---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith701801-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 08/29/09: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:13 AM - Re: Trouble making the nose ribs on the form block (Curt Thompson) 2. 02:42 PM - Zenith 701 Fuel burn (Dan Wilde) 3. 03:22 PM - Re: Zenith 701 Fuel burn (Keith Ashcraft) 4. 09:10 PM - Re: Zenith 701 Fuel burn (Dan Wilde) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:13:10 AM PST US From: "Curt Thompson" Subject: RE: Zenith701801-List: Trouble making the nose ribs on the form block Joe, I'd recommend the "Scratch Building Basics for Metal Aircraft" DVD from HomebuiltHelp.com. It has some pretty good description on doing this and other things. I've attached a picture of the fluting tools I have. Some are home-made - some are purchased. I also had one I made from rods welded to vise-grips but that broke. The two I finally ended up using was the one with the red jaw (broken and needs to be replaced) and the small one at the top (particularly for nose flutes). Curt _____ From: owner-zenith701801-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith701801-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of joe motis Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:16 PM Subject: Re: Zenith701801-List: Fitting wings to fuse I am having a bit of trouble making the nose ribs on the form block. Using the vise grip fluting tool from Spruce but maybe the 3/8 rod tool shown in the prints would work better. Any helpful hints? Joe Motis 750 plans and Pietenpol assistant ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:42:25 PM PST US From: Dan Wilde Subject: Zenith701801-List: Zenith 701 Fuel burn FYI: This is what I found when I reviewed my records of fuel use today. For the last 11 months my Rotax 912S (100HP) has used an average 3.5 gph of premium auto fuel. Most of my flying time has been just local hops with two to three landings/takeoffs per flight. My cruise speed is usually 85-90 mph at 5000 rpms. Todays flight was typical. Because it is supposed to get over 100 degrees today, I took off about 8:30 in the morning from my home grass strip. My field was quite wet due to a recent irrigation so I made a short wet field takeoff. The ground temperature was 70 degrees at the time but once I broke thru the inversion layer it jumped up about 10 degrees to 80 at 1500 MSL. The inversion layer usually makes itself noticed by some very light to moderate turbulence along with the rise in temp. Once above it the air is nice and smooth. My first destination was a local crop dusting strip to see if a friend was going flying. There were no cars there so I did not land but continued on to Turlock Muni for a touch and go. While my landing was great my base to final turn was very sloppy. After departing Turlock, I flew to Gustine and did a full stop landing. My pattern turns were much better here. After Gustine I flew back home for an uneventful landing on my home strip. Tomorrow I will likely repeat the process. For those of you in the building process, keep plugging away. The rewards for flying your own airplane whenever and wherever you like are well worth the time and effort. Dan Wilde N948DW ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:22:55 PM PST US From: Keith Ashcraft Subject: Re: Zenith701801-List: Zenith 701 Fuel burn Dan, Thanks for the report and encouragement!!! Keith CH701 -- scratch (except for 4130 welding) N 38.9940 W 105.1305 Alt. 9,100' ________________________________ From: Dan Wilde Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 3:30:57 PM Subject: Zenith701801-List: Zenith 701 Fuel burn FYI: This is what I found when I reviewed my records of fuel use today. For the last 11 months my Rotax 912S (100HP) has used an average 3.5 gph of premium auto fuel. Most of my flying time has been just local hops with two to three landings/takeoffs per flight. My cruise speed is usually 85-90 mph at 5000 rpms. Todays flight was typical. Because it is supposed to get over 100 degrees today, I took off about 8:30 in the morning from my home grass strip. My field was quite wet due to a recent irrigation so I made a short wet field takeoff. The ground temperature was 70 degrees at the time but once I broke thru the inversion layer it jumped up about 10 degrees to 80 at 1500 MSL. The inversion layer usually makes itself noticed by some very light to moderate turbulence along with the rise in temp. Once above it the air is nice and smooth. My first destination was a local crop dusting strip to see if a friend was going flying. There were no cars there so I did not land but continued on to Turlock Muni for a touch and go. While my landing was great my base to final turn was very sloppy. After departing Turlock, I flew to Gustine and did a full stop landing. My pattern turns were much better here. After Gustine I flew back home for an uneventful landing on my home strip. Tomorrow I will likely repeat the process. For those of you in the building process, keep plugging away. The rewards for flying your own airplane whenever and wherever you like are well worth the time and effort. Dan Wilde N948DW ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:10:41 PM PST US From: Dan Wilde Subject: Re: Zenith701801-List: Zenith 701 Fuel burn Keith Ashcraft wrote: > Dan, Thanks for the report and encouragement!!! > > Keith > CH701 -- scratch (except for 4130 welding) > N 38.9940 > W 105.1305 > Alt. 9,100' > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ** Keith: Are you going to put a Rotax 914 in your plane? Google Earth shows you to be smack dab in the middle of nowhere! 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