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I need the connector housing for a King KT-76A transponder tray. There must be a Molex or similar housing that could be used rather than the costly replacement shown here.

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Thanks very much for helping clear this up.

The switches that we've seen fail at riveted joints didn't fail because
of the rivets, per se. They failed because rivets were used to join
grossly dissimilar materials - Bakelite/plastic sandwiche ...

I'm building a Zenith 601XL. The airframe is constructed of mostly 0.025" 6061. The battery will likely be mounted behind the seat and the ground connection will be made to the nearby rear spar c ...

I received my cowling and motor mount for my Corvair powered 601XL-B. I bought them from Aeromax. I liked the shape of the cowling and decided to get this one. It is made from lightweight glass over a ...

Actually the only GM DIS coil failure that I've had only failed one
spark plug! There tends to be enough capacitance in the circuit that
pulling one spark plug lead or open circuiting one side o ...

For fuse size I look at the resistance of the coils. If one coil driver
fails and is continuously ON, then that coil will draw continuous
current. Measure the resistance or put a coil primary acro ...

Electrically dependent engines should run
from a battery bus which is short-coupled
to the battery and gets no upstream 'protection'
See z-figures.
I looked at and try to c ...

I'm working up the wiring scheme for my Corvair aero engine for my Zenith 601XLB. I've studied The AeroElectric Connection book and am incorporating all the great ideas. I think I'll have a good and r ...

I have thought of making female molds from the fairings I have and make CF layups from those. The finished surface would be a lot smoother and they would be lighter weight. I guess blow molds could be ...

I'm fabricating top and bottom fairings for my 601 XL. The airplane isn't finished yet, but from an aerodynamic point, it is evident that the fairings should help quite a bit. It doesn't take a huge a ...

Hi Terry,
I do have a drawing I made just to see if it would work. I Printed out a full size example and cut it out from cardboard. I can't remember if any slight changes were done when I cut it from ...

I wondered the same thing when I saw the aileron bellcrank. I made different ones using a ball bearing for the pivot bearing and bronze bushings for the cable clevis attachments. The bearing and bushi ...

The list looks good for starters with differences being mostly personal preference.

I'd suggest using a 4x rivet gun. The 3x will probably work ok, but the extra punch of the 4x makes setting the # ...

Terry,
Check Jake Reyna's blog on the Zenith.aero forum. Jake has a procedure and pictures of how he handled the placement of the holes in the center spar front flange. Basically, he used the floor d ...

I have a set of adjustable size reamers turned by hand in a tap chuck. I started with slight under size holes and slowly worked my way up to where the spar bolts were a tight push fit. The adjustable ...

I thought that lead could cause corrosion on aluminum?
I don't think lead and aluminum together directly corrode, but contaminants and water could get between the lead and bare aluminum and cause a p ...

Tire shops have used wheel weights that can be melted. It isn't pure lead and has a few % of antimony in it to increase hardness.

I did put an access hole under the aileron balance weights. It is 110mm x 220mm which is large enough for me to remove the weights to install or remove the weights. Also, a good idea to use lead and f ...

Thanks Ron. I don't have the Dynon AOA type. I have the dual combo airspeed pitot and static port setup that came with the kit.