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on Sunday
Everything aft of the access hole drilled and clecoed. Now on to the longerons.
on Sunday
Finished the parts needed for the bottom skin. Now to to put them together next weekend.
August 22
Finished drilling pilot holes and cut access hole. 2 more angles to make and the rear HT frame and we can put the bottom skin together.
August 18
Finished rivet layout on bottom skin. Got everything aft of the access hole drilled.
August 8
Richard Rost added 2 photos
July 17
Cut bottom skin. Can't begin to say how much a SHARP olfa knife blade is a must. I will being keeping several in the toolbox.
July 17
Got a day without a pop up shower so I got the Elevator hinge primed. Then got to stick two finished assemblies together.
July 10

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ZODIAC CH 650
Project Status
Just started
Building From
Partial kit
Your website (about your aircraft...)
http://websites.expercraft.com/richardr/
Building Experience
Have worked on airplanes before
Flying Experience
None
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Richard Rost

Rivit Spacing

I'm up to lay out for the rivit line for the elevator hinge. The 40 pitch works out between the ribs. But outside the last rib to the end rib I ended up with 34 pitch to evenly space the last two rivits to the end of the hinge. Then 37 to get even spacing for the 5 from the end of the hinge to end rib. If anyone knows if this is something that will come back to bite me please speak up. I know the 37 is with tolerance set in the construction guide. I'm wondering about the 34. Stopped there for th… Continue

Posted on August 2, 2009 at 9:40pm — 1 Comment

Richard Rost

Stab Skeleton Rivited

Boy did it feel good to start pulling some rivits. It made me feel like I'm getting somewhere. Now turn the page in the assembly guide and keep going. Yes I print them out. The computer has all the research for my wife's EED dissertation on here, I don't think I can take it to the hanger and live to tell about it.

Posted on March 15, 2009 at 11:30am —

Richard Rost

priming mobil

No paint booth so I got inventive with a spool of bailing wire and some pastic drop clothes.

Posted on March 7, 2009 at 9:52pm —

Richard Rost

sorry pics fussy

Alot of our workshop photos are pretty bad. We had just picked up the new camera. As you can see we didn't have the hang of it yet. The lady in the "Rosie the Riviter" pose is the CFO around here, and main support for crazy guy building his own plane. My better half Dee.
I'm done cutting wood. Plan to get back to the hanger to drill and cleco up stab ribs this weekend. Clecoes, yah ordered the recomended number the the tail kit. Started working and ordered 100 more 1/8" and 100 more 5/32". Other… Continue

Posted on February 6, 2009 at 7:14pm —

Richard Rost

Not building this weekend

As you can see I traded plane building for tree cutting like alot of folks in the Ice Storm area.

Posted on January 31, 2009 at 5:39pm —

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At 7:47am on April 14, 2010, Jake Reyna said…
Rich, I'll post a new Blog with pictures next week. I'm heading back tomorrow to address the discrepancy list, I'll have 7 days, that should be enough.

We decided that the dogs can be home alone when my wife goes to work, so that solves returning for fight testing. Hoping to return in early May, the weather will be the issue, May is the heart of the windy season in Southwestern Idaho.

I like the idea of using the 12' hardwood for a brake, waste not want not.

Jake
At 2:31pm on March 1, 2010, Chuck Deiterich said…
Hi Richard,
You are welcome. I really enjoy writing articles about some of my do it yourself projects, like my step stool and nose wheeel steering rod boots, etc.
Chuck D.
N701TX
At 10:05am on January 17, 2010, Steve Weston said…
Hi Richard

The aileron bearing that I used is from Aircraft Spruce.
BC4W-10 and was a little costly at $19.95 each. It is however, a much better item to use over the bolt and sleeve that comes with the kit.
To use the bearing you might want to make a new bellcrank. The stock Zenith crank has a hole in it, which wouldnt allow full riveting the bearing to bellcrank.
At 5:20am on January 13, 2010, Brady McCormick said…
Richard,
I noticed your question to Dwight about where to find full sheets of veneer for your panel.
you might look into a plastic laminate like Formica, it's little easier to work with and it is much cheaper and it's much more durable.
But if you must have a wood veneer then try an outfit here in WA called EDEN SAW.
They are on of the premier wood suppliers to the yachting industry here and they have all sorts of exotics.
Oh, and by the way... Nice work! Keep it up:)
Brady
At 11:15pm on September 1, 2009, Jacob said…
Yeah mine were pre-punched to. Did enlarge a little, hard to remember which direction they restricted me though. Thinking about it i'd say that it may be part of the reason as to why the fold is a tiny bit low. I'd say it probably happens to alot of people then. Did ask zenith about it and they weren't to worried about it.
At 11:32am on August 30, 2009, Mike Sigman said…
I did a LOT of research building the 601XL.......
At 2:11pm on April 11, 2009, Stephen R. Smith said…
Hello Richard,

I sent you an email but in case you don't get it here is the paint information.

My brother Alan's wife Nathalie was our record keeper and had the nickname "inventory control". She found the note below in her file.

Steve
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White: N0007EA & L0007EB (not sure why I have 2 numbers, maybe it is the same white but for different line of paint Imron 5000 vs. Imron 6000) – I show it at $170/gal

Red: Radiant Fire Effect L3262EB @ $448/gal

Black: Black Effect L2130EB @ ~ $170/gal

PS: I am not sure whether we used Imron 5000 (single stage) or Imron 6000 (2 stage) but I assume the numbers above will be the clue.
At 10:27am on March 4, 2009, David W. Brown said…
Richard, I hope to fly to Weddington Woods this Saturday the 7th to visit with Jim Wimberly, Just wondering if you will be there and maybe meet.
David
At 8:43am on February 22, 2009, Jay Maynard said…
Heh...as for cold weather affecting the brain, I was born in Houston...
At 4:29pm on February 3, 2009, Tim Garrett said…
Richard - if you get a chance, upload your profile picture as a regular photo. Then I can add it to the Rudders! album.
 
 
 

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