I had to drill all the holes in the brackets. Only holes that existed were the ones in the landing gear brackets on the fuselage. It was a fairly tedious process but well outlined in the picture guides.
Looks awesome. How does your weight and balance look so far? Did you have to add tail ballast? Lots of O-320 naysayers out there but Roger himself says it’s a go for the STOL CH750. I’m at high altitude and need the power. Otherwise I’d content myself with an O-200 or Corvair.
Haven't put it on any scales yet. I don't have anything else FWF including the cowl and prop so whatever I came up with would probably be too much of a guess to start adding weight. I am planning on using a lithium battery somewhere in the back so that should help out. No plans for paint yet either. We will see how it shakes out later this year. I have spoken to a few guys at OSH with the O-320 and they had nothing but good stuff to say about the engin choice.
Andrew Betances thanks for the comment. I have spent lots of time over the last few years pondering engine choices. I have read lots of positive and negative reviews about all of them. I respectfully disagree that the Viking engine is more reliable than a Lycoming. They are however quite inexpensive. My engine was free to me which was ultimately the deciding factor on the O-320. I have only invested $700 into the mount so I’m still not completely married to it yet.
@@dustybodine5221 faur enough. I am building a 701. I'm a bit limited on engine choice. I just looked up the Mitso, rotax equivalent for Lycoming, and the weight of the IO233 is a no go for my little plane. For now, it's between a $28k rotax, $12k Viking, or I think also $28k UL. I am pretty interested in the Yamaha RX1 but i think it would be too much of a custom job at this point.
@@andrewbetances1203 don’t forget Aeromomentum for your 701. I think they have a little one that wouldn’t be enough for the 750 but might be just right for the 701, and you get a brand new long block and PSRU instead of a salvaged engine for around a similar price. I’m building a 750 and will be following Dusty here by doing a Lycoming myself. aeromomentum.com/am10.html
looks great buddy .... congrats to you
Looking good. I am building the 750 Cruzer on my channel. Love the blue on the steal parts.
We're your wing strut brackets completely drilled also where they mount to the fusaloge were all the holes drilled, mine are not, 750 stol, john
I had to drill all the holes in the brackets. Only holes that existed were the ones in the landing gear brackets on the fuselage. It was a fairly tedious process but well outlined in the picture guides.
@@dustybodine5221 thanks for the reply, I only got blueprints
Looks awesome. How does your weight and balance look so far? Did you have to add tail ballast? Lots of O-320 naysayers out there but Roger himself says it’s a go for the STOL CH750. I’m at high altitude and need the power. Otherwise I’d content myself with an O-200 or Corvair.
Haven't put it on any scales yet. I don't have anything else FWF including the cowl and prop so whatever I came up with would probably be too much of a guess to start adding weight. I am planning on using a lithium battery somewhere in the back so that should help out. No plans for paint yet either. We will see how it shakes out later this year. I have spoken to a few guys at OSH with the O-320 and they had nothing but good stuff to say about the engin choice.
Our EAA chapter is building a STOL 750 and came across a Lycoming O-235 for a reasonable price. Where did you get your engine mount?
Direct from Zenith. They had it in stock and ready to ship.
@@dustybodine5221 can you confirm the O-235 and O-320 use the same mounts? Engine looks great on there.
@@b7gwap Not 100% certain. The factory should be able to answer that one or a local mechanic.
Have you looked at Viking engines? The Honda would be more reliable for such an investment. Inexpensive too.
Andrew Betances thanks for the comment. I have spent lots of time over the last few years pondering engine choices. I have read lots of positive and negative reviews about all of them. I respectfully disagree that the Viking engine is more reliable than a Lycoming. They are however quite inexpensive. My engine was free to me which was ultimately the deciding factor on the O-320. I have only invested $700 into the mount so I’m still not completely married to it yet.
@@dustybodine5221 faur enough. I am building a 701. I'm a bit limited on engine choice. I just looked up the Mitso, rotax equivalent for Lycoming, and the weight of the IO233 is a no go for my little plane. For now, it's between a $28k rotax, $12k Viking, or I think also $28k UL. I am pretty interested in the Yamaha RX1 but i think it would be too much of a custom job at this point.
@@andrewbetances1203 don’t forget Aeromomentum for your 701. I think they have a little one that wouldn’t be enough for the 750 but might be just right for the 701, and you get a brand new long block and PSRU instead of a salvaged engine for around a similar price. I’m building a 750 and will be following Dusty here by doing a Lycoming myself. aeromomentum.com/am10.html
Your gas struts are upside down
Thanks for the tip!