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 Topic: Is Your CH601XL/650 a 1320 lb Airplane or a 1041 lb Airplane |
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| Al Hays Replies: 11 Views: 7808 |
 Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:53 am Subject: Is Your CH601XL/650 a 1320 lb Airplane or a 1041 lb Airplane |
| Sabrina,
I absolutely agree that it would seem pretty easy. However, I am only speaking up here in response because I fear someone may attempt exactly that simple "spring loaded set of ... |
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| Topic: How good is your eyeball? |
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| Al Hays Replies: 6 Views: 3077 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:41 am Subject: How good is your eyeball? |
| Only got 4.20 so guess I'll be corkscrewing thru the sky. Bummer.
Al Do Not Archive On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:45 AM, Terry Phillips wrote: Folks We all drill lots of holes and cut lots of ... |
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| Topic: Fuel Lines and Fuel Pump |
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| Al Hays Replies: 47 Views: 23356 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 7:42 am Subject: Fuel Lines and Fuel Pump |
| I'll be replacing the kit supplied rubber fuel lines which the previous builder put in the wings. I plan to use stainless steel tubing which is sold in coils for brake and fuel lines with AN hardware ... | |
| Topic: Winter Hanger "Warm Box" |
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| Al Hays Replies: 12 Views: 7843 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 4:17 am Subject: Winter Hanger "Warm Box" |
| Dave,
You might want to incorporate a little device called a Thermo Cube which looks like a regular multiple outlet adapter but has a thermostat in it which turns on at about 35 degree and of ... |
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| Topic: Corvair College in November |
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| Al Hays Replies: 0 Views: 1466 |
Forum: Zenith601-List Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:21 am Subject: Corvair College in November |
| Listers,
William Wynne asked on his post to the CorvAircraft list, that a link be posted to this announcement. It should interest anyone considering Corvair power for their project, especially ... |
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| Topic: [Probable Spam] Ch-750 versus Ch-701 |
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| Al Hays Replies: 12 Views: 8149 |
Forum: Zenith701801-List Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:13 pm Subject: [Probable Spam] Ch-750 versus Ch-701 |
| Guys,
This "Flicka" person seems to be an Internet Troll. It does us no good to continue trying to help or answer its questions. Please don't feed the troll. And please - Do Not ... |
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| Topic: Answers for Flicka from Mark Townsend |
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| Al Hays Replies: 7 Views: 4605 |
Forum: Zenith701801-List Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:06 pm Subject: Answers for Flicka from Mark Townsend |
| "Flicka",
It would be very much appreciated if you would go to http:// www.matronics.com/subscription/ and have yourself unsubscribed from this list. Thank you. Al Hays N701 ... |
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| Topic: Sight gage |
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| Al Hays Replies: 19 Views: 4958 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:46 pm Subject: Sight gage |
| Bill,
It seems to me that your sight gage will work only while the engine is not running if you tee into the line feeding the tank from the pump as shown in your sketch. However, I have to wonder ... |
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| Topic: Control Surface Flutter |
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| Al Hays Replies: 6 Views: 2782 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 2:53 pm Subject: Control Surface Flutter |
| Without conjecturing on whether it would work regarding flutter, I
would be very concerned about that much added weight causing metal fatigue in the pushrod tube, especially the threaded portion ... |
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| Topic: Historical uses of the "F" Word per Amelia Earhart |
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| Al Hays Replies: 3 Views: 1588 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 5:42 am Subject: Historical uses of the "F" Word per Amelia Earhart |
| Juan,
I have to tell you that I, and probably many others, share the opinion expressed by Mr. Hursh. I refrained from making comment when first seeing your post, wondering if the rest of us would ... |
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| Topic: Fuels |
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| Al Hays Replies: 10 Views: 4745 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:25 pm Subject: Fuels |
| Juan,
While you might be able to do that, I'm pretty sure you would wind up an unacceptably low octane in the remaining fuel without the ethanol. I've been using STA-BILŪ gasoline stabilizer ... |
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| Topic: do not assume |
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| Al Hays Replies: 9 Views: 4721 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:04 am Subject: do not assume |
| Carlos,
As an alternative to the excellent 3-4-5 triangle measurement Keith suggests, I use a drywall square. It's like a 4 foot version of the thing I've seen used at drafting tables before ... |
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| Topic: Was it such a good idea to split the lists? |
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| Al Hays Replies: 14 Views: 7672 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 4:24 am Subject: Was it such a good idea to split the lists? |
| Bob,
Try looking on http://www.matronics.com/subscribe/ for Zenith701801. I don't like having the Zenith family of airplanes split up and moved to separate addresses. I frequently get se ... |
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| Topic: 601 crash in Australia |
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| Al Hays Replies: 3 Views: 2923 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:44 am Subject: 601 crash in Australia |
| This post implies that the accident happened in recent days but does
not give any clue as to when it actually happened. I did an internet search and found nothing. Please let us know in what m ... |
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| Topic: Gauging Material thickness |
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| Al Hays Replies: 12 Views: 8038 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:53 am Subject: Gauging Material thickness |
| After first posting the question I had to make a trip into town
before seeing any responses. Stopped at an Ace hardware coming back and picked up a cheap 6" dial caliper. It apparently w ... |
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| Topic: Gauging Material thickness |
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| Al Hays Replies: 12 Views: 8038 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 4:26 am Subject: Gauging Material thickness |
| Listers,
Any recommendations for the best tool for measuring the thickness of sheet aluminum? Inexpensive is preferred if accuracy is reasonably good. I don't trust my old eyes to tell the ... |
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| Topic: CH-750 |
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| Al Hays Replies: 18 Views: 20761 |
Forum: Zenith701801-List Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 10:53 am Subject: CH-750 |
| When I was up to the rudder workshop in May '07, I saw an O-200 on
what looked at first glance like a 701 fuselage but just a little bigger. Someone told me it was a CH750. Al Hays, N701GH re ... |
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| Topic: Angle for Useable Fuel and Flow Check (?) |
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| Al Hays Replies: 8 Views: 9441 |
Forum: Zenith601-List Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:53 pm Subject: Angle for Useable Fuel and Flow Check (?) |
| Would it be necessary to actually run the engine in performing this
ground test for fuel flow? It would be much safer to divert the fuel line into a suitable container and check for fuel flow a ... |
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| Topic: Damper? |
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| Al Hays Replies: 12 Views: 5904 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 8:32 am Subject: Damper? |
| Do not archive.
Several aspects of that to consider. 1. It would make more resistance and therefore more force to be carried by the cables and probably more frequent adjustment due to wear. 2. A ... |
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| Topic: Damper? |
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| Al Hays Replies: 12 Views: 5904 |
Forum: Zenith-List Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:40 am Subject: Damper? |
| Tony,
I remember being invited to test ride one of those in while stationed in Japan when they were new on the market. My first and only unintentional wheelie from the wicked power curve. ... |
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