John D. Lassiter, Jr
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Zehith 650B plans for sale

Started this discussion. Last reply by jginther Jul 27, 2012. 1 Reply

After buying plans for 650B I bought a 601XL. Save $100 DOLLARS.  $400Continue

 

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ZODIAC CH 650
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Have worked on airplanes before
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worked on aircraft in the Air Force and am going to school for my A&P lic.

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At 1:40am on February 21, 2015, Dean Smith said…
John I am building a 750 Cruzer . I went with a header tank because once you leave your pumps you are at 43 lbs to the injection system. The high pressure is needed to feed the Viking engine. The wing tanks are gravity fed to the header tank. This was a very easy and safer way to go
Dean
At 11:45am on June 13, 2014, Brad Rawls said…

John - I afraid I can't be much help on the cowling as I have not installed mine yet. I don't think an extension is going to be required if you are using the original style cowling (like me) as none of completed 601/650's I've seen have required it. An extension may be required with the new cowling design, but you should probably talk to Jan about that. I plan on using Skybolts or Dzus  fasteners to attach the cowling also. On the fuel pumps, I would think they would really have to be well insulated from the heat as there is a lot of heated air under the cowl from the engine and leaving the radiator. I would also think the pump that was not being used would soak up a lot of heat with no fuel flowing through it. Firewall would also be the worst place to have an unplanned fuel leak (not that there are any good places.....). 

At 1:06pm on May 12, 2014, Brad Rawls said…

Just to clarify, the pumps are mounted inline but both feed the regulator with separate lines, not the pump in front.  I could should have made that more clear in my first response.

At 1:01pm on May 12, 2014, Brad Rawls said…

John, I did it a little different than most others. I have a drag racing background and one major safety item in racing is that you NEVER have the pumps or rubber fuel line in the passenger compartment.  What I did was mount the pump below the floor on the doubler that runs through the centerline of the plane.  The pumps are mounted in-line, one behind the other feeding into the regulator up front behind the nose wheel steering bearing. The whole thing is covered with a 'U" shape cover. It's directly behind the nose gear and below the cowling, so there is not a ton of added drag, but I am a lot more comfortable with all the possible fuel leaks outside the cabin and way behind the engine. For the fuel filters, I used inline stainless steel mesh screen filters mounted in the wings between the tank and fuselage  sides on stainless hose.  They are ran easy to get at thru the fuel access door at the bottom of each wing and compact.

 

At 8:07pm on December 23, 2011, Bill Carter said…

Welcome to the family.

I wish you the all the best with your project. If you ever get the chance to visit the Zenith factory please take the time to stop by our builder assist facility too. We are their newest and nearest builder assist facility and like to have visitors. We are right here in Mexico, Mo., not far from the factory.

Take care and good luck,

Bill Carter

American Light Sport Aircrafters

Builder Assist & Assembly Center

www.LightSportAircrafters.com

 
 
 

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