Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers
Online Community of Zenith Builders and Flyers
-
Andrew Aston
- Codsall
- United Kingdom
- Blog Posts
- Discussions (3)
- Events
- Groups
- Photos (41)
- Photo Albums (8)
- Videos
Andrew Aston's Page
Profile Information
- Aircraft Model
- STOL CH 701
- Project Status
- Less than half
- Building From
- Plans-only
- Building Experience
- No Experience
- Flying Experience
- None
- Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
- Firefighter,
West Midlands Fire Service
Hope to be flying in my retirement, Autumn 2011.
Building slowly due to work/family commitments.
Andrew Aston's Photos
New from Zenith:
Classified listing for buying or selling your Zenith building or flying related stuff...
Custom Instrument Panels
for your Zenith:
Custom instrument panels are now available directly from Zenith Aircraft Company exclusively for Zenith builders and owners. Pre-cut panel, Dynon and Garmin avionics, and more.
Zenith Homecoming Tee:
Flying On Your Own Wings:
A Complete Guide to Understanding Light Airplane Design, by Chris Heintz
Builder & Pilot Supplies:
Pro Builder Assistance:
Transition training:
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty for all your building and pilot supplies!
How to videos from HomebuiltHELP.com
Developed specifically for Zenith builders (by a builder) these videos on DVD are a great help in building your own kit plane by providing practical hands-on construction information. Visit HomebuiltHelp.com for the latest DVD titles.
© 2024 Created by Zenith.Aero.
Powered by
Comment Wall (7 comments)
You need to be a member of Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers to add comments!
Join Zenith Aircraft Builders and Flyers
Yeah, I'm back in the air since mid September. No problems with the new brackets so far.
Had to replace the altimeter though. This will be the third altimeter I've had in the airplane. They're cheap Chinese made, Falcon gauges I think is the name of the manufacturer. If I was building again I'd go for an EFIS system.
Hope things are good there.
Shay.
regards
Gary
Back flying a few weeks now. Trying out the mini vortex generators on the elevator.
Regards,
Shay.
thehighflyer@aol.com
Gary
Thanks for your kind offer, but I ordered the parts from ZAC yesterday. I also ordered the new VG set for the elevator, I don't really need them, but thought I my try them out anyway.
By the way, there was a bulletin from ZAC about reinforcing the seat belt attachment for the lap strap at the tunnel. I did it last year and it was very awkward to do as a retrofit. Just thought I'd mention it just in case you had missed it.
Regards,
Shay.
Your slats look great, hope the build goes smoothly for you.
I've been doing a good bit of flying this Summer, just passed 500 flights the other day, about 200 hours. Unfortunately, I think I've found cracks in the two forward horizontal stabiliser mounting brackets. A friend of mine is coming over in the morning with some dye penetrant so we can check for sure. You might want to give extra attention to these to make sure they line up exactly. Mine are made from 0.040 aluminium, I'm just going on to the Zenithair website now to look up this issue, I think they may have increased the thickness of the brackets in later kits. Best of luck. Rgds. Shay.