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havent you got that thing flying yet I hope it is good nic for you

cheers Geoff.

Hi Geoff thanks for the photos, may be i need your phone number to explaine a bit better regarding the fus I am the slowest typer in the country cheers Phil

cheers Geoff.

Hi Geoff I have the latest and the early plans with the fuel tank on your lap will tray to make a copy fo the CD tonight, did you have alook at the Photo of the rear of the fus what do think?

will take pics so you can compare.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil l have the 2003 plans if that's any help, l would like the CD let me know what l owe you you can PM me for details .

l have got my bits from Zenith l am going to order some brakes soon from Aircraft Spruce haven't made up my mind which way to go yet .

What plans do you have .

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil some pics so far fire wall is back on and new main spring

Hi Geoff have you the latest planes and cd from Zenith? On the cd the progresive photos of the fella building his 701 it shows how he has gone all around the L angles with a crimping tool and put tension in the rear fus good or bad idea do you think?

Put my main spring on today so l could wheel it around l had to clean up my shed sick of tripping over stuff l have to many projects on the go l am doing a rebuild on my 912 it had a broken oil ring its done 351 hrs no 1 cylinder wasn't running properly so l have completely striped the motor down new piston and rings new seals also l am putting a gear box on with a slipper clutch taking of the standard .

Putting wing tanks in and putting the slat attachment plates back on so l have to un pick the skins .

Heaps of work to keep me busy.

cheers Geoff.

Haven't had anything to do with a N3PuP they look like a Cub thats an aircraft l would like .

Hi Phil no dont know of any, get yourself a real ultralight get a Drifter to fly while you are building the 701 thats what l do

cheers Geoff.

I saw a Hydrogen "thingy" on a 4wd recently... How does it work?

The hydrogen gas passes through white vinegar to neutrilise the caustic then feed into the air intake my cuts in when l push the throttle l run my cruiser on cooking oil diesel mix and hydrogen and sometimes LP gas as well.

here is a diagram of how it is produced

cheers Geoff.

yep i do have a cigarette socket charger, i will bring that. I might still investigate a solar charger or a portable nuclear fission system/hydrogen generator or similar. :P all jokes aside, portable hydrogen fuel cells are already available, albeit at considerable expense and weight. Its only a matter of time until they are viable.I also wonder who will be the 1st manufacturer to make a phone or tablet (more likely due to size) with a PV cell on the back? Cases for ipads are already available with them, but they are around $200.

Hi Eight knots if you google Poly U400 you will get the specs on the paint l have painted 4 aircraft with it so far good results .

Cheers Geoff.

Hi Geoff,That housepaint idea sounds very interesting! I have a few questions about that:

 

Is that cheaper than paint normally used on planes?

 

Is it lighter?

 

Tell us a bit more about the hardener in the housepaint?

 

How well does the housepaint 'bond' to the aluminium?

l am painting it with polyu 400 two pack paint .

l did paint a car years ago with house paint with hardner it was oil base paint it worked well but l will be using proper paint on my 701.

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil l have finished make all the parts for my fire wall and nose gear and have started to rivet it all back together , will send pics when that part is done .

l have imported my new control cables and swages l am using 7x19x 1/8 stainless steel cable .

l have stripped all the paint from the 701 using citrastrip it is biodegradable and 3800 psi pressure washer worked well mine had been painted using house paint with a hardener .

DONT sand aluminum you will encourage corrosion destroy the protective coating on the 6061 .

when you get time could you take some pics of the Tyros engine free air cowling that l made a friend would like to copy it been along time since l did that .

cheers Geoff

Thoughts please, I have a 503 that i will be using in a tractor set up and it has always bothered me that the fan forced air cooling exhausts out the front of the tin covers in this application.I've read in a few places about people removing the fan and setting up a kind of air scoop and tin ducting around the heads and cylinders.

As I have found nothing in specific detail of how this is made or perhaps bought, I'm hoping someone here may be able to point me in the right direction.

 

Thanks

 

JimG

cheers Geoff.

I hope your 701 project goes well (I have read bits and pieces about this on other threads). Do you find Zenith helpful in sourcing any parts you need?

A big "silence" to this question SF1. I think the Zenith 701 owners who could give you relevant info are all too busy flying

cheers

Hi Phil mine is coming along slowly l am waiting for some rivets from Zenair and some other parts then l can start to assemble the fire wall.

l have made doubles to put in behind where the main spring and strut attachment brackets are it is very weak in that area it does most of the work .

Have you put a shim under the rudder hing bracket ,did you measure the rear of the fus or is it the bracket on the rudder itself it maybe on an angle.

Is the thimble on the cable hard up against the swag on the bottom looks like it in the pic needs to have movement, are they gal or stainless cables l am replacing all of mine l make them up myself l like to use stainless cable .

the swag looks alright like to swag the center of the swag to make sure l have the best grip we took some swages a few years ago to Morrabin airport for testing on there machine the cable broke and my sway stay perfect so l have done them the same way ever since.

l will send some pics of my updates shortly.

cheers Geoff..

It was a 100HP 912 .I saw the green rocker covers. Im thinking Eurofox since Gazzelles came out with 80 HP 912's with black rocker covers.I think at 4.30 PM the 7 news caught it and showed it on TV, before somebody had time time to cover up the damage.It was pure luck that I saw it.

Yeh, yuk,I must be a coward, I wouldn't want to leave the safety earth in something that looked like thatMet

cheers Geoff

Geoff , is the bottom of the fuse bent down in your 701, the doublers where it looks like a carry through look odd?Met

l am going to replace them l am in the process of straightening the fus it is not square the whole aircraft has been out of square some sections have been loaded up the rear of the cargo area has split, it was in tension it must have been flexing on the ground and in flight causing the tear it was hidden by the carpet .

cheers Geoff.

Hi Phil thank also for the pics l have some from in side the fus for you they are different how people construct of the plans

The Tyro looks a bit different than when l built it pod has change color different wind screen l built of plans 12 years ago does it still have the same 503 motor .

cheers Geoff

Hi Geoff good mate ownes the Tyro has not been doing mutch with of late has lost conferdents in engine he is looking to repower her.I have to move the Tyro every time I take the club Jab for a run.Will have a look at zenith web site for VGs .I have done the same as you on the nose leg but cant get tension on my bungie but all the measurements are the same as the plans mite have to move the bungie pin down Cheers Phil

cheers Geoff.

Hi Geoff , I live and fly from Portland. You have some work ahead of you. Did you make the vgs youself? I have seen some home made ones that work alright, I fly a lot in a mates Savannah which has plastic vgs. I have spent a lot of time upgrading my front end, still not finished. Working on the oil canning at the moment, next week hope to start fitting the engine.

l am going to try and stop some of the oil caning but it is awkward to get in the back of the fuselage .

Is there a orange Tyro at Portland still ,l sold mine that l built years ago a police officer with one eye bought from me .

cheers Geoff.

Thanks Eightknots l have read that information quiet a few times and articles like that made it hard for me to make up my mind so l will test it out then see whether l keep them or not .

cheers Geoff.

Hi Geoff, I'm not going to get the thrust from the jab motor that you need for stol flying so I'm thinking that I will not get the benefit from putting the slats on. My plane came with a very heavy EA81 so I pulled it out. Wanted to put a Rotax 582 in but not much change from 10k so got hold of a jab motor with 2 hours on it veary cheap. Wanted to be as light as I can. Do you know of the histroy of your plane? I was talking to the original owner of my 701 and he said he went to gippsland for a ride in a 701 and the pilot clipped a wire coming in to land, scared the **** out of him! Cheers.

l am changing the wing struts with airfoil type of a savannah this 701 used to drop the right wing severely in the stall ,this 701 has done 351hrs it is the original 701 that was first designed for the 503 or 532 it has a 912ul in it now.

cheers Geoff.

ps are you far from gippsland .