601 or 650 plans
Looking for 601 or 650 plans from a builder who has decided not to pursue building after all.This is for next project as I'm wrapping up 750 STOL.See More
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Skip Rhudy
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Corvair Short Block Assembly
Sequence of pictures each hyper-linked to my eaa builder log which show details of Corvair flight engine short block assembly.Corvair Flight Engine Short Block Assembly (corvair750.com)See More
Slats, Flaperons, and Alan Shepard
Finished up the empennage and the slats and the flaperons. Was doing some research on Alan Shepard and relate some imperfections to a dispute between Alan and Werner Von Braun about whether Freedom 7 was ready to go or not.12-05-20 Slats, Flaperons, Twists, and Alan Shepard - corvair750See More
Corvair Engine Wrangling
How a noob learns to move a heavy short block onto an engine stand when working alone:https://corvair750.com/diary/08-09-2020-wrangle-the-short-block/See More
Empennage Done
Empennage stuff largely done. Maybe not "done done", but 99.9%. I'm not connecting the stabilizer and elevator yet. I'll be off to Zenith soon to pick up the other parts of the kit. A 13 hour drive ... but I've been wanting to visit Zenith since I first discovered them 15 years (or longer) ago. Demo flight? By all means ; )https://corvair750.com/diary/08-01-2020-empennage-riveted/See More
Empennage Progress, part 1
I'm almost done with the empennage, but here's how my rudder build went back before the apocalypse:https://corvair750.com/diary/02-29-2020-empennage/See More
Learning about Wiring
I didn't want to solder the servo leads. So I did some research and learned a lot about wiring tools and techniques:https://corvair750.com/diary/07-02-2020-aircraft-wiring/See More
Tail / Slats / Flaperons
About 3 weeks ago finished the rudder. Failed to take account lead time so have been reading Sky Ranch, and did short block Corvair assembly. I'm looking for some 95 or 110 HP heads if someone has some rebuildable cores, hit me up I'll take them off your hands ; )Rudder on parts rack…See More
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- STOL CH 750
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- Engine installed (or plan to install)
- Corvair
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- http://corvair750.com
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- Software Engineer. Aviator. Horse Rider.
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Skip Rhudy's Blog
Corvair Short Block Assembly
Posted on January 9, 2021 at 12:41am 0 Comments 1 Like
Sequence of pictures each hyper-linked to my eaa builder log which show details of Corvair flight engine short block assembly.
2020 is over
Posted on January 3, 2021 at 11:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Slats, Flaperons, and Alan Shepard
Posted on December 7, 2020 at 8:34am 2 Comments 1 Like
Finished up the empennage and the slats and the flaperons. Was doing some research on Alan Shepard and relate some imperfections to a dispute between Alan and Werner Von Braun about whether Freedom 7 was ready to go or not.
12-05-20 Slats, Flaperons, Twists, and Alan Shepard - corvair750
Corvair Engine Wrangling
Posted on August 11, 2020 at 10:25am 3 Comments 2 Likes
How a noob learns to move a heavy short block onto an engine stand when working alone:
https://corvair750.com/diary/08-09-2020-wrangle-the-short-block/
Comment Wall (1 comment)
- At 5:12pm on January 11, 2020,
dan glaze said…
got your friend request but no question came with it
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