. Happy to answer questions if I can.
--Angus
No doubt the 0-200 is a tough motor and probably a lot less expensive, and parts are much more available, so it certainly makes a lot of sense to go with it. The performance with the Jabiru is probably better, do to less weight and extra hp, but the difference may not be worth extra cost of the jabiru. Unfortunately cost seems to be a large factor in my decisions, so who knows I might end up with the good old continental also. But at fields with higher elevations, the extra performance of the jabiru would be nice.
My Email is "alletj@gmail.com" and my cell is 806.681.0502.
Take care,
Tyler
I appreciate the offer of help and I'm sure I will have lots of questions come up during this project, so I'm looking forward to visiting with you.
Are you the same Jimmy Young that I read about In the stories by Robert Laird on the Texas-Flyer web site? If so do you still have the yellow Kolb? That looks like a lot of fun.
Yes, I am planning on ordering the Homebuilt videos on the 750. I'm sure they will be a big help and will save a lot of time. After attending the rudder class I can see that knowing some of the tricks on how to do certain things is going to be a great help, and make the build much more enjoyable.
Texas is a big place and we are about as far apart as you can get in Texas, but thanks to the internet we are like next door neighbors.
By the way have you decided on what engine you are going to use?
Take care.
Tyler
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