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	   Topic: Head Stud Pulled out of Case | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: CorvairEngines-List   Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:40 am   Subject: Head Stud Pulled out of Case | 
  
  
	| After using Arp lube and using the Finch method for torquing the Head Studs, one of the studs simply came out of the case at about 17 ft-lbs, dragging the threads of the case with it. It looked like a ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: Zenith-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 04/02/16 | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:33 am   Subject: Zenith-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 04/02/16 | 
  
  
	Hi Paul. I guess since the "B" mod there haven't been any issues as well as the fact that most new builders are going with the 650.
 
 Scott Thatcher
 
 
 
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	   Topic: Tale of two Carbs | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: CorvairEngines-List   Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2014 7:50 am   Subject: Tale of two Carbs | 
  
  
	Thanks for the data points Ron. My CHTs run 280-325 (one side versus the other). OT is 220 and EGTs run 1350-1400 lean at 3000 rpm.
 
 Scott Thatcher
 601XLB 120 hours
 
 
 
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	   Topic: back in the air | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:46 am   Subject: Re: back in the air | 
  
  
	| Congratulations Sabrina.  BTW, what car is that on the right? Also, are you now in the PhD program at Harvard? You're moving way too fast for the rest of us! | 
  
  
	   Topic: Man thrown from 601XL | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 10:40 am   Subject: Man thrown from 601XL | 
  
  
	This news story from AP...
 
 CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Authorities in southeastern Tennessee are searching for a man who was thrown from an experimental aircraft while he was learning to fly from an  ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: An easy to miss step in your 601B upgrade!! | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith601-List   Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:07 am   Subject: Re: An easy to miss step in your 601B upgrade!! | 
  
  
	I picked up on the doubling of the rivets during the upgrade but thanks anyway for posting it.  You never know...
 
 I found a step on print number 6-zu-3 thats not in the Upgrades photo assembly guid ... | 
  
  
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	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 3:02 am   Subject: Re: Happy Thanksgiving | 
  
  
	  Great News Sabrina!  I always look forward to your new adventures in Engineering.  Be sure to let us know how it's going at Cern.
 
 A great day today--I was offered and accepted a summer 2012 inte ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: Zenith601-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 07/19/11 | 
  
  
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	 Forum: Zenith601-List   Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:27 am   Subject: Zenith601-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 07/19/11 | 
  
  
	After 6 years plus, I can't believe you're giving up!  Harley's can only 
 jump a few inches off the ground.
 
 Actually really sorry to hear that you are selling the plane.  I remember 
 all the work ... | 
  
  
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:41 pm   Subject: Re: Update | 
  
  
	| Congratulations Sabrina on installing the balanced ailerons and on your award! Your plane looks terrific and I too felt the extra weight of the ailerons but I feel more comfortable flying now than bef ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: Question about handling CH601XLB post mods/flight  evauation | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 7:34 am   Subject: Re: Question about handling CH601XLB post mods/flight  evaua | 
  
  
	| Hi Jeff.  After the mod, the geometry for the center spar has changed somewhat. Make sure the cables are not rubbing against each other, especially the rudder and/or elevator against the aileron cable ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: Zenith Zodiac Front Page News | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 5:21 am   Subject: Re: Zenith Zodiac Front Page News | 
  
  
	| There's nothing like page one in the Chicago Tribune!  I grew up in the Chicago area (Franklin Park and Wilmette) and the Tribune is tough to get into short of committing a crime!  Congratulations aga ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: Zenith-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 07/14/10 | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:03 am   Subject: Zenith-List Digest: 2 Msgs - 07/14/10 | 
  
  
	Nice work Sabrina.  I wouldn't have thought that the 180 sq inches of 
 exposed tubing would have slowed down the aircraft so severely!  Isn't that 
 only about 5% increase in the exposed area?  I'm n ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:25 am   Subject: Re: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	taking a break before my Calc-based Physics E&M test on Monday...
 
 The bird looks great!  That wouldn't be Palwaukee airport near Chicago would it?
 
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	   Topic: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:58 am   Subject: Re: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	Sabrina... Is your comment below the reason you felt uneasy about the upgrade?  
 
 "Do you think, in a flutter scenario you suggest, the wing fails first in negative gs?" | 
  
  
	   Topic: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 6:49 am   Subject: Re: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	I've still got mine... from some 40 years ago!  
 
 P.S.  Dear John... a better book than CH's is Bruhn's Analysis & Design of Flight Vehicle Structures...  a little bit more expensive at $100 use ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 6:27 am   Subject: Re: 601XL main spar question | 
  
  
	Hi Sabrina,
 
 Great to hear you are going forward with your strut idea.  Where did you say you were attaching the fuselage portion of the strut?  And did your calculations show a significant reductio ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: Progress Milestone | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:59 am   Subject: Re: Progress Milestone | 
  
  
	| Great job Peter!  I could feel your joy at finally seeing the completed aircraft.  The next big one is your first flight! | 
  
  
	   Topic: Landing Gear | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:58 am   Subject: Re: Landing Gear | 
  
  
	Hi Bobby,
 
 Before I put my gear on the aircraft with the flat side forward, I had done it with the flat side aft.  I called Zenith and they said there was no problem having notches fore and aft on t ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: For Sale | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: CorvairEngines-List   Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:18 am   Subject: Engine and other things for sale | 
  
  
	Sorry to see you leave John. You might want to keep your WW manual... just 
 in case.  Remember that bad times don't last forever... I hope.
 
 Scott Thatcher, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
 601XL with WW Co ... | 
  
  
	   Topic: A smidge of good news | 
  
  
	sdthatcher 
	   
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	 Forum: Zenith-List   Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:03 am   Subject: Re: A smidge of good news | 
  
  
	Great job Kevin keeping your options open and the plane in the air!  It doesn't always work out that way.
 
 Scott Thatcher
 N601EL w/WW Corvair 40+ hours
 http://placestofly.com
 
 I've debated wheth ... | 
  
  
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