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Hi Phil

l am going to the Torradin Fly in and open day on the 1st Dec you should test out your navs and come over.

l am booking a flight with one of Mat Halls flights should be fun .

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil yes l though it was time to clean out the dead wood and start again.

A friend of mine is preparing to part out a damaged Bingo with HKS 700e engine. The engine is not rebuildable, but would be ok for cylinder-heads, ignition parts, carbs , oil tank, starter etc.Fuselarge parts may include:... main landing-gear legs L&R, wheels/tires and brake assys, horizontal stab and elevator, ailerons/flaps L&R, sump tank with low fuel warning, wing tanks X 4. Rudder and fin may also be usable. Misc other small bits.

 

Remember this is a Bingo not a later Savannah, so parts may only fit a Bingo.

 

Prices are negotiable, all parts are in used condition with no implied warranty................................................Maj...

cheers Geoff.

This event was change 4 months ago to the 23/2/2013cheers

Allan

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil are you going up to see Allan and fly his 750 , is the fly-in still on l though it was on 23 Feb next year according to the Zenith web site.

Have been making silage with the neighbor the last few days so have done anything on the 701 going down to Peter Mac for checkup Friday so this week has been slow with the build,enjoy your flight.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil

Didn't get to paint yet had other jobs on this week, good to see you have finished your navs l have changed all my controls l have put the Savs in my 701 except the mixer l have left it as it made out of chromoly and it isn't as bulky l have the aluminum tubes but they are longer than the all thread l took out l will have to see if there is enough adjustment to trim it back the same .

l want to change the flap controls they are a bit primitive .

Is yours resisted yet .

cheers Geoff.

If it keeps going the way it is there will a lot of unregistered aircraft flying out there,we will go back to the eighties when things were so simple then .

Hi Geoff have been offerd a low engine mount for a 912 off a sav could you mount a 582 ih the same mount? cheers Phil

Yes you could you just have to make the brackets suit the mounting holes in the bed mount wouldn't be hard at all .

Received the plans today will copy them and return them thanks again.

Stripped the paint from the last wing yesterday and have put the new slat brackets on and nearly finished installing the wing tank today, just got to bend up the doublers to reinforce the wing upgrades then put the skins back on and l will start spray painting the lot.

cheers Geoff.

l get all my AN bolts from US they are made by Airfasco industries and not the cheap Chinese copies

l just order two hundred bolts an 100 nuts and with postage was only $67.00.US

Hi Geoff we will fly our 701s there what do you think?

cheers Geoff.

Hi Geoff we will fly our 701s there what do you think?

I don't think they do ejector seats for ultralights. However, BRS chutes are better because they are able to save the pilot and passenger and often the plane too. I have only heard of the spring-loaded ones (someone on another thread said that they come from Victoria) but there doesn't seem to be anything easily found on the internet. That's why I was wondering where you were sourcing yours from.

l get mine off ebay and have a friend in German l can get them from the chutes tested then l get them converted here in Victoria.

cheers Geoff.

EK mine is not an injection seat just a spring loaded chute like a BRS chute without the rocket you would deploy it when neededif your plane wont fly then you would care what height you where at if it was going to help save your like just pull the lever and squease you butt checks together and hang on .

cheers Geoff.

Hi GeoffI have all the straps and trays fitted but have not got the chute yet...it is US$4000 so will get that soon. Mine is slightly different attached are pics of the installation manual it mounts in the baggage compartment and the rocket goes inside the left aileron control cover. you should get an idea by the pictures. You could do the same with yours in a similar fashion. I got the kit of parts from ICP for my aircraft all except the chute and will get that direct from magnum. I have no fear of structural failure of the aircraft mine is being fitted to take care of some of the numbskulls flying around...I have had a couple of near misses already and one really scared the crap out of me recently at our local field with a gyro dude...so getting the bucks together now to order the chute but it will be on sea freight so will take maybe 2 to 3 months to get it as the rockets can not be airfreighted I am told

Mine is spring loaded so no rocket will have to deploy it at higher altitude yours will be soft pack which will be lighter than mine .

That's the problem these days to many numbskulls every where .

EK you have convinced me l will keep my top visibility but will go with the highest UV protection l can get.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil the Zenith open day has changed it is on the 23/02/13 at Bendigo airport .

cheers Geoff.

Hi again Mark l will do the same pre drill first thanks again,l notice in the pic you have a emergence chute where did you put the actual chute ,l have a chute that l was going to install while testing l was looking to fined the best place to mount it is a canister type from parachute Australia.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Mark

l might do that l have a mate who owns tint a car l wasn't sure if that would last your tint is on the inside how did the tint go when you drilled the holes did if lift off any where.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Mark

Thank for the pics l cant have the sun coming in on me that's why l have to cover mine or reduce the UVs l was trying to find some tinted lexan .

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil

Glad to see you have nearly done your navs no excuse not to fly up here .

Will have to check on the date 17/11/12 that's the date Allan Barton told me months ago .

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil another set back today l am rebuilding my 912 my replacement piston for the one that had the broken oil ring is 15 grams heavier than the rest so l have to stop the rebuild till l get the right one another two to three weeks to get it sent out , at least l can still continue on the aircraft .

Is your 701 painted in two pack .

cheers Geoff

Hi Phil

My paint scheme is going to be red and white, red slats white wings white airframe with some sort of stripping haven't decided on that bit yet don't want it to hard so its easy to mask up and red rudder and elevator half white and red cowlings.

l did see this really nice metallic midnight blue that l saw on a car .

l am starting to unpick the rivets on the horizontal stabilizer to see why the brackets that bolt on to the fuselage are loose an other job .

and l don't like the hinge bracket to the elevator l am changing that also as the one that is on it is elongated to thin no bearing surface for the bolt and sleeve .

cheers Geoff.

watch one get built http://zenith750project.com/

Hi Geoff spoke to the instructor today he is keen depending on the weather , would you offer him 10k for the pup i was thinking 7k done a few hours and has been bent a couple of times .Paint on my plane is rough have picked up some striper that you used will try a bit and see if it comes off easy then make a decision. Funny what you are going to do about blocking out the sun i was thinking the same thing the savs have only a small window on the roof i was thinking replacing the roof lexan with a aluminium stop sun and glare Cheers Phil

Depending on the type of paint used will determine if that citra strip will work good or not when you do it paint it on an area then get some glad wrap lay over the top stops it dying out gives it more time do do its job l normally leave it on all night l is not harmful and it is biodegradable once on all night i take it outside and pressure wash it off my pressure washer is 3500 psi does the job .

Yes l am going to use some 2024T3 aluminum sheet on top going to make some ribs and keep the same contour as the wing .

the only thing about that that it stops the airflow getting to the rudder and that's part of the 701 design l have spoke to some other 701 owners in the US that have a similar mod and they say it doesn't affect the handling.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Ek l have spoke to a few aeronautical engineers and have learnt a lot about the transfer of loads when stiffening up areas of an aircraft changing compression loads to tensional loads on aircraft components the area that the top bennie mod needs strengthening anyway as Zenith have advised people that use rough runways needs to be done as some have had trouble in this area.

cheers Geoff.

But, you'd lose the advantage that 701's have over the Sav: upward visibility!

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Hi Phil

l will get the coordinates of Williams strip it is 1000 mts l think it would be long enough for you to land there..

l have been looking at 68 inch brogla sports prop some people say they are a bit light for what l need or l might get a warp drive from the US.

Make him an offer on the pup he might take $10.000 for it give you something to fly while you are building and buy your wife some flowers or get her a new washing machine that will keep them happy when you get an other aircraft, at one stage there l have 4 aircraft in me shed and my power chute my wife loves flying so it is easy for me .

What is your paint like on it and depends on what it was painted with as how hard to strip.

l have ordered all my new bolts today from the US l am replacing all the bolts on the 701 also l am trying to find some dark tinted Lexan for the top part of the screen l am not supposed to be in the sun for long l might even put a bennie mod on top block out the sun completely.

cheers Geoff