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It's got a similar thing mounted up front already, one just needs to get low enough....:laughing:
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It's got a similar thing mounted up front already, one just needs to get low enough....:laughing:
grsthegreat
Super Star Member
There was a simple lever that you could pull to bypass the wheel extension... used while practicing stalls, etc.
The turbo arrow IV was a transition plane between the fixed gear and the retractables in the 80's. They installed this system cause the fixed guys kept forgetting to lower the gear hehe:laughing:.
I have a friend thats building an RV8 in his shop right now. Even building it himself hes going to spend a fortune. Id be lost in a modern flat glass panel aircraft... give me the old 6 pack dials. Too much info and not enough looking out the window.
mjw357
Platinum Member
I'm with you on that. Brain overload.
Redneck in training
Elite Member
Redneck in training
Elite Member
You don't need to. Just fly low enough.
KYDan
Platinum Member
You don't have to buy new airplane or you can build it by yourself. I see Zenair 701 in your avatar. I want to build 750 but my wife is trying to talk me out of it and build a kit car instead. I have the runway on my property and the hanger built in my house. No, wait it is the other way around. I have a house built into the hanger.[/QUOTE]
Yes, I finished the 701 in November 2004, and now have 520 hours on it. I orignally built a 500' strip for my trike (flexwing) and it was a little short for that. I had a Pegasus Quantum that was fairly fast for a trike and 500' is OK unless there is a crosswind and at my place there usually is a quartering tailwind on 33 (one way strip, land north/takeoff south). Anyway I started expanding it as time and money permitted. I custom designed and built my 701 to be pretty (a relative term as a 701 is sort of like a pekingnese, only its master thinks it's pretty?). The runway is now 750' X100 and growing. My new tractor, Kubota MX5100 HST 4WD with LA844 Loader, HD roundback bucket, toothbar is quickly adding to the length of the runway. I can extend it about another 200' so it will be pretty close to 1,000' when done. I have an EZ Dumper trailer that I use to haul dirt from my dirt mine for the runway. I am cleaning out an old pond when it is dry enough and composting the muck for the topsoil. When this is all done I hope to build a Sea Rey amphibian if I am able and the dollar doesn't totally collapse. I think I can get it in and out of a 1,000' strip. If I had the $$ I would build a large dam below and beside the ridge that the runway is on and have a water strip as well. Big plans to keep me busy following retirement. Even if none of it gets done I am enjoying myself and keeping busy. That said, the runway project and the farm in general are greatly cutting into my flying time. BTW I have the Rotax 912S engine (100hp) and I cruise about 100-105 this time of year and 90-95 in the summer and burn about 4.2-4.5 gph at cruise. My best short field landing was 30' with my wife on board. Best take-off roll 90' solo.
Yes, I finished the 701 in November 2004, and now have 520 hours on it. I orignally built a 500' strip for my trike (flexwing) and it was a little short for that. I had a Pegasus Quantum that was fairly fast for a trike and 500' is OK unless there is a crosswind and at my place there usually is a quartering tailwind on 33 (one way strip, land north/takeoff south). Anyway I started expanding it as time and money permitted. I custom designed and built my 701 to be pretty (a relative term as a 701 is sort of like a pekingnese, only its master thinks it's pretty?). The runway is now 750' X100 and growing. My new tractor, Kubota MX5100 HST 4WD with LA844 Loader, HD roundback bucket, toothbar is quickly adding to the length of the runway. I can extend it about another 200' so it will be pretty close to 1,000' when done. I have an EZ Dumper trailer that I use to haul dirt from my dirt mine for the runway. I am cleaning out an old pond when it is dry enough and composting the muck for the topsoil. When this is all done I hope to build a Sea Rey amphibian if I am able and the dollar doesn't totally collapse. I think I can get it in and out of a 1,000' strip. If I had the $$ I would build a large dam below and beside the ridge that the runway is on and have a water strip as well. Big plans to keep me busy following retirement. Even if none of it gets done I am enjoying myself and keeping busy. That said, the runway project and the farm in general are greatly cutting into my flying time. BTW I have the Rotax 912S engine (100hp) and I cruise about 100-105 this time of year and 90-95 in the summer and burn about 4.2-4.5 gph at cruise. My best short field landing was 30' with my wife on board. Best take-off roll 90' solo.
Redneck in training
Elite Member
Yes, I finished the 701 in November 2004, and now have 520 hours on it. I orignally built a 500' strip for my trike (flexwing) and it was a little short for that. I had a Pegasus Quantum that was fairly fast for a trike and 500' is OK unless there is a crosswind and at my place there usually is a quartering tailwind on 33 (one way strip, land north/takeoff south). Anyway I started expanding it as time and money permitted. I custom designed and built my 701 to be pretty (a relative term as a 701 is sort of like a pekingnese, only its master thinks it's pretty?). The runway is now 750' X100 and growing. My new tractor, Kubota MX5100 HST 4WD with LA844 Loader, HD roundback bucket, toothbar is quickly adding to the length of the runway. I can extend it about another 200' so it will be pretty close to 1,000' when done. I have an EZ Dumper trailer that I use to haul dirt from my dirt mine for the runway. I am cleaning out an old pond when it is dry enough and composting the muck for the topsoil. When this is all done I hope to build a Sea Rey amphibian if I am able and the dollar doesn't totally collapse. I think I can get it in and out of a 1,000' strip. If I had the $$ I would build a large dam below and beside the ridge that the runway is on and have a water strip as well. Big plans to keep me busy following retirement. Even if none of it gets done I am enjoying myself and keeping busy. That said, the runway project and the farm in general are greatly cutting into my flying time. BTW I have the Rotax 912S engine (100hp) and I cruise about 100-105 this time of year and 90-95 in the summer and burn about 4.2-4.5 gph at cruise. My best short field landing was 30' with my wife on board. Best take-off roll 90' solo.[/QUOTE]
You got me motivated again. I think I will build the airplane after all. I can build about 1200 ft runway with only minimum work. Just smooth the ground. Adding another 600-700 ft will require removing few trees and some bulldozer work.
How much money you put in your airplane? Is 35 000 realistic figure for 750? I am thinking about Corvair engine.
KYDan
Platinum Member
I really don't know as I don't know how much the kit components are for the 750. 6 years ago you could build the 701 with a Wynn's Covair conversion for that. However, everything airplane has increased exponentially since then. Have you priced the kit, or are you planning a scratch build project? There is a father son project on a neighboring farm building a 750. I have helped them minimally, they are using the Jabiru 120hp for the powerplant. I really don't enjoy the build process as it is extremely tedious for me and not fun. But, I get the plane I want and it is a whole lot less expensive to build it yourself, particularly the maintenance and modifications. I have a good bit more than that in my 701, but as I said it is a modified design with a lot of custom parts, most of which I had machined or molded to suit me, hence the enhanced cruise speed. It decreased my short field capabilities somewhat, but I can still short field fly with the best of them. I also have 24 gallons of useable fuel capacity which added some weight. I used steam gauges in the panel as I like them better and that saved some money, but I do have a Garmin mode C transponder and a Bendix-King radio with intercom. If you build I suggest the Grove landing gear rather than the Zenith, it is far superior, but costs 3 times as much, well worth it though. 7075-T6 heat annealed. The Zenith is 6061-T6 cold rolled. Do you already have a shear and brake press?
Redneck in training
Elite Member
The kit sans the engine and avionics is about 20k now. It is CNC predrilled so it should speed the building time. I am in process building a shop. The building is up. I just need to buy few machines such as lathe, milling machine, CNC plasma cutter etc.
