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What are peoples thoughts on painting the galvanized firewall? What paint, surface prep, etc? Let me know. I'm at that point in my build where I need to paint it if its getting painted!

Doug

Could you be a bit more specific as to exactly what is 16mm longer? I'm not quite following this conversation, but since I am soon to put a panel in my fuselage, I'd like to know the options.

Doug

Since your experience with reaming these holes worked out well, can you share some tips with us. My first crack at this didn't go so well. I managed to ovalize the web and am now trying again with a ...

I'm installing the kit as I build the plane, so I'm doing the center spar section first.

I have a really stupid question about reaming the 5/16" wing attach holes. The upgrade kit instructio ...

Andy,

Looks handy. Got any left?

Doug

I just wanted to say thanks to all whom responded to my query. Your answers gave me the info I needed, and caused me to look further to find a suitable trailer.

What I wound up with was a 7'+ widt ...

Can some of you who have already trailered your aircraft (like to the airport for final assembly) give me a clue as to how wide the outermost dimension over the gear is? It would save me a trip out t ...

Looks like a new rev is online at Zenith. See http://www.zenithair.com/news/ntsb-astm-4-09a.html

Doug

After digesting the new package last night, I'm still very confused about exactly which set ...

Looks like a new rev is online at Zenith. See http://www.zenithair.com/news/ntsb-astm-4-09a.html

Doug

This web page shows the closest places. The Eagle Lake operator is fairly close-by.

Doug
Austin, TX

http://www.flysmla.com/clients.htm

Just asking, in all seriousness, because I've lost track; was the Spanish incident explained, or did that turn out not to be a wing fold?

Doug

At the risk of starting another thread on primers (which I don't intend to do), I have a question. Almost everybody primes the internal feying surfaces. It appears though that nobody is priming the ...

I agree wholeheartedly that a file mounted to a small block of wood makes the best deburring tool around for flat pieces of aluminum, BUT that leaves the question of how to handle burrs in areas where ...

I'm in.

Doug

I was actually more interested in the Spanish incident than the Australian. If the Australian, in fact, eventually is attributed to bird strike, thats kind of a non-issue. The Spanish event seems le ...

I've got to throw my $.02 in here:

Every time one of these airplanes goes down with folded wings, the aviation community takes a slightly dimmer view of experimentals in general and Zenith airplane ...

Andy,

Having been there; done that, I can vouch that the sequence you describe is backwards. I found this out by experience! The correct sequence is this:

1. Cut your forming blocks to rough ...

It was a simple question. What are the relative merits of the different prop types - in general terms? Why would someone choose a wood GSC over a Warp Drive? For instance, the wood shatters on impa ...

601XL with a Rotax 912ULS.

I'm more interested in the generic pros/cons of construction type at this point than I am pitch/dia/blades.

Doug

I'm interested in getting input on which type of prop to use. Wood, woodcomp, carbon,....?

What is everyone using, and why?

Doug