---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 10/17/08: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:30 AM - Re: A Difficult Landing and After Thoughts (eightyknots) 2. 12:58 PM - Canopy Safety (jaybannist@cs.com) 3. 01:53 PM - Re: Canopy Safety (wade jones) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:30:53 AM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: Re: A Difficult Landing and After Thoughts From: "eightyknots" Hi George, I'm thankful to God that you not only survived this incident but survived pretty well intact ...from the sound of it. There is a New Zealand guy in the north who has written a useful article about the CH-701. It is at http://www.acomodata.com/zenair701/index.htm . He is a retired Boeing captain from Air New Zealand. Among other things he writes: " The lack of inertia is most likely to catch you out in landings. Whereas in your Cessna you can chop the power at 50 or so and continue on to land in fine style, in the 701 the speed will bleed amazingly quickly. This is particularly pronounced when approaching with full flap, (30 deg.) Early power reduction and speed decay can result in loss of elevator authority. Until you have got it taped I recommend keeping power on until the mainwheels touch." And also "Operating a short strip with the throttle closed and speed bleeding near the ground I have a little rule. If I lose elevator control above 10 feet above the ground I correct it with addition of appropriate power. If the elevator control loss occurs below 10 feet above the ground I just accept it, the nose drops, all 3 wheels hit simultaneously but not too hard. I run the tundra tyres quite flat, (8 psi) to give more cushioning." This may help a little in explaining things. I'm at the beginning end (contemplating which STOL plane to construct) with the 701 high on the list. Therefore, I was very interested in your experience as well as your comments about the structural integrity of the 701. I wonder how well other planes (e.g. the Valor or Savannah) would have survived a similar impact? I hope you'll re-think your self-imposed flying ban. Don't they say that when you fall off a horse the best thing to do is to get straight back on? Best wishes, Hank -------- Hank I am looking for a STOL plane to build, starting in 2009. Will it be an ICP Savannah, a Zenith CH-701, an Aeroprakt Foxbat/A22/Valor, etc ... ? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 9139#209139 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:58:35 PM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: Canopy Safety From: jaybannist@cs.com As you may know, the canopy of the AMD 601XLi I was flying came open; flew up to about 50 degrees and the airplane became uncontrollable. As soon as I had recovered enough to get around, the very first thing I did was to install a safety cable to the canopy of my airplane, Lil Bruiser. I have attached drawing of what I installed.? I made the cable just long enough, when pinned, that the canopy can be open a little for taxi on hot days. I am probably going to add a removable nylon strap that will be long enough to help pull the canopy down when seated.? Let me know if you have any questions. Jay in Dallas ________________________________________________________________________ Email message sent from CompuServe - visit us today at http://www.cs.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:53:35 PM PST US From: "wade jones" Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Canopy Safety Hello Jay , looks great .I was planning on doing the same to my 601XL .With your drawings it will save me the time of designing one ,I will go the same as you did . Thanks for sharing. Wade Jones South Texas 601XL Franklin 0-235 ----- Original Message ----- From: jaybannist@cs.com To: zenith-list@matronics.com ; zenith601-list@matronics.com Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 2:57 PM Subject: Zenith-List: Canopy Safety As you may know, the canopy of the AMD 601XLi I was flying came open; flew up to about 50 degrees and the airplane became uncontrollable. As soon as I had recovered enough to get around, the very first thing I did was to install a safety cable to the canopy of my airplane, Lil Bruiser. I have attached drawing of what I installed. I made the cable just long enough, when pinned, that the canopy can be open a little for taxi on hot days. I am probably going to add a removable nylon strap that will be long enough to help pull the canopy down when seated. Let me know if you have any questions. 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