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[quote="Sabrina"]If your XL winged craft is parked outside, the upgrade could actually degrade the strength of the main spar over time since Zenith has moved back toward main spar AN bolts t ...

The price that you paid at the time was for the parts that were included in the kit at that time. You might argue that you would have chosen another kit-airplane if you knew that the price would be hi ...

Larry,

No reason to get o defensive. Sorry for not signing my name. It;s Hans van Riet. And the way I read the FAA bulletin, it is grounded. It strongly recommends to comply with the mods. And it f ...

http://www.eaa.org/news/2009/2009-11-07_zodiac.asp

http://www.eaa.org/news/2009/2009-11-07_zodiac.asp

[quote="Gig Giacona"]Whoever originally posted it took it off the web forum but because d.goddard felt the need to quote the jpg it is still there.

BTW the fact that Obama is black isn't ...

What are the dates?

I'm really sorry to hear that. I hope that the financial tide will turn for you so you can enjoy retirement soon.

[quote="jonaburns"]I explained that as far as I know, there have been 6 fatal crashes in the past couple of years worldwide, and asked if he knew that the RVs had 8 fatal crashes in 2008 alo ...

LOL. Close Eric.
Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the prices and/or quantities on the web-site's part list are incorrect. However it does include hardware, rivets etc.

Thanks for all your replies. If I add up the parts list for the fuselage kit, the total is about $3,500.00, the kit price is $4,725.00.
So none of the solutions provided solve this mystery. If you do ...

When I enter all parts of a kit as indicated on the builders pages on an order form, the price doesn't add up to the component kit price. What am I missing?

[quote="d.goddard(at)ns.sympatico"]Please don't bring up the money you have spent and are trying to
protect, in light of the loss of life, it's beyond crass.
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I wholeheartedly ...

I agree and the same goes for fast turn-around time.
What, a day, week, month?

Hans

I researched torque wrenches, to no avail. If anybody has tips, it will be appreciated.

Or buy the grommets that are made for this function. They are 6 cents a piece at ACS. ( GP5B BLACK THERMOPLASTIC HALF GROM. )

By the way if you don't hear a click, you should check your installatio ...

I riveted the wing tip of my right wing. I'm almost ready for the EAA counselor to come by and inspect before I close my first wing. What's left is install the control cables (I want to do this before ...

Thanks for all the feedback guys.

Hans

For a change a question about building:

I just watched a video shot during one of the open days in 2008 where Gus demonstrates a walk around. He mentions and shows a FLAP stop (not an aileron stop) ...

I don't want to put any fuel on the flames, and I don't know what the cause of the in-flight break up is. But the people who think that flutter is an innocent problem, and for those who claim on this ...