---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 12/19/10: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 09:29 AM - Chat Reminder (George Race) 2. 03:01 PM - Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (CYROPA38) 3. 03:27 PM - Re: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (davcoberly@wmconnect.com) 4. 03:51 PM - Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (CYROPA38) 5. 04:41 PM - Re: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (Jeff) 6. 05:17 PM - Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (CYROPA38) 7. 07:26 PM - Re: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (Carlos Sa) 8. 07:47 PM - Re: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (Don Honabach) 9. 09:09 PM - Re: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (Carlos Sa) 10. 09:51 PM - Re: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers (Don Honabach) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 09:29:23 AM PST US From: "George Race" Subject: Zenith601-List: Chat Reminder Live Chat Room every Monday evening around 8:00 EDT http://www.mykitairplane.com Click on the Chat Room link at the top of the page. George ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:01:43 PM PST US Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers From: "CYROPA38" Looking for some advice / opinions / comments, and suggestions. Im currently scratch building a 601XLb. Im at the stage where I need to make a decision whether to build the wing lockers or not. For those of you that already have wing lockers in your 601s, Im curious as to whether they are working as planned. Are they useful? Do you use them on regular bases? Are they acquired awkward to get into? Are there any issues with items inside getting wet? Any In-flight problems? Etc. Thanks in advance. -------- Dwayne W. Price Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=323852#323852 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:27:17 PM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers From: davcoberly@wmconnect.com Dwayne, They were somewhat of a pain to install but I'm glad I did but you need to add extra fasteners around the lid and extra L angles under the lid for support to keep the lid from raising during flight also things will get wet so you will have to put things you don't want to get wet in water tight storage such as zip lock bags. David Coberly 601XLB / Corvair -----Original Message----- From: CYROPA38 Sent: Sun, Dec 19, 2010 4:57 pm Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers Looking for some advice / opinions / comments, and suggestions. Im currently scratch building a 601XLb. Im at the stage where I need to make a decision whether to build the wing lockers or not. For those of you that already have wing lockers in your 601s, Im curious as to whether they are working as planned. Are they useful? Do you use them on regular bases? Are they acquired awkward to get into? Are there any issues with items inside getting wet? Any In-flight problems? Etc. Thanks in advance. -------- Dwayne W. Price Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=323852#323852 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 03:51:46 PM PST US Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers From: "CYROPA38" David, thanks for the advice. Our EAA 245 president gave me very similar advice this morning. He has an older 601HD, but the same issues were raised, wet, extra L angles and fasteners. I wish there was a better or different way to fasten them closed. Perhaps something that doesnt require a screwdriver. I guess the other option is to not use them frequently, or carry items you seldom need access to, i.e. survival gear.I have some thinking to do. -------- Dwayne W. Price Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=323860#323860 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:41:21 PM PST US From: "Jeff " Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers A dime works well to open the Dzus fasteners. Jeff D -----Original Message----- From: owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of CYROPA38 Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 6:47 PM Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers David, thanks for the advice. Our EAA 245 president gave me very similar advice this morning. He has an older 601HD, but the same issues were raised, wet, extra L angles and fasteners. I wish there was a better or different way to fasten them closed. Perhaps something that doesnt require a screwdriver. I guess the other option is to not use them frequently, or carry items you seldom need access to, i.e. survival gear.I have some thinking to do. Do not archive -------- Dwayne W. Price Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=323860#323860 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:17:07 PM PST US Subject: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers From: "CYROPA38" Thanks Jeff. Is anybody using anything other than Dzus fasteners? -------- Dwayne W. Price Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=323869#323869 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 07:26:58 PM PST US From: Carlos Sa Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers Yup. I used these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evD30x62UwU Carlos CH601-HD, plans On 19 December 2010 20:09, CYROPA38 wrote: > > Thanks Jeff. Is anybody using anything other than Dzus fasteners? > > -------- > Dwayne W. Price > ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 07:47:21 PM PST US From: Don Honabach Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers Those are cool! Do you have a source for the latches? Don From: owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith601-lis t-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Sa Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 8:14 PM Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers Yup. I used these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evD30x62UwU Carlos CH601-HD, plans On 19 December 2010 20:09, CYROPA38 > wrote: :pricedl@rogers.com>> Thanks Jeff. Is anybody using anything other than Dzus fasteners? -------- Dwayne W. Price rsbooks.com> m> ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 09:09:46 PM PST US From: Carlos Sa Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers They are cool indeed, but obscenely expensive. AS&S has them in their catalog for $121 http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/ap/latches.html The trick is to find "new surplus", which I did manage to do. Airparts Inc has them for $20, but they are for the wrong material thickness. You need to learn the anatomy of these gadgets: they must fit the material you are working with; also the version that has a travel limited to 90 deg. is better, or it will hit the material around it and make a dent. http://www.airpartsinc.com/products/flush-latch-hartwell.htm There is also a version with a round button, which is much easier to install, but I never found them for a reasonable price. This site has them for $48. Five or 7 per door... do the math... https://www.circletracksupply.com/product.php?productid 26 I believe I posted some information on the list a while back. If you can't find it, send me a note and I'll gather the info for you (I'm about to crash, it's almost midnight here in Montreal). Cheers Carlos On 19 December 2010 22:38, Don Honabach wrote: > Those are cool! > > > Do you have a source for the latches? > > > Don > > ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 09:51:27 PM PST US From: Don Honabach Subject: RE: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers Thanks Carlos! Don From: owner-zenith601-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith601-lis t-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Carlos Sa Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2010 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Zenith601-List: Re: 601-650 Upgrade Kit W/Wing Lockers They are cool indeed, but obscenely expensive. AS&S has them in their catalog for $121 http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/ap/latches.html The trick is to find "new surplus", which I did manage to do. Airparts Inc has them for $20, but they are for the wrong material thicknes s. You need to learn the anatomy of these gadgets: they must fit the material you are working with; also the version that has a travel limited to 90 deg. is better, or it will hit the material around it and make a dent. http://www.airpartsinc.com/products/flush-latch-hartwell.htm There is also a version with a round button, which is much easier to instal l, but I never found them for a reasonable price. This site has them for $48. Five or 7 per door... do the math... https://www.circletracksupply.com/product.php?productid 26 I believe I posted some information on the list a while back. If you can't find it, send me a note and I'll gather the info for you (I'm about to crash, it's almost midnight here in Montreal). Cheers Carlos On 19 December 2010 22:38, Don Honabach > wrote: Those are cool! Do you have a source for the latches? Don rsbooks.com> m> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-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/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-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.