Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Left wing comes off




My friend Rick Lindstrom came by today to help me remove the left wing. First I had to disconnect the aileron cables, pitot & static lines and aileron trim wiring. Then I removed the rivets from the top skin. By my count, there were over 450 rivets on the top skin that needed to be removed.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Starting the Zenith Upgrade




Well, it's official. I've started the factory required Upgrade. I removed the right wing, then removed a few hundred rivets to remove the top skins. After removing the fuel tank, I took this opportunity to clean up a few things from the original build. I removed the pvc pipe that I had installed to run the strobe wires. It was heavy and not needed. I also cleaned up the wiring for the new lcd strobes. Today I drained the fuel from the left wing and removed the nuts from the spar bolts. Tomorrow, with a little help from my friend and fellow 601 builder Rick, we'll removed the left wing.