Category: Flaperons

Attaching flaperons to the wings

There will be a blog post about this later but last weekend Teri and I visited Wayne and his wife in Osoyoos, Canada to see his 750 build and to enjoy their hospitality and the great scenery in the area.…

Flaperon Controls (3.5 hr)

I’ve been in a funk recently with the build, quite discouraged by the lack of information on how to finish the plane, or even in what order to do things. Trivial matters like antennas, where to put transponder boxes and…

Day 61: Complete Flaperons Repairs (2 hr)

During the week, a new box arrived from Zenith: This box contained my replacement nose skins for the horizontal tail: And some 3-way LED lights for the wing tips. These lights can do the strobes, the nav lights, and position…

Day 60: Flaperon Repair Prep (35m)

Some of you might remember (yeah, who am I kidding about that) I made a mistake in a flaperon by measuring the control horn placement from the wrong point. I’ve had the replacement horn and rib for some time now…