Zenith 750 Cruzer
- Thread starter Sebnuts
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Ark :D
Goblin Guru
This
It's designed around a ~100HP engine.
It will most likely be a 130HP 1.5L 4 cylinder Honda engine w/ gearbox put together by a company called Viking Aircraft Engines.
Desert Sasqwatch
Bigfoot Goblin
You can never have too many clecos when building an aircraft! 
95Blitz
Goblin Guru
You can if it's composite.You can never have too many clecos when building an aircraft!
Doug Rostad
Well-Known Member
Nice Zenith ! I'm building a Badland Aircraft I don't need as many cleco's . Most of mine is covered with Oratex material.
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escapepilot
Goblin Guru
SWEET!
I've thought about building one of those, but my car habit interferes. Been looking at a Whittman Tailwind lately but again...that would take away from car time.
I've thought about building one of those, but my car habit interferes. Been looking at a Whittman Tailwind lately but again...that would take away from car time.
escapepilot
Goblin Guru
Please keep updating this thread. When I considered building one, I was looking at the UL Power engines.
Will do.
When we first started looking into the powerplants for this, we were leaning UL Power too, since that's kind of what Zenith pushes. Aero Momentum was another high on the list, and Viking was pretty much at the bottom of the list. After meeting with all the vendors and reps at Oshkosh, Aero Momentum went to the bottom and Viking went the the top.
We also met with a guy that flew his Viking powered 750 through the lower 48 states on his way to Oshkosh from Texas in 10 days. Met up with him again a few months later at the Zenith homecoming and went for a ride - way more fun than the ride I took with Roger in the UL powered Cruzer LOL.
Good news and bad news.
Bad news is our airport's fly in/drive in is the same Saturday as Goblinfest this year, so I won't be able to make it down to Arkansas. That was a real bummer for me because I feel like I got all the bugs worked out of the suspension and it's driving amazing now, wanted to let some other people give it a whirl and give some feedback.
Good news is we got the Cruzer out of the loft and on wheels. The wife wanted to put it on display outside of our hanger LOL.
I know @Lonny has his pilot's license, so if he wants to grab a couple guys and swing by for a bit, I'll be at the airport all day with the goblin lined up next to the cruzer on the 5th
Bad news is our airport's fly in/drive in is the same Saturday as Goblinfest this year, so I won't be able to make it down to Arkansas. That was a real bummer for me because I feel like I got all the bugs worked out of the suspension and it's driving amazing now, wanted to let some other people give it a whirl and give some feedback.
Good news is we got the Cruzer out of the loft and on wheels. The wife wanted to put it on display outside of our hanger LOL.
I know @Lonny has his pilot's license, so if he wants to grab a couple guys and swing by for a bit, I'll be at the airport all day with the goblin lined up next to the cruzer on the 5th
Doug Rostad
Well-Known Member
A cleco is a temporary rivet
Doug Rostad
Well-Known Member
Here is my Badland ultralight I'm getting ready to paint the cowl. Now that my Goblin is running, and legal in Pennsylvania. Th aircraft has a Polini Thor 250cc engine.
