About The Project:

The airplane is a home-built, scratch-built Zenith CH 750 STOL. Building from plans/blueprints is a challenging way to build an airplane, since most of the parts you use to build it are not prefabricated. I chose the Zenith CH 750 STOL for its rugged design, its STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) characteristics and its aluminum construction. Zenith Aircraft Company has designed this airplane so that it can be built from scratch or from a kit by the average person. They provide excellent technical support for both kit and scratch builders. In addition, I'll be installing a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair 164 cid horizontally opposed, air cooled, 6-cylinder engine, with special conversion parts to make it suitable for airplane duty. This is what the airplane will look like when I'm done, although I'll have a different paint scheme:

Follow my progress below!

Monday, November 9, 2015

And finally an actual structure: The Rudder!

So after all the hammering, running the router, bending in the brake, I finally put one of the structures together!

Here is the rudder skeleton clamped together. Starting to look like a piece of an airplane!

Rear skin of the rudder clamped in place:


Full rudder skin clamped in place:


Lots of rivets for such a small piece of the plane...


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