Jonathan Fay
  • Woodinville, WA
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Jonathan Fay's Discussions

Review of the New Viking Gearbox at 15 hours

Started this discussion. Last reply by charlie rosenzweig Nov 7, 2019. 12 Replies

At about 45 hours I installed the upgraded gearbox in my Viking 130 powered Zenith 750 Cruzer. Jan had told me that the new gearbox would run cooler and had a new bearing to handle the turbo power…Continue

Making of a dual purpose Cruzer. STOL and Speed in one aircraft (but not at the same time)

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jonathan Fay Dec 2, 2019. 9 Replies

While I built a Cruzer for speed, if Fast was all I was looking for a Sling TSI would have made a better build. I also wanted a part-time bush plane for the times I want to explore the Northwest off…Continue

Great to meet everyone at the Zenith Homecoming

Started this discussion. Last reply by John Austin Sep 23, 2019. 1 Reply

Although 1,000 miles of bad weather prevented me from bringing my Cruzer this year I was really happy that I got a last minute deal on orbits and was able get to the Homecoming an meet many more of…Continue

How often do you have to add oil?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jan Eggenfellner Sep 5, 2019. 11 Replies

As on any plane I check the oil before each flight and make sure it is in range, when it gets near the bottom end of the range add enough to bring it near the top. The question is how many hour are…Continue

 

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Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

Review of the New Viking Gearbox at 15 hours

At about 45 hours I installed the upgraded gearbox in my Viking 130 powered Zenith 750 Cruzer. Jan had told me that the new gearbox would run cooler and had a new bearing to handle the turbo power levels, and since I was contemplating getting a constant speed prop, I thought the extra headroom would be worth the investment since constant speed props run higher RPMS.I have about 15 hours on the new gearbox and I have to tell you I am surprised how cool in runs, how much cleaner the new setup is…See More
Oct 11, 2019
12 Comments
Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

Making of a dual purpose Cruzer. STOL and Speed in one aircraft (but not at the same time)

While I built a Cruzer for speed, if Fast was all I was looking for a Sling TSI would have made a better build. I also wanted a part-time bush plane for the times I want to explore the Northwest off the beaten path. I also wanted to be able to change over quickly so that when I needed to go on a long cross country the change over time could be amortized in time and fuel cost savings for the trip. I am hoping for about a one hour change over to move from one configuration to the other.So how do…See More
Oct 3, 2019
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Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

Great to meet everyone at the Zenith Homecoming

Although 1,000 miles of bad weather prevented me from bringing my Cruzer this year I was really happy that I got a last minute deal on orbits and was able get to the Homecoming an meet many more of you this year. I love that Zenith does this and it really is a great way to reinforce the community and connect people at a deeper level.See More
Sep 23, 2019
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Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

How often do you have to add oil?

As on any plane I check the oil before each flight and make sure it is in range, when it gets near the bottom end of the range add enough to bring it near the top. The question is how many hour are you expected to go between having to add a quart?In cars I often never have to between oil changes, but what do folks see in real-world use of the car engine in airplane use?I am sure how much you push it will influence it. Has anyone kept track or noticed? If I go on a long cross country, how much…See More
Jul 31, 2019
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Ducting on my Viking 130

While I was not experiencing overheating early on in my flight testing, we got a really bad run of hot weather in Seattle, and I was getting elevated temperatures after initial takeoff and climb to pattern altitude and was pushing low 220's. Even trying slow lower power climbs it was not possible to reduce th temps to below 218, so I knew I had to deal with modifications to my cooling.I started by replacing the supplied 1/4 by 20 100mm long rods with some longer ones and opening up about 6-7…See More
Jul 29, 2019
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First flight!

Did my first flight last night.. Not going to copy the details here, but you can see the video and blog here..https://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/2019/07/09/first-flight/See More
Jul 10, 2019
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Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

Got my Airworthiness Certificate!

You can see my blog post for more details, but N19JF, a Viking powered Zenith CH-750 Cruzer with about 18 months and 968 hours of my sweat, (literally) blood and tears, as well a few hundred hours from my son Halden and friends John and Diego, is now certified airworthy!Only 28 hours of that was actually in airplane construction, the other 940 hours was removing the @#^$&#$!@ part number stickers!Thanks Roger…See More
Jun 27, 2019
28 Comments
Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

Weight and Balance for 750 Cuzer w/ Viking 130

I am getting ready for DAR and I went on the scales for the first time today. I drained the fuel in climb attitude and put it on the scales.The fuel flow test using Viking mini-header tanks was 26.5 GPH on the Pilots side, and 25.9 on the passenger side tank. Well above a safety margin over maximum takeoff flow rate.I had seen jan's post about the 750 where they replaced a IO200 with a Viking 130 with a W&B of 857. I was hoping to come in somewhere around there.Well, not so much. I have…See More
Jun 15, 2019
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Does your Zenith 750 Center Y Stick have play in it?

When I move from left to right, there is some slop before the torque tube will move on the roll axis?It seems like the AN3-17A bolt has play inside the C75C2-8 part.Is this normal? how do you deal with this in flight. I don't know how you fly tiny with that much slop before the pressure effects it. Does the constant tend for a "Heavy wing" cause this to always have pressure in one direction?Does anyone else notice this?ThanksJonathan…See More
Jun 14, 2019
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"Updated by Blog. Getting close! https://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/"
May 30, 2019
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Adhesive to hold rubber trim to window..

I can't find stock anywhere for the glue for the window trim3M Scotch 6004 Super Strength AdhesiveDoes anyone know an alternative that would work on Amazon?See More
May 25, 2019
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Jonathan Fay posted a discussion

Started my Viking 130 Engine for the first time today!

Got the fuel finally plumbed and the coolant filled, started and ran after cranking a bit to purge the air.With the lowest idle setting it was still running at 2200+ without the prop on. What should the idle be at minimum throttle?Also the exhaust headers paint was smoking, is this a break in thing?See More
Apr 26, 2019
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Gerry Winch left a comment for Jonathan Fay
"Jonathan the parts came, thank you."
Apr 12, 2019
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"Thank you"
Apr 9, 2019
Gerry Winch left a comment for Jonathan Fay
"Jonathan, I just sent $110.00 by PayPal. My address is    Gerry Winch                                                                            41 Ridgeway Drive                                     …"
Apr 9, 2019

Profile Information

Aircraft Model
CH 750 Cruzer, Zenith CH 650
Project Status
Flying
Building From
Kit
Engine installed (or plan to install)
Viking
Your website (about your aircraft...)
http://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/
Building Experience
Have already built an airplane
Flying Experience
Private Pilot
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
When my family outgrew a Cessna P210, my mission for flying changed. I got plans for an RV-8, but built and observatory instead. I took a number of years off flying full sized airplanes and build a number of scale and aerobatic R/C aircraft, may of my own design. Now that my son is 16 I wanted to finally check off building a airplane from my bucket list.
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
Harvey Field (S43)

Jonathan Fay's Blog

Finally starting the panel for real!

Posted on October 20, 2018 at 10:30pm 2 Comments

https://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/

Visit to the Zenith Open Hangar Days

Posted on September 28, 2018 at 11:50am 0 Comments

I have a bunch of pics on my blogs from the Open Hangar days.

https://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/2018/09/28/zenith-open-hangar-and-homecoming/

On the wheels and engine install on the mounts!

Posted on August 27, 2018 at 5:18pm 1 Comment

https://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/

My External Blog

Posted on June 29, 2018 at 4:30pm 1 Comment

I am keeping my blog on an external wordpress website.

You can visit it here https://my750cruzer.wordpress.com/

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At 6:16am on April 12, 2019, Gerry Winch said…

Jonathan the parts came, thank you.

At 7:01pm on April 9, 2019, Gerry Winch said…

Thank you

At 6:23am on April 9, 2019, Gerry Winch said…

Jonathan,

I just sent $110.00 by PayPal. My address is    Gerry Winch

                                                                           41 Ridgeway Drive       

                                                                            Shell Lake Wisconsin 54871

Thanks,

Gerry

At 7:54pm on April 8, 2019, Gerry Winch said…

Hi Jonathan,

i will take the RAC parts for $110. How do you want to proceed?

thanks

Gerry

At 5:52pm on April 7, 2019, Gerry Winch said…

Jonathan,

could you please give me the pricing for the trim accessories.

Gerry

At 12:37am on August 7, 2018, Darren Weston said…

Hi Jonathan thanks for the advice it give me something to think about. I hadn’t thought much about what order to build it in I was going to do for the fuselage first.

thanks 

Darren

 
 
 

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