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Based
on the very popular STOL CH 701
design from Chris Heintz that was first
introduced more than twenty years ago, the all new STOL CH 750
design incorporates all of the 701's amazing short-field capabilities, while
maximizing cabin size and load carrying capability allowed under the
FAA's new Sport Pilot / Light Sport
Aircraft category.
Like the original, the STOL CH 750 aircraft was developed as an
"off-airport" short take-off and landing kit aircraft to fulfill the demanding
requirements of both sport pilots and first-time builders. Designer Chris Heintz
has combined the features and advantages of a
"real" airplane with the short-field capabilities of "ultralight"
aircraft. The aircraft features fixed leading-edge slats for high lift, full-span
flaperons (both ailerons and flaps), an all-flying rudder, and durable all-metal
construction.
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Sized between the original
STOL CH 701 and the four-place
STOL CH 801, the CH 750
offers a wider cockpit, larger payload, more robust landing
gear, and greater visibility. |
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EAA Sport Aviation magazine, April 2009
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The all-new STOL CH 750 design is
available as a new easy-to-build kit which
promises to revolutionize ease and simplicity of construction, drawing
upon Zenith's decades of experience in the kit industry.
- Amazing short
take-off and landing (STOL performance)
- Surprisingly competitive cruise speed
- Huge cabin, side-by-side seating,
easy access
- Spectacular "wrap-around" visibility
- Many engine choices: Continental, Jabiru,
Rotax, Corvair, and more...
- Outstanding controls: full length
flaperons and all-flying rudder
- Great bushplane capabilities, simplicity of a tricycle gear.
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The Zenith CH 750 may never win a contest for sleekness and
style,
but its beauty is found in what it can do. |
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The Oklahoma Aviator, April 2009
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The new STOL CH 750, between the
utility STOL CH 801 and the original STOL CH 701.
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The October 2008
issue of EAA
Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft magazine reports the
following:
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The
Chris Heintz-designed
STOL CH 701 is a
workhorse. It has been performing short takeoff and landing
(STOL) duty for 20 years and has developed a cult following. Its
big brother, the STOL CH 801,
is a lot bigger, with twice as many seats and room inside. So,
with small and large STOL machines, what else would Chris Heintz
fans want? How about a mid-sized S-LSA STOL machine? They have
one: the new STOL CH 750. It looks a lot like the CH 701, but
it's different in significant ways: it's wider, and it is
available ready-to-fly with the TCM (Continental) O-200. Its
gear is stronger and wider, and visibility is improved. The CH
750 is 2 inches taller and 11 inches longer and has a 2-foot
9-inch greater wingspan than the CH 701; wing area is 144 square
feet, as opposed to the smaller plane's 122. Horizontal tail
surface area is up by 17 percent; empty weight is 33 percent
greater, and gross weight is up by 18 percent, to the LSA limit of 1,320
pounds. Useful load is now 545 lbs., 25 percent greater than the CH 701. And increased fuel capacity
can use up virtually all of that: it hold 24 gallons, versus the
smaller machine's 20. Even with the bigger engine, the
faster, bigger, heavier plane has 10 percent greater range, and
performance is improved in nearly all dimensions. |
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From
EAA Sport Pilot & Light Sport Aircraft
magazine, October 2008
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Build your own STOL CH 750 aircraft from:
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With a larger payload, more robust landing gear and greater
visibility among other features, the
CH 750 is
tailored for today's sport pilot. |
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Read the article
KITPLANES
magazine, Cover Story, February 2009
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Internal wing assembly, using "match-hole" technology, is
ready to cleco together: |
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The modern STOL CH 750 kit has been developed to
provide the builder with everything needed to complete the airframe
- with only basic tools and skills. The STOL CH 750 airframe
requires less than 400 hours to build from the complete
factory-supplied kit. |
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As many U.S. builders know, the FAA
stopped adding
new kits to its major portion requirement "51-percent" approved
list" (while it updates its rules). Because of the moratorium and since it is a new kit,
the STOL CH 750 cannot be evaluated to be added to the FAA list.
However, the STOL CH 750 kit was developed specifically for amateur
builders, and a kit does not have to be on the list in order for the
aircraft to be licensed as an amateur-built (there are many kits
that qualify for amateur-built certification that are not on the
list). Since the STOL CH 750 is not on the FAA's list, it is the
builder's responsibility to document that the kit meets the major
portion requirement (the "51%" rule) for licensing as an
amateur-built aircraft, using FAA
Form 8000-38, Fabrication Assembly Operation Checklist. The form
lists all the fabrication and assembly tasks that the FAA considers
when determining that a kit meets the major portion requirement. It
has two columns after each task - one for the kit manufacturer and one
for the amateur builder. Note that the STOL CH 701, CH 801 and other
Zenith designs are already on the
FAA's list of eligible
kits. In Canada, the STOL CH 750 kit was recently
inspected (March 2009) and found to meet the "51%" major portion
requirement, using a similar
checklist. |
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100-hp Continental O-200
engine installation in the STOL CH 750, shown with three-blade Warp
Drive propeller. Engine
installation video clip. |
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The STOL CH 750 custom instrument panel, with Dynon FlightDEK D180
combined EFIS and engine monitor, and basic Garmin avionics stack
including 496 GPS. |
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The STOL CH 750 with the Jabiru 3300 engine installation
STOL CH 750 Updates: |
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Ten (10) STOL CH 750 rudder vertical tail
sections were built at the latest Zenith Aircraft
factory workshop (October 15 & 16) in
Mexico, Missouri. In addition to gaining hands-on building
experience, workshop participants toured
the factory, and went up for a demo flight in the STOL CH 750!
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Next hands-on factory workshop:
Start building your STOL CH 701 or
CH 750
for just $375 at the factory or with the
Rudder Starter Kit
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Photos from Zenith Aircraft
Company's 18th annual OPEN HANGAR DAY and
Fly-In Gathering held on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at
the factory.
View
a video clip | View photos
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Oshkosh AirVenture (August 2009):
Zenith introduces the Jabiru 3300 engine installation in the STOL CH
750. The Jabiru 3300 engine is a direct-drive air-cooled six cylinder
engine producing about 105-hp at 2,750 rpm. |
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New cowl for the Jabiru 3300 engine installation. We installed
JabiruUSA's firewall-forward package, which includes the engine
mount, cowl, and propeller. Thanks to Pete Krotje (of
JabiruUSA) for his help with the installation.
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July 2009:
DEMO VIDEO DVD
now features the STOL CH 750 (as well as the other Zenith kit
aircraft).
Order
your copy now
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NEW
STOL CH 750 Kit
Option: Micro Vortex Generators. Install these VGs on
the bottom of the elevator for
an even slower approach speed! Click here for more info.
Click here to order.
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NEW Super-bright LED
wingtip LED Strobe / Nav / Position Lights: Three-in-one combination
lights for your STOL CH 750 using LED technology. Click here for more info.
Click here to order.
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July 2009: Teledyne Continental
Motors announced that its O-200 lightweight engine is now for sale
factory-direct. The 199-pound engine, which is up to 40 pounds
lighter than some earlier versions, is fully FAA-certified and comes
with a factory warranty and 2,000 hours TBO. The O200 is used in the
factory-built STOL CH 750 LS (light sport) S-LSA.
The engine comes complete with starter, ignition, and fuel systems,
at a list price of $21,499. Orders are being taken now and
deliveries will start next month, the company said. Trade-ins are
accepted from builders who already have a different engine but would
prefer the O200; details and limitations can be found on the company
Web site.
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"With the new CH-750, Zenith Aircraft seems poised to attain
dominance in the light STOL and bush plane markets. These planes
easily compete with established and almost folkloric names like the
Piper Super Cub and for some good reasons: The Zeniths are very
reasonably priced and their performance operating in short fields
surpass the numbers offered by their competitors."
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Pablo Edronkin,
June 1, 2009. Review by
Andinia.com, the Portal for Outdoor Sports, Nature and Adventure
Enthusiasts.
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June 1, 2009: Testing larger tires on the STOL CH 750:
We recently tested new larger tires and wheels on our prototype. These
affordable ATV tires are smooth and treadless (21x12-8) measuring
about 21-inches tall. These larger tires raise the height of
the airplane by nearly 2-inches. We did not change the standard
nosewheel (continuing to use an 18-inch tire on the standard 6-inch
wheel).
We used an affordable ATV tire that should meet the needs of most
sport pilots wanting good off-airport capability, without the weight
and cost of the larger "Alaska
bushwheels" (The standard tires supplied in the kit
measure about 18-inches tall, and are mounted on 6-inch Matco
wheels).
These larger tires make landings and taxiing smoother on grass or
dirt fields (with 5 - 10 PSI), and other non-prepared landing strips such as beaches.
(These tread-less tires are not made for paved runways). We've
only noticed a slight decrease in cruise performance (2 to 5 mph).
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Click
here to view a video clip as we test the new tires on a
grass field.
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STOL CH 750 LS (Light Sport Aircraft) built by
AMD in Georgia
The factory-built Light Sport Aircraft is equipped with a new
lightweight Continental O-200-D model, and nicely equipped with a
Dyon / Garmin glass panel.
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May 18, 2009: Congratulations to STOL CH 750 builder
Jim Smith of
Claremore, Oklahoma, upon his successful maiden flight! (His is the
first amateur-built STOL CH 750 to be completed from a kit!)
He
reported: "Took it on it's first flight at 6:45 a.m. this
morning. Wow! One of life's great thrills. It just flew beautifully.
I started my takeoff roll and gently pulled the stick back to get
the nose in the air. I had planned to note when the wheels left the
ground so I would know rotate speed but it lifted off immediately.
Climb out was great. This aircraft is very easy to fly. At 4,000
feet I let go of the stick and it flew wing level...
"I couldn't be more pleased with the performance or handling... You
guys who are building a 750 are going to be thrilled with your
airplanes!!!!!!" |
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May 15, 2009: STOL CH 750 builder
Jim Smith
received his Airworthiness Certificate from the
FAA today. He sent us the following: "Attached is a
picture of Tony Taylor and Robert Blevins both of whom are Aviation
Safety Inspectors for the FAA. They are based out of the OKC
Manufacturing Inspection District Office in Oklahoma City and were
on site to observe DAR David Snell perform the final inspection on
the first customer built CH750. It passed with flying colors and is
now certified to fly!" |
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NEW "HOW-TO" DVD from HomebuiltHelp.com
A complete how-to video library to assist builders with constructing
the STOL CH 750 from start to finish!
This is a great supplement to the Zenith drawings and photo assembly
guides... |
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Corvair engine installation on the STOL CH 750 (April 2009)
William Wynne,
of
FlyCorvair.com fame, personally delivered and installed a new
Corvair engine (with 5th bearing) to Gus Warren of
FlywithGus.net, builder assist specialists located in Edgewater,
Florida.
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Mark Townsend of
CAN-ZAC
Aviation (Zenith's Canadian distributor) installs a
100-hp Rotax 912 ULS engine
on the STOL CH 750. |
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HomebuiltHELP.com, producer of popular "how-to" DVD videos that
guide builders through the process of building their own aircraft,
is producing a complete series of
STOL CH 750 assembly videos. |
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April 2009,
EAA Sport Aviation magazine:
"Sized between the original CH 701 and the four-place CH 801, the
CH
750 offers a wider cockpit, larger payload, more robust landing
gear, and greater visibility. Unusual in the industry, the CH
750 is offered in four different forms:
factory-built S-LSA, or as a
quick-build kit, standard kit, or scratch-built from plans by Zenith
Aircraft."
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The STOL CH 750 on the cover of the February 2009 issue of
Kitplanes magazine:
Read the Article
KITPLANES
magazine,
February 2009 issue, cover: "Zenith's
Zinger! The new STOL CH 750 Light Sport: Continental O-200 - Modern,
Roomy, Robust - Around $40K!" Cover story and flight
review by LeRoy Cook, pages 8 - 14.
"The Zenith STOL CH 750 is a logically designed
evolution of a well-proven design. Given the
improved kit production techniques, it should go together in a
predictable fashion, even more quickly than the CH
701." |
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January 2009:
Featured on the cover of
Vol Moteur magazine (France):
Flight test report of the prototype STOL CH 750. |
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December 2008:
Featured on the cover of
Aviators
Hotline magazine: The STOL CH 750 is offered as a
factory-built S-LSA
(light sport aircraft) manufactured by Zenair and
AMD of Eastman, Georgia. |
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NEW VIDEO CLIP:
Flying the STOL
CH 750 |
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Start building your own STOL CH 750 at a
factory workshop for just $375.00 and gain-hands-on building
experience.
Workshop participants are also given a chance to
go up for demo flight.
Next Factory Workshop
At left:
Factory workshop
participants, in front of the STOL CH 750, at the Zenith factory in Mexico,
Missouri.
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VIDEO CLIP:
STOL
CH 750 short take-off and landing from dirt field |
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November 2008:
STOL CH 750 builder Jim Smith of Claremore, Oklahoma sent
this photo of his wing leading edge slats assemblies:
"Total
time spent from unpacking the crate to the finished slats was nine
hours!"
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Download
and Print:
Basic
STOL CH 750 Brochure
Designer Chris Heintz
with the STOL CH 750 Prototype
(between the STOL CH 801 and STOL CH 701)
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