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Steve, if it's any help, I have some pictures of the 650 canopy I installed on my site at http://home.comcast.net/~davegardea/fuselage.html#25

Note that I was able to take it back to the baggage de ...

Fuel lube (EZ Turn) is what I used. I was able to remove the filler necks easily when I did the upgrade to each wing. I also used liberal amounts of fuel lube on top of the fuel senders on the end of ...

Tim, I installed two static ports on either side of the fuselage just below the aft portion of the canopy about in line with the 601XL step. From there it was easy to route both lines to the Dynon ADA ...

Tim, glad to be of help .. but I did not fabricate my pitot mast like Ron did (nice job Ron!) I purchased one from SafeAir1 at http://www.safeair1.com/Pmast_1.htm

Tim,

I installed my Dynon pitot immediately aft of the wing spar just to the outside of rear rib number 5 on the left wing. As Ron mentioned, I believe this is the location recommended by Zenith. ...

Peter,

When you get it apart, I recommend when you reassemble coat the threads with fuel lube (http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/ezturnlube.php) to seal the filler neck. I used this las ...

Larry,

I did the same exact thing .. I had backdrilled the top doubler following the directions from Zenith. I ordered three new parts yesterday: both top doublers and the forward bottom doubler. A ...

Jeff,

Thanks for the tip! I will try your approach.

Dave

Larry,

Struggled this past weekend with the exact same interference from the angle on the existing rear center spar web. I was just on the phone with Caleb at Zenith and after describing the proble ...

Jerry,

So sorry to hear of your mishap and glad you were not injured. I admire your positive attitude in your post above despite being the obvious victim of someone else's poor flying etiquette. My ...

Dave,

Thanks for the heads up on this. Like James, I will be trial fitting the center spar in the fuse and checking the fit before any riveting.

Thanks,

Dave Gardea

Bruce - thanks for making the call to ZAC in the rivet holes thru that forward bottom doubler on the center spar. I unfortunately already backdrilled these so will need to add additional rivet holes t ...

Rich,

I have followed your project for quite a while. I'm very happy to see you were able to hang to your plane thru the job changes. I was sad to see your announcement of selling, but now looking ...

Bryan, thanks for the idea on the double-sided foam tape. I think I have located some on McMaster.com that will fit nicely. Thanks for your help!

When placing .016 or other flashing against the canopy acrylic, what have you all used to seal that gap against the elements? For example, have you used silicone or other sealant from a tube or have y ...

I also intend to install the CH 650 canopy on my 601XL fuselage. Do you have a site with pics on your process thus far? Is that wing root fairing I see riveted on the side of the fuse? If so, I would ...

Please archive Bryan's post .. this is excellent advice

"You've got that backwards. In paragraph 7-166 it says you should start
with three threads showing and you should end with no more tha ...

Hi Guys,

Since I will be finishing my 601XL as a CH 650, at least from the standpoint of adding the new canopy and rudder, I contacted Zenith today to get an idea of what's in the CH 650 canopy kit ...

Hello folks,

I'm at that point where I need to drill through the pre-drilled fuselage forward skins into the upright channels (6B5-6). The rear frame channel is already drilled and clecoed to the f ...

Thanks for your help guys! I will be leaving my canopy kit off the order for now and see what happens at Zenith later on this.

Regards,

Dave Gardea

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