where did you get the com/headset jack plate.I've been trying to find something like that for my build, by the way love your vids, they help me in my build, thx
Did you rivet the BOM mount to the wing or use nuts and bolts? I have a BOM for my Zenith 601 and I’m debating on riveting the mount to a wing rib or cutting an access panel in the wing and mounting it on the panel
Two things come to mind 🤓 1st, it will be difficult to top off , without spilling . 2nd , the effort to flip the can 180 degrees, will eventually create more back issues, as well as the likelyhood of messing up and dropping the full jug on the wing. 😮 After adding 5625 gallons so far to my cruzer ( that is 33,750# or 16.875 tons) I think I can safely comment it is better , and safer to use a 5 gallon "SureCan" With a 2 inch foam wing pad. The sure can you can rest on the pad, put nozzle in tank, squeeze as much full in as you need to top off. Or if there is plenty of room, just put a clamp on handle and relax while it empties.
Actually, when the fuel reach’s full in the plane, the container stops filling. I thought it might be an issue as well. So far, I tip the tank the first 90 degrees and it rest on its side. I just use a soft drawer liner doubled up, but I like your foam idea better. The next 90 degrees I am lifting it up. Already have a fractured vertebra from my younger days… so I am very careful with my back 😀. It doesn’t pour out until the neck (by the filler) is depressed. The weight of the container depresses the neck naturally once in the port. So I am just there for moral support while it’s filling. It fills really fast, too. With that being said.. I am not sure I will ever fill my Cruzer up as much as you have, for the rest of my life 😂
I am always suspicious of the octane rating from gas stations. Ive heard you can get 2-3 gallons of whatever octane was pumped before. Have you ever had any issues?
There are sensors in the tank. In most aircraft, the tank sensors are an approximation, at best. I do have a flow meter which is extremely accurate once calibrated.
I bought a ONEWHEEL , thinking it would be perfect. Two broken ribs and sprained ankle, cracked helmet... sold it. Too dangerous . With my many travels , uber or courtesy cars, seem to have me covered. In my opinion, bring a cool passenger and grab a car . 😎🚙
Very cool! Great color too. Only thought is that you’d want to do the panels from back to front so if there’s any overlap the air can’t grab it and rip it up.
Yes, this is true. However, there is a lip on the leading edge skin which should mostly shield any air from grabbing the aft panel. The reason I did not do this, is because I don’t plan to wrap much of the aft wing. It will be polished with random vinyl splatter designs. Great comment!
Did not land at the airports that day. Just wasn’t feeling it… There are days I go airport hopping, doing T&Gs at each airport, which is fun as well. There is so much traffic around here, practicing approaches and T&Gs, sometimes it is more peaceful to fly high by yourself 😀
The BOM has worked wonderful. I use it in the background on my iPad. One figure sweep from right to left, will open the EFIS screen. The ads-b in info shows up on my iPad, and works great.
I'd worry about it sliding forward and jamming into one of the rudder pedals. Trying to maintain straight-and-uncoordinated while yanking on it would be rough, and you couldn't land until the issue was fixed.
I looked at that, briefly. Not a factor. The camera angles can be deceiving, but the handle bars would hit the instrument panel first… I would never let that be a potential. I worked too hard on the instrument panel 😀.
Please keep the videos going. I'm taking notes. I have an aluminum glider and I want to wrap it too. I am very keen to learn about balancing the ailerons (if you intend to wrap them).
From what I have seen so far, it is looking good underneath. I did a test piece a year and half ago, during the build, and when I pulled it off, it looked just like it did before placing it on. Cleaned really well before installing.
Nice job. Maybe drill the holes first then use a hole finder to exactly locate and drill the top cowling rivet holes on the rear hinge instead of blind drilling with measurements.
Love that borescope. I need one badly with about 20 ICE;s to maintain on this little farm. Cylinder 3 was the only one that as you said had some light scuff on the walls. Some carbon deposits falling from the valve area could have caused it. A compression check on 3 and if you have no smoke and minimal blowby you should be fine assuming the engine runs well.
Very impressive how clear the videos are. I have no expertise in these matters but have to say I’m sure an expert would have no trouble telling you if you’re good or not internally from those pictures.
For comparison. I took a square foot of aluminum sheet, prepped it and weighed it. 7.2 oz. Then I had it painted with 2 coats of PPG primer and 2 coats of PPG single stage epoxy paint and it now weighed 7.5 oz. So "about" .3 oz/sq.ft. for paint.
A quick calculation for the premium vivid works out to .9_oz/_ft^2. The wing area of the Cruzer is 147_Ft^2, results in 8.27_lbs for the wing area, (basically as viewed from the top) so 16.5_lbs for both top and bottom….
Wonder if that would work out to about 30lbs total for the whole plane, after subtracting all the window and door areas. I'd love to see someone paint a 1sqft panel of aluminum, weigh it against a wrapped 1sqft panel.
Doing some searches I’m finding some RV aircraft weighing in anywhere from 25 to 34, even seeing some claims of less…..like 8 to 16 lbs….for comparison, the weight of the paint on a Cessna 172 is in the area of 22_lbs
