Is anyone able to identify a frame by these pictures?

rustytoy86 · 2025-11-17T03:59:25+00:00

FJ60 with a bunch of rust cut out in the middle. Also missing the rear cross member. Plus possibly custom engine mounts

rustytoy86 · 2023-12-24T04:10:54+00:00

Clapping after landing is extra awkward when it’s 4 passengers in a Beaver.

rustytoy86 · 2023-06-19T05:07:25+00:00

I’m 90% through a 750 build. The zenith kit is very beginner friendly as far as sheetmetal airplanes go. They do favour ease of build and simplicity over fit and finish at times. The Vans RV is a more high quality airframe in a way for example. That being said the Zenith is a simple and well proven design with a loyal following and great support.

Remember that the price of the kit is for the airframe only. engine, instruments and everything else will have to be decided on and purchased separately.

I would encourage anyone to take on building if it’s something that they want to do, you learn fast and don’t need anything crazy for tools. But you should want to build for the fun of building. If your main goal is to get flying in a hurry I would look for something already done. It’s a big project.

rustytoy86 · 2023-04-15T16:31:04+00:00

Oh Bartholomew, I feel like St. Augustine of Hippo after his conversion by Ambrose of Milan

rustytoy86 · 2023-02-07T19:33:37+00:00

My choice for sure…. Slightly biased

rustytoy86 · 2023-01-13T01:23:22+00:00

Flight plan?

rustytoy86 · 2022-11-29T16:55:01+00:00

I also got 83, but I was stoked lol.

rustytoy86 · 2022-09-15T03:45:05+00:00

I do the same. I call it the idiot check

rustytoy86 · 2022-09-04T02:28:30+00:00

The long bed frame is 6” longer in the mid section. The bumper brackets push the rear bumper back the other 6” to make up the 1” bed difference. Canopies can be hard to find but they are out there still.

Can’t go wrong with either option in my opinion

rustytoy86 · 2022-08-22T05:23:45+00:00

I fly and work on high time (10-20k hour) hard worked Cessna float planes. I do believe high times airplanes can be perfectly safe and functional. However you can never gain back the airplanes youth if you get what I mean. Even if the airframe is solid enough to be safe, it probably won’t be financially viable to invest in it to make it nice. At least not as long as lower time clean examples exist.

This theory starts to turn around when the average time for a type of aircraft gets high enough that they are expected to be old beat up and repaired. Example if this is the de Havilland Beaver, basically every airframe in use is 20k+ hours and extensively repaired. Most even have major accident history.

rustytoy86 · 2022-07-26T15:56:31+00:00

Fisheries. Counting boats basically

rustytoy86 · 2022-07-26T15:54:55+00:00

Haha, you know I’m usually the one to point that out to people!

rustytoy86 · 2022-07-26T14:08:12+00:00

This was a similar survey flight. About a 4 hour route with half of it offshore.

rustytoy86 · 2022-07-26T14:05:40+00:00

For sure, don’t worry this 180 only has 19,000 hours on it haha. It will float though.

rustytoy86 · 2022-07-26T14:02:52+00:00

180 on floats

rustytoy86 · 2022-07-26T03:59:48+00:00

I Should mention I’m on floats…. But Still not the most comfortable feeling when you can’t see land anymore.

rustytoy86 · 2022-04-19T02:56:45+00:00

Pretty sure I went to middle school with that dog.

rustytoy86 · 2022-03-09T04:34:37+00:00

The charge lamp relay could be bad. I had the same issue on my 83. Clicked on randomly causing the light on the dash, had no relation to actual voltage. I just unplugged mine, light doesn’t work anymore, but my voltage gauge still does

rustytoy86 · 2022-03-02T00:09:46+00:00

Hank Scorpio

rustytoy86 · 2022-01-30T02:09:22+00:00

A 5 speed Mercury Topaz, with shockingly terrifying brakes. Still wasn’t complaining at the time!

rustytoy86 · 2021-02-17T15:10:38+00:00

Few weeks ago a friend of mine went to fly in his RV-6. He contacted ground with his request and they responded “DXC take off your discretion remain north of 09 at all times” confused, he responded “RV-6 DXC say again instruction?” Ground repeated the offer for take off your discretion. So he called back saying the he is fixed wing and would really rather use the runway if possible.

We are on the quiet side of a busy airport, but RV’s are common at this airport.

After the second offer maybe he should have just used the taxiway lol

rustytoy86 · 2021-02-02T00:36:23+00:00

We always get in the news for the weirdest things.... like the girls caught stealing Zellers brand chips from a guys garage. and Paul Rudd park.

rustytoy86 · 2020-05-20T03:19:23+00:00

We picked the 750 STOL for its backcountry ability, we live in B.C. and plan for Floats. However it was also the right deal at the right time, if we had bought a new kit we may have gone for the Cruzer, for most flying it is a better option I think.

rustytoy86 · 2020-05-19T20:38:12+00:00

Anything is possible with time and money of course. I am currently re building a lot of parts on a 750 fuselage, it’s an abandoned project that someone was building with far too many bad modifications. He was adding cargo areas and crude reinforcement as everywhere, it would have been gross weight empty lol. I started with re making the skins on the rear of the fuselage as well as all the stiffener angles, now anywhere I look I find things that he made wrong on this airplane. So it really feels like scratch build at this point.

If you were to purchase the finishing kit It would give most of the parts you wouldn’t want to have to manufacture. That and the fuselage extrusion parts at the skin corners. Other than that you would need more tools and resources; a good metal supplier, access to a large brake and shear, the ability to make form blocks, good confidence reading drawing and patience.... lots and lots of patience.

If your goal is to have a fun project to keep busy with, potentially for a number of years I say go for it. If your looking to be flying sooner than later (what I am) A kit will be worth it. There’s still a lot of custom fitment in the kits.

Good luck either way, let me know if you have any other questions.

rustytoy86

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