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Eddie's Zodiac XL Project
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Date: 4-17-2010
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Number of Hours: 48.00
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Brief Description: Upgrade Compete after 4 months
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Even though I didn't really start the upgrade until the end of January 2010, its been a long time since I have flown the Zodiac, December 2009 to be exact.
I did all the wing and center spar upgrades at home, but this meant removing those parts and moving them 2 hours down the highway to where I live. The re-installation was done over a period of eight 1 day weekends.
Yesterday for me the major part of the upgade was complete and I went for my first fly. I have one issue to resolve, the airspeed indicator does not work properly, max indicated is 40 knots, everything hanging off the static is fine (ALT, VSI) so I can only guess that I have either a partial blockage or a kink in the pitot line.
Anyway, the plane flies as it did when I pulled it to bits, I managed to correct a heaving left wing during the upgrade, and it now flies strait with no aileron tirm required.
For those of you still building or doing the upgrade, keep going, this is a beautiflully simple aircraft to fly, its a real pleasure to be able to go cruising again......
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