---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 11/12/11: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:29 AM - Re: Nice Present (William Lanman) 2. 06:28 AM - Re: XL upgrade video (Tommy Walker) 3. 08:25 AM - Re: Re: XL upgrade video (Paul Mulwitz) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:29:06 AM PST US From: "William Lanman" Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Nice Present You are wise to not download an inf file. These are "information" files that typically are used by Windows to install drivers and make changes to your registry files. Bill ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:28:32 AM PST US Subject: Zenith-List: Re: XL upgrade video From: "Tommy Walker" I haven't written anything on this list for a couple of years, but I saw the reply by Paul and wanted to offer a suggestion about reaming. I'm building a Kitfox now and there are lots of holes to ream. A suggestion was made to pull the reamer through the hole when reaming instead of trying to push it in a straight path. It worked for me. I have a low speed drill and would thread the reamer through the hole and insert it in the drill and while pulling, I would run the drill. Worked very well. BTW, Paul, glad to hear you have completed the upgrade to your 601. Me, I built two and a half 701s and have moved on to something else. The Kitfox is a beautiful plane, but completely different from the Zenith. Do no archive, Tommy Walker in Alabama N25A reserved N7462M (sold) N8701 (sold) N8701T (sold) -------- Tommy Walker N8701 - Anniston, AL Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=357623#357623 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:25:44 AM PST US From: Paul Mulwitz Subject: Re: Zenith-List: Re: XL upgrade video Hi Tommy, Pulling the reamer does sound like a good idea. Still, step drilling with small increments also produces a very nice hole. Drills naturally go straight and this is really true when taking a small amount of metal from a relatively large hole. I too am glad to have finished building and upgrading my XL. It flies pretty well now, but still has a way to go to finish flight testing. The issue I am working on right now is a lack of yaw stability. It is easy to see when you look at the design that there is nothing making it fly straight except possibly the nose wheel centering mechanism in the lower gear column bearing. This doesn't work well on my plane, and I suspect the same is true on many others. The full flying rudder is nice for control but has no natural "Straight ahead" position like planes with a fixed vertical stabilizer. I am going to try adding strakes next. Paul On 11/12/2011 6:25 AM, Tommy Walker wrote: > --> Zenith-List message posted by: "Tommy Walker" > > I haven't written anything on this list for a couple of years, but I saw the reply by Paul and wanted to offer a suggestion about reaming. > > I'm building a Kitfox now and there are lots of holes to ream. A suggestion was made to pull the reamer through the hole when reaming instead of trying to push it in a straight path. It worked for me. I have a low speed drill and would thread the reamer through the hole and insert it in the drill and while pulling, I would run the drill. Worked very well. > > BTW, Paul, glad to hear you have completed the upgrade to your 601. > > Me, I built two and a half 701s and have moved on to something else. The Kitfox is a beautiful plane, but completely different from the Zenith. > > Do no archive, > > Tommy Walker in Alabama > N25A reserved > N7462M (sold) > N8701 (sold) > N8701T (sold) > > -------- > Tommy Walker > N8701 - Anniston, AL > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=357623#357623 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.