Flap Motor FAILURE in a Zenith?

[@brucepaxton2471]

We used these crush washers when connecting the stainless braided vacuum lines to the wall hook-ups in the walk-in autoclaves at Lockheed's APC (Advanced Prototyping Center) In Palmdale, CA. One time use, just like copper or aluminum washers on oil pan bolts.

[@erikherje3414]

I was actually sitting here in Norway, following you “live”, wondering why you were doing pattern work yesterday 😂 Now I know! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

[@JoesRCCorner]

Great flight video... I can't wait to be flying my Cruzer too... Now get back to work on the SD.. LOL

[@generalcanby5847]

Hi Mark - In terms of ideas for future Cruzer video, I was wondering if you could make a video on "oil canning". Ultimately, I am going to find out myself once my Cruzer is completed a few years hence. Its something I read about now and then and it would be interesting to see a video on this - what it sounds like, how often, what type of flight brings it on, etc. Thank you

[@davidrobins4025]

Nice to see the answer to the question raised with a flying example. You sure live in a beautiful part if the country. Thanks for bringing us along. Always appreciated.

[@sebastienheintz]

Nice flying Mark!

[@challenger2aircraftadventures]

Now that is an impressive performance characteristic! Thanks for taking us along. Cheers from Winnipeg.

[@josephcapps6416]

I'm familiar with generically calling them "flare savers"; basically a flare gasket. They're also made by Seco Seals. Enjoy your channel very much.

[@johngood3163]

Enjoyable. Thanks

[@judd_s5643]

Your performing the “Gryder Maneuver”!!

[@Mike-01234]

I don't think the the flaps on the 750 are at 40 Degrees?

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

Hahaha!!! I feel your pain...Back when I flew R/C , I would be waiting for my buds to show up...Even tho, they said they were (finger quotes) " on the way "...1-2 hours later, they finally loped on in...I already done done my 3 ups and 3 downs....Now, I wait some more...In the meantime, I fuel up, go back out, practice some new stunts...

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I was really just teasing Gordon because I knew he'd watch the video. We had planned to fly at a certain time, and I decided to takeoff early just because I was bored!

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast ... Okay 👌...😊😊😊🇺🇸!!!

[@gordonwallace9746]

Good looking Cherokee

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Can’t wait to see it with the new paint job!

[@carlmccall7198]

Nice man.. i was out flying around yesterday...

[@rixtrix11]

I'm guessing the flap motor failure question arose following the 150 crash on takeoff just before Oshkosh. Having plenty of power and a good aircraft design helps...

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

that airstrip looks like the one in MSFS :)

[@scottinnis9666]

What a beautiful airport and surrounding area! Where is that?

[@Hamperokken]

Since you're building your second iteration of the 750, you should know the design fairly well by now... I have been pestering Zenith with a question that they seem hesitant(?) about answering for some reason. Maybe it's liability issues or something. Anyway, I figured you might have an opinion: how big of a venture would it be to build a Cruzer with a manual flap handle instead? Ideally it'd be a twin stick version with a central flap handle, but I suppose the 701 solution works too.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

There’s a large torque tube that the flap motor rotated to lower the flaps. There’s no reason why it could not be actuated manually, but you better have the engineering background and the fabrication experience to make such a design change. It’s possible, but I wouldn’t recommend it unless you have the knowledge and skill to do so.

[@1225drob]

Dam it! I fell for the click bait!! Your flaps didn’t fail 😜

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

I just bet you love having that power and lift should a flap motor fail. That sure would be comforting to me. How about a flap failure with zero flaps and landing? I guess it would just be more speed

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

No flaps are necessary for takeoff, and in another video I did show a no flap landing. Sorry I have no idea which video it was though-one of the flying videos. A flaps up failure is a non-issue!

[@ShortStrokePiston]

Did the hose seal work? They never did for me… but you aren’t running 3000 psi either!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

So far so good!

[@paulopilot73]

Come on guys... Zenair high wing airplanes are the most permisive machines, the STOL 701, 750, super duty 750, even the 801 and 801 HD, i allready built a 701 stol in 2001 and an 801 in 2005, in 2016 i built a cruzer and flew several times a stol 750 and belive me.... you can do unbelivebel things with this machines, like a stall with speed 0mph and droping 150/250 fpm with a smooth wing shaking. I love it... great machines with or whitout flaps, dead stick landing and even 180 turn after take off, great glide ratio, cheap, is a MUST TO BUY machine...

[@LTVoyager]

The speed is not zero. The only time an airplane has zero speed is at the apex of a hammerhead.

[@paulopilot73]

@@LTVoyager actually is zero, if you do a stall on a 701 or 750 STOL aircraft and you keep the nose up in the stall and not instantly recover it and keep it with nose up you get the numbers i said 0 speed and -150/250fpm.... try it

[@LTVoyager]

@@paulopilot73 Your ASI indicates 0, but that is because it doesn’t read correctly at high angles of attack. Even with no forward speed, falling straight down at 250 fpm is still 3 MPH, not zero. And you aren’t falling straight down, you are likely moving forward at least 30 MPH in addition to the downward vector. If you have a GPS, let us know if that reads 0 MPH.

[@Mike-01234]

I think I'm going to buy a 701 out of all the experimental STOL aircraft the zenith look to be the safest of them all.

[@paulopilot73]

@@Mike-01234 you dont need more than 100hp and can land in 100m, its slow i know but its safe, light and easy to mantain and when you enter i the world of STOL you dont gonna want anything else

[@scottmiller4711]

Are you use Knots for speed indication on the Dynon? I have mine set to MPH.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Yes I set everything to knots.

[@setthehook4me]

What is a "Mag?"

[@LTVoyager]

Shorthand for magazine or an antique ignition system. Take your pick!

[@setthehook4me]

@@LTVoyager Thank you

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

@@LTVoyager Magneto!

[@ToyManFlyer1100]

🟢🟢🟢🟢..."Green Dot...!!! Green Dot !!! "...You are cleared to land on the Green Dot..!!!"....😊😊😊👍🇺🇸!!

[@glasairguy4910]

Brian's at work. Now that's just... wrong.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I think he lives there.

[@glasairguy4910]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast I'm pretty sure that's true.

[@aggibson74]

Electric flap failure....Dan Gryder says SOP is to put it down in a corn field.

[@wb6anp]

That question is probably due to the Cessna 150 crash after a flap motor failure with full flaps on a go around. It won't climb with 40 degrees of flap.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

That's unfortunate. I can see that though-the 150 will barely climb with no flaps! That's a lot of drag hanging out there.

[@brucejohnson1264]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast That cessna 150 had two full-grown adults on board too.

[@LTVoyager]

@@brucejohnson1264 Not sure both were adults. One was Dan Gryder. 😂

[@stevet8121]

@@LTVoyager Now, that's funny!😁

[@dntower85]

Recently flew a 152 with a new 120 hp engine and it was still a slug, I can see how a 150 making 100hp would fly like a brick with flaps down.

[@rocroc]

You, live with an oil drip? I don't think so. Me either.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Well, I did for a while lol

[@jrdeckard3317]

I'm against attaching any device (cameras) to an airplane that partially obscures the vision of the pilot. At two miles an airplane becomes a speck that can easily hide behind a GoPro.