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Builder Name:Skip Rhudy   -  
Project:   Zenair - CH 750   -   VIEW REPORTS
Total Hours:551
Total Flight Time:
Total Expense:N/A
Start/Last Date:Sep 17, 2019 - No Finish Date
Engine:Corvair
Propeller:Sensenich W642KL-35GS
 
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Aug 01, 2020     Elevator Riveting - (2.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Riveted the elevator closed. Riveted top and bottom and back center bracket onto elevator. Did a demo video of riveting, but rivet gun was angled badly. So it's a nice video of how to NOT rivet. Decided to drill out, caused hole problems. Was going to do a doubler, but decided not to in the end. A5 seems okay. Would have been better to leave it not seated perfectly. Made note to check this out often during inspections. Will replace if any issue shows up. But it is not a high stress point and nothing will happen if it fails in flight (which it won't). One of 3 minor drilling mistakes on the elevator. And, as usual, it was done in haste not taking enough time to think about what I was doing (that is ALWAYS the root cause of errors so far).


 
Jul 31, 2020     Elevator - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage


 
Jul 29, 2020     Elevator - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Reassembled for final riveting. Fattened WRONG hole of an L angle tab that connects the spar with the port elevator end rib. Simply drilled another rivet hole enough below to work. Painted elevator hinges to inhibit corrosion. Riveted skeleton. Riveted wire to front spar.


 
Jul 27, 2020     Elevator - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage


 
Jul 27, 2020     Elevator - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Place servo into the correct location, set the length of the clevis rod, attach to trim tab, and begin testing and adjustment to get to best travel distance for up and down deflection targeted in the plans. This servo Zenith shipped does not have quite the range specified in the plans though. I'm within 5 degrees up and 8 down. I'll enter exact numbers in a later entry. Run the wire out to the center section of the elevator. Link to test on youtube: https://youtu.be/F_ooA6mKN88



 
Jul 26, 2020     Elevator - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Set up nutplates around access hole. Place and mark. Drill. Rivet (3/32)


 
Jul 25, 2020     Elevator Servo - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Put heat shrink tubing onto servo electrical wire connections. Drilled out access cover plate holes to A5 rivet size (5/32), because the nut plate holes are 8-32 size. Safety wire pliers arrived.


 
Jul 23, 2020     Servo Wiring - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage
Use DMC crimper to crimp D-subminiature connectors onto Ray Allen Servo wires. Note colors / markings for future routing of wires up to cockpit!


 
 
Jul 18, 2020     Elevator Deburring - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Deburring elevator holes. Electrical stuff for Ray Allen Servo wire connecting starting to arrive (after much research).


 
Jul 17, 2020     Elevator       Category: Empennage


 
Jul 15, 2020     Elevator - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Final drilling to A4 for a few remaing holes. Needed angle drill. Disassemble for deburring. Drilled out nose rib for electrical wire grommet. Cylinder hold down clamps fabricated. Received DMC crimper.


 
Jul 09, 2020     Elevator - (2.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
I have finished all the drilling, and built the control arm to the correct length to control my trim tab with the Ray Allen servo. This necessitated figuring out the in and out wiring, and measuring distances on the servo actuator arm to make sure I got it just in the middle for installation. A 9V battery runs in in and out. I recorded the polarity for both on the data sheet. Ready for inspection to make sure I didn't miss something, then disassembly and deburring.


 
Jul 08, 2020     Elevator Servo Placement - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
I've had the most fun with this servo, where I went off and did a fair bit of learning about aircraft wiring: https://corvair750.com/diary/07-02-2020-aircraft-wiring/

Spent some happy time in the shop drilling the holes for the Ray Allen servo used for trim tab control.


 
 
Jun 25, 2020     Elevator Trim Tab Control       Category: Empennage
Drilling and forming the trim tab control arm hole on the trim tab spar. Starting to figure out the Ray Allen control servo.


 
Jun 20, 2020     Elevator - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
More drilling of elevator in tight spots, drilling out to A4 and finished bracket work.


 
Jun 18, 2020     Elevator work - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
I had to order an angle drill because it's just not possible to drill out some holes in the elevator without one. Trying to use a regular drill risked dinging up the spars and skins. So part of the delay of getting the elevator put together was researching tools. In this case the nice angle pneumatic drill. Definitely worked as needed once I got all the bits I needed which I hadn't ordered when I originally ordered the drill ...


 
Jun 14, 2020     Elevator, Trim Tab, and Engine Stand - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Worked on the elevator trim tab, and drilling out holes to A4 and A5 and then put together the engine stand. Coffee kept me up late this night.


 
Jun 02, 2020     Elevator - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage


 
May 25, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
More work on elevator, which is more delicate and complicated than I expected. Ordered a pneumatic angle drill because of tight quarters drilling so I can avoid drilling errors / damage to parts with drills that are too big. Ran into an issue with the CH750 prefab tip ribs not fitting correctly with the trim tab channel ends, which are slightly bent to accommodate fitting inside the tip rib flanges. Aligning the center of the trim tab channel flange properly with the third hole in the tip rib causes the tip rib flange to bulge considerably. So I have a technical question submitted to Zenith about it.


 
May 23, 2020     Elevator - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage


 
May 20, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Setting up elevator hinge pins for drilling, cut one too much based on watching the homebuilthelp video. Had to order replacement as I was unwilling to compromise on strength in this area, though honestly I don't think stress tolerances would have changed much. But I didn't do calculations so .... Pictures show difference between cut and uncut. I didn't like that the A5 holes on the end would be so close to the cut end. Even though it's was within acceptable minimum distances for the material.


 
May 15, 2020     Elevator Work - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage


 
May 09, 2020     Elevator       Category: Empennage


 
Apr 30, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Elevator skeleton construction and some skin placement.


 
Apr 22, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage
Layout of elevator skeleton and begin cleco-ing together.


 
Apr 19, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage
Riveting the top skin onto the stabilizer skeleton. Finished it up!


 
Apr 17, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Reassemble for riveting.


 
Apr 15, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage
Deburring the pieces.


 
Apr 13, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (2.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Drilling skins and clecoing with good straps.


 
Apr 12, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Straps that don't work. Must have ratchet type.


 
Apr 11, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (2 hours)       Category: Empennage
Bottom skin work, drilling.


 
Apr 09, 2020     Horizontal stabilizer - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Working on tip rib angles and skin drilling.


 
Apr 07, 2020     Stabilizer - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage
Tip rib placement


 
Apr 06, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (2.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Stabilizer ribs. Nose and center section.


 
Apr 05, 2020     Horizontal Stabilizer - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Stabilizer front brackets. Stabilizer tip rib mounting front spar L angle. Fun vid here: https://youtu.be/SeWA7AkL2Ds


 
Apr 04, 2020     Stabilizer - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage
Doublers to A4 size, front and rear spar.


 
Apr 01, 2020     Stabilizer Skeleton - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage
Initial work putting together the horizontal stabilizer skeleton. Upper and lower doublers on rear spar.


 
Mar 29, 2020     Stabilizer - (.5 hour)       Category: Empennage


 
Mar 29, 2020     Parts Inventory - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Unpack, inspect, check inventory. All present and accounted for.


 
Feb 29, 2020     Rudder Final Rivet - (3 hours)       Category: Empennage
Final riveting of the rudder after returning from Green Cove Springs where I built the Corvair short block.


 
Feb 16, 2020     Rudder Parts Trimming / Deburring - (2.6 hours)       Category: Empennage
Trim nose skin. Tried to use Homebuilt Help technique of cutting with blade -- I didn't have the right blade. This turned into a PITA because of the excess filing I had to do. When cut with shears, line was straighter in the end and much faster to file. Can't do each hole deburr on skins -- will take too long. Need to give in and do the flat file technique to knock burrs off. Can buff out minor scratches with Scotch-Brite. Still have to deburr skeleton ribs and spar and second side of rear skin.


 
Feb 15, 2020     Rudder Rear Skin / Nose Skin - (3.6 hours)       Category: Empennage
Drill out all holes to final size, in rear skin and nose skin. Separate parts for deburring. Mark up the nose skin for final cutting.


 
Feb 13, 2020     Rudder Rear Skin / Nose Skin - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Put nose skin in place. Drill more holes.


 
Feb 10, 2020     Rudder Rear Skin - (1.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Work on rudder rear skin, placement and drilling out pilot holes and A4 holes.


 
Jan 28, 2020     Rudder work - (2.5 hours)       Category: Empennage
Had a problem with drilling too deep on the rudder bottom spar and was unsure of fit for rudder horn against rudder spar. Conferred with Zenith. Horn fits spar perfectly, decided to replace bottom rib instead of using a doubler.


 
Jan 27, 2020     Rudder Assembly - (2.7 hours)       Category: Empennage
Began drilling rudder spar doublers to spar, marked out locations of ribs.


 
Jan 25, 2020     Rudder - (1 hour)       Category: Empennage
Uncrate Rudder Kit. Inventory all parts.


 
Jan 14, 2020     Rudder - (.5 hour) Category: Empennage
Ordered Rudder Kit
 


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