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!

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

More Ribs Formed, a parts order arrives, and miscellaneous angles.

Last night I finished almost the all the remaining ribs needed for the aircraft. Below you can see the horizontal stabilizer right and left tip ribs, and the main wing root nose and rear ribs:


 Last week, I got my shipment from Wag-Aero for the fuel caps, fittings and quick drains for the fuel tanks, which will be welded up from .025" 6061-T6. I just need the finger screens for the tanks from Zenith, and I can start fabricating these. The tanks take special "ribs" that form the ends, and are roughly the shape of the main wing rings. Once the "ribs" are wrapped in an aluminum skin and welded, they fit right between 2 wing ribs at the roots.


 The other night, I also finished a couple fittings in 1/8" angle. The longer strips are the main wing strut fittings that attach to the spars. The smaller fittings are just other odds and ends I needed to make.
 



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