We have been testing and our CH750 with the 97hp UL260i. Flight testing is going well and should be done for our trip to Sun n Fun.
Doing our best to keep it light it has minimal interior, EFIS, Comm, and Xpnder, along with the 159 lb UL260i engine. Empty weight came
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Added by Gus Warren on April 8, 2010 at 10:00am —
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a zenith gets its wings.
Well, not really. Jon Croke and I spent the last few days finishing up the Assembly and rigging for the CH750 DVD series. Now I have to get the engine and panel ready to fly. We will be changing over to the UL260i shortly and are verifying our engine mount da…
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Added by Gus Warren on July 3, 2009 at 9:53am —
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For those interested in the UL260i, look for our CH650 at Sun'n Fun.…
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Added by Gus Warren on April 20, 2009 at 7:28pm —
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I will be giving three forums on the UL260i during Sun 'n Fun:
Tuesday the 21st at 10am
Thursday the 23rd at 11am
Saturday the 25th at 11am
All held at the Contact! Engine Forum tent near the main entrance.
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Added by Gus Warren on April 7, 2009 at 2:12pm —
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Our ULPower FWF kit is coming together. The cowl will be back any day now. As you can see, the engine hangs out there quite a ways. Much time was spent on determining where the engine should be located to make the CH650 remain in CG with about any possible loading scenario. The engin…
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Added by Gus Warren on April 2, 2009 at 6:27pm —
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As our deadlines approach, many things are coming together. Installing the fuel tanks is all that remains of component building. The panels is finished and is on its way to being mounted permanently. We have an MGL avionics Enigma EFIS/GPS/engine monitor and their new V-10 comm radio…
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Added by Gus Warren on April 2, 2009 at 6:13pm —
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Today William Wynne brought by our Corvair engine and we had it bolt…
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Added by Gus Warren on March 12, 2009 at 4:55pm —
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Added by Gus Warren on March 11, 2009 at 5:53pm —
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It's official, as you can clearly see, Jon is agog at how everything is cleocing together. The assembly of the seat area necessatated the joining on the forward cabin floor and gear channel to the rear fuselage to firm up a couple of areas where angles are fabricated beneath the seat…
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Added by Gus Warren on February 11, 2009 at 5:30pm —
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With the rear fuselage sides, top, and bottom all riveted together we have moved on to the baggage area. First the flaperon torque tube, bellcranks, and motor assembly were fitted in place. Next was the rear baggage panel followed by the baggage floor and tunnel pieces. Here they are…
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Added by Gus Warren on February 6, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Today all the sides of the rear fuselage were united along with the rear baggage closeout. All the predrilled holes lined up perfectly and fit with no waves or wrinkles. Time to drill out all the holes to final size before disassembly for deburring and priming. Jon is a clecoing madm…
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Added by Gus Warren on January 28, 2009 at 4:18pm —
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Today, after fnishing a few details on the rear fuselage bottom, Jon began the rear fuselage for the passengers side. The design of the corner extrusion's joggle makes an easy job of fitting the skin. Windows and control openings came cut from the factory. Every time a new box is ope…
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Added by Gus Warren on January 20, 2009 at 6:08pm —
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We are also finishing up some details for the UL260i installation for the 601/650. Look for FWF kits for this soon from FwG.
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Added by Gus Warren on January 19, 2009 at 5:01pm —
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Today we started on the FlywithGus.com STOL 750. Jon Croke of HomebuiltHELP is filming for the 750 DVD series. He is starting with the rear fuselage.
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Added by Gus Warren on January 19, 2009 at 4:41pm —
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