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!
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!
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Wing Spar Webs
Well, they don't look like much, but they are the backbone of the wings. Every structure in the airplane hangs on the wings, literally. The wings bolt to the cabin. The wing spars support the wing structures, and the wing structures hold the plane in the air. I was nervous about cutting these because they have to be perfect. Well, I'm happy to report that I've cut them perfectly, to well within the 1/2-mm tolerance specified by the blueprints. Lots of construction left to go before they are complete spars, but this was the hard part. Each 4'x12' piece of .032"-thick aluminum is $200. Make a mistake on these babies, which are nearly 12' long, and you're flusing real cash down the toilet.
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