---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith750-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 12/25/11: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:14 AM - Scratch build =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=93?= Longerons (dcstrng) 2. 09:17 AM - =?UTF-8?Q?Re:__Scratch_buil?= =?UTF-8?Q?d_=C3=A2=82=AC=9C_Longerons? (Larry McFarland) 3. 02:33 PM - Re: Scratch build =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=93?= Longerons (dcstrng) 4. 02:34 PM - Re: Scratch build =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C3=A2=82=AC=9C?= Longerons (dcstrng) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:14:48 AM PST US Subject: Zenith750-List: Scratch build =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=93?= Longerons From: "dcstrng" Please pardon the naivet of a first-timer Using the holidays to pour over my newly arrived I note that the aft-fuselage longerons do not appear to be the garden variety 6061-T6 L-extrusions of some other Zenith designs, but a unique stylistic variant. As attractive as the rounded edges and flush-inset extrusion is, does anyone know of a commonly available alternative? I have nothing against paying the Zenith price as it seems modest enough, but have been around government procurement far too long to be comfortable with sole-source contracting I take the thickness to be nominally 0.050-0.075, but an L that long is far too long to simply gin up in any bending brake I can afford What are the plans/scratch builders doing? -------- -- Larry Virginia, USA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=361641#361641 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 09:17:17 AM PST US From: "Larry McFarland" Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?RE:_Zenith750-List:_Scratch_buil?= =?UTF-8?Q?d_=C3=A2=82=AC=9C_Longerons? Larry, Buy the things you cannot bend or process and make the ones you can. Zenith will work with you as well as anyone would. They are straight up people and they do want you to succeed. Larry McFarland 601HDS (scratch build) at www.macsmachine.com -----Original Message----- From: owner-zenith750-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-zenith750-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of dcstrng Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 9:12 AM Subject: Zenith750-List: Scratch build Longerons Please pardon the naivet of a first-timer Using the holidays to pour over my newly arrived I note that the aft-fuselage longerons do not appear to be the garden variety 6061-T6 L-extrusions of some other Zenith designs, but a unique stylistic variant. As attractive as the rounded edges and flush-inset extrusion is, does anyone know of a commonly available alternative? I have nothing against paying the Zenith price as it seems modest enough, but have been around government procurement far too long to be comfortable with sole-source contracting I take the thickness to be nominally 0.050-0.075, but an L that long is far too long to simply gin up in any bending brake I can afford What are the plans/scratch builders doing? -------- -- Larry Virginia, USA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=361641#361641 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 02:33:22 PM PST US Subject: Zenith750-List: Re: Scratch build =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=93?= Longerons From: "dcstrng" Thanks Larry, thats doubtless what Ill do then am hoping to take their builders workshop in March, since Im planning to be nearby anyway, cuz Im going that way to pick up the makins of my engine (Corvair) and some other parts, I may as well as pick up those unique extrusions By the way, Ive learned a lot on your great website lots of info there many homebuilders books have far less -------- -- Larry Virginia, USA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=361651#361651 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 02:34:07 PM PST US Subject: Re: Zenith750-List: Scratch build =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=C3=A2=82=AC=9C?= Longerons From: "dcstrng" Thanks Larry, thats doubtless what Ill do then am hoping to take their builders workshop in March, so since Ill be nearby anyway, cuz Im going that way to pick up the makins of my engine (Corvair) and some other parts, I may as well as pick up those unique extrusions By the way, Ive learned a lot on your great website lots of info there many homebuilders books have far less -------- -- Larry Virginia, USA Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=361652#361652 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith750-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith750-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/zenith750-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith750-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.