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congrats. I just flew mine also. A good week for Zodie Smiles!

Cheers

Matt
www.zodiacxl.com

Had a great first flight. Trimmed out very nicely. All temps and instrument readings stayed in limits. Boy that Jabiru is really nice. Hard to get the grin off my face. The 3.5 years just flew by. Can ...

Had a great first flight. Trimmed out very nicely. All temps and instrument readings stayed in limits. Boy that Jabiru is really nice. Hard to get the grin off my face. The 3.5 years just flew b ...

I ended up building my own and then taking it to a local auto upholstery shop. I am real happy with the resluts. Check it out on my site

http://www.zodiacxl.com/Seats.htm

Matt
www.zodiacxl.co ...

I had trouble with the forward seals on the canopy. Just could not get the
ones in the kit to work to my satisfaction. I looked at Spruce and Wicks
for something better. I ended up a Lowes. Ye ...

Fantastic Scott. Best of luck with the rest of your flight test program.

I can't wait to join you. I hope to be there in a couple of months.

Cheers

Matt
[url=http://www.zodiacx ...

Check out what Bill Sewell did to bleed his brakes. This looks very simple and is what I am planning to use

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I used a 12 volt computer fan. I got it off of EBay. It works fine.
Doesn't pull a lot of air. But it does get some movement. Which should
help

http://www.zodiacxl.com/Top%20Skin%20Assy.htm ...

Actually with the access panel up top. It isn't that bad to change or remove the filter. I considered putting it in the engine compartment but was concerned about heating. With out the removabl ...

I had similar concerns about raising the location of the fuel selector. I moved it down to keep it as low as possible. I wanted to make sure that there is a pressure head on the fuel selector. I ...

Hello all,
I am getting close to submitting my paper work to the FAA and thought I would throw this out.

Has any one registered their home built as an LLC. I have some friends that have ...

I was not happy with my original location also. I ended up moving it and
putting in a stiffener. You can check it out here.

http://www.zodiacxl.com/Top%20Skin.htm

Good luck

Matt
www.zo ...

I ended up riveting the extinguisher bracket to the spar. I had to drill
some new holes in it but it worked fine.

Good Luck

Matt
www.zodiacxl.com

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I have had great service from Jabiru. I have called them on numerous
occasions and they have been very helpful. I will say the firewall forward
kit is OK but not the same level of quality that t ...

I put hatches in the forward top skin. This has really been valuable to get
at stuff and seems to work well. I was a little concerned about the canopy
interference but now that the canopy is on ...

Congratulations Bill, I have been following your progress on your website and it has really helped when I run into problems.

Great News.

Keep Safe

Matt Archer
[url=http://www.z ...

I used a modified Z-16 from Aeroelectric.

http://www.zodiacxl.com/Electrical.html

I spent a lot of time researching and The Aeroelectric book is a valuable
resource.

Good Luck

Matt
www. ...

I used Stewart Systems water based paint. It takes a little getting used
to. But I really like it. This stuff is very durable and very safe. I
tried it on the interior to get the feel of it. ...

That is from my web site.

http://www.zodiacxl.com/Brake%20and%20Fuel%20system.htm

I wasn't happy with the location up on the panel. So I moved it low to keep
a pressure head on the valve. It ...