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 Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:37 pm Post subject: Steve Adams'Zenair Zodiac CH640 |
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Hi gang,
I want to congratulate Steve Adams, from Evans, Georgia, for his completion of a beautiful CH640. The Kitplanes Magazine of September mention his successes at page 68.
Congratulation Steve, and I re-offers you a space for a Web page for your project, for sharing more photography with the builders community.
Question to the group: Somebody can tell me how many CH640 have been completed ? I buy plan last september 05 (number 0059). On Frapp Web site (CH640 group) we are currently 5 on North America.
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Christian Tremblay
The guy who build a CH640 from plan
http://www.zodiac640.com/
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steveadams
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| Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Steve Adams'Zenair Zodiac CH640 |
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Thanks. There is about a 10-11 month delay between submission and when you see your completion in the magazine. I have been flying the heck out of the plane, and now have about 235 hours in just over a year. My next milestone will be flying it for more hours than it took me to build. I just finished my first condition inspection and found no problems. My kit was #0052, ordered in May 2004. I think mine was the 3rd owner built 640 to fly. I believe there are 2 others that have since been completed and a number making serious progress toward finishing. The numbers are relatively small, but the 640 is a nice plane. If I was just now looking at buying a kit, I would make the same choice.
Just a few thoughts from the perpective of flying your creation for a while. The process of building is a process of learning, with a series of milestones along the way. Each part you complete and each skill that you learn is a step toward the ultimate milestone; the first flight. We hear a lot about the building process, and of course we celebrate each first flight in anticipation of our own. We hear about the problems encountered after the first flight, and sadly we discuss the accidents that occur. But we rarely hear much more of what happens after that first flight. It also is a learning process every bit as challenging and rewarding as the actual building. The learning curve is steepest during those first few hours as you explore the characteristics of your new plane. To me that first power on full stall was almost as nerve wracking as the first flight, until it just mushed straight over and started flying again. With each characteristic and phase of flight you explore, you gain confidence and respect for the airplane you created. Later you start to refine things as you discover how to best fly the pattern and land, how it handles x-winds and different loadings. In essence you begin to know your airplane in flight every bit as well as you knew every bolt, rivet and wire as you were building. Then as you put in a few hours, your role changes from builder and test pilot to mechanic and aircraft owner, and there is a whole new set of skills to learn and tools to buy. You quickly learn that what was an easy thing to do during the build, turns you into a contortionist when you have to get back in to inspect, change or repair. You discover things that maybe you should have done a little differently, or some other addition that you would like to make to the airplane. I guess what I am saying is that what you started by drilling that first hole in the rudder spar, doesn't end with pulling the last rivet or the first flight. It's a continual challenge and source of enjoyment. Happy building and flying.
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