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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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The CH 750 is the perfect plane for exploring and camping off
the beaten path...". |
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RAA
Recreational Flyer magazine, cover story, January - February 2010 issue
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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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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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May 11 & 12, 2010:
The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) National Kit Evaluation Team
(NKET) performed an onsite
evaluation of the STOL CH 750 kit to determine that the STOL
CH 750 kit, as produced by Zenith, meets the intent of the
"51% rule" and to allow an amateur-builder to register the
plane as an "amateur-built - Experimental" aircraft (meeting
the "major portion" requirement of Title 14, Code of Federal
Regulations part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts,
§ 21.191(g). The FAA made its official determination that the
STOL CH 750 kit will "allow an amateur builder to meet the major
portion requirement" and that the STOL CH 750 kit will be added to the
official "Revised Listing of Amateur-Built Aircraft Kits.
Importantly, builders can use the FAA checklist
to help them determine exactly how much commercial / professional builder
assistance may be used without violating the “major portion”
requirement.
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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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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:
Follow us on facebook for the latest
updates:
Visit the exclusive ZENITH.AERO Online Community for news and updates from
Zenith builder, owners and pilots from around the world. |
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New Video Clips:
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Start building your STOL CH 750
for just $375 at the factory or with the
Rudder Starter Kit
Next hands-on workshops held at the factory:
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UL
Power engine installation and firewall-forward (FWF) package
development for the STOL CH 750.
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Video Clip:
STOL Flying in northern California: STOL CH 750 and CH 701 light
sport utility kit planes
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Video Clip:
Demo flights in the STOL CH 750 at the Rancho
Tehama Open House by Doug Dugger of
Quality Sport Planes
(California)
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"Fly Fishing"
with the STOL CH 750 light sport utility airplane (video coming
soon...)
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Video
Clip:
Some of the planes at the Quality Sport Planes Open House/ Zenith West Coast Fly-In held on October 8, 2011, at the Cloverdale Airport in scenic northern California.
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NEW Instrument
panel kits now with the latest 10-inch Dynon SkyView
avionics and new power panel.
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NEW Video
Clip Wing Kit Assembly: Joining and riveting the internal kit parts together of the Zenith STOL CH 750
Here,
we show putting together the match-drilled parts of the wing kit. We
line the parts up, cleco (clamp), and rivet - it's that simple!
You'll notice that in this video clip we're using final hole size
match-drilled parts (straight off the CNC table).
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August 2, 2011:
Ben and Dee Duarte (from Oregon) picking up their STOL CH 750 kit at
the factory on their way home from Oshkosh.
Ben's CH 750 kit has been configured with a custom
tail-dragger gear configuration, and will be
powered by a Rotec radial engine swinging an 86-inch
propeller.
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Roger Bacon's STOL CH 750 in Ohio,
powered by a Jabiru 3300 engine.
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July 19, 2011:
HD
Video Clip: Flying the STOL CH 750 on a hot 100-deg. F. day
"Since it made it up to 100-degrees today (!) we
decided to fly our STOL CH 750 demo plane, equipped with the
six-cylinder Jabiru J3300, to see how it would cool and perform on
such a hot day. Verdict: It performed flawlessly and cooled us
down nicely."
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July 8, 2011:
Steve A. and Ron G. (right) each picked up a complete kit of their
favorite aircraft recently: A CH 750 for Steve and a CH
650 for Ron. Despite the rain, they loaded the two kits in a Budget rental truck for the drive home to Detroit (where the two are
GM engineers).
By picking up the kit at the factory, Steve and Ron saved both the
crating charges and the freight charges, and they were able to share
the rental truck fees, while also being able to visit the factory
(for the first time) and go up in a demo flight in the aircraft.
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The instrument
panel of the new Zenith STOL CH 750 demo aircraft with a 10-inch
Dynon SkyView glass panel display incorporates the latest
multifunction display (with autopilot and transponder), and the
Garmin Aera 560 with XM satellite weather and radio.
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Video Clip:
Flying Zenith
Aircraft Company's new STOL CH 750
factory demo plane on grass
Long version:
Flying Zenith
Aircraft Company's new STOL CH 750
factory demo plane on grass
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X-Plane Flight Simulator files for the STOL
CH 750 light sport utility airplane.
Modeled after the STOL CH 750 demonstrator airplane from
Zenith Aircraft Company. Note that the
X-Plane software
is required.
STOL CH 750 X-Plane Files, version 1.1 |
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From
Zenith.Aero:
Bill Alexander's first flight
photos and
videos (North Augusta, South Carolina): STOL CH 750 kit
airplane powered by the 100-hp Rotax 912S |
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May 2011:
New rounded nosewheel fork
assembly for the STOL CH 750 and CH 701 is now
available.
New lightweight tow bar
is also available for the new nosewheel fork system.
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April 31, 2011: Dr. Al Stuber with his 100th
passenger, Lila M. of Nashville, TN, at the most recent
factory workshop in Mexico, Missouri.
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Zenith's new
factory demo STOL CH 750 aircraft, replacing the original that
was
overturned in the tornado at Sun'n Fun 2011
This is a beautiful new STOL CH 750 built
from a kit by Neil Corella. |
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Video Clip:
Vern Knott's STOL CH 750 project
This video clip is excerpted from the
Zenair Newsletter, which is
published 6x per year and includes a
feature-length DVD with every issue. |
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Mountain flying in the
STOL CH 750 SLSA (Lake Tahoe, Nevada).
More photos of this aircraft. |
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STOL CH 750 on
the Zenair Amphibious Floats: First take-off and landing
from water (in Italy)
View
Video Clips | Photos
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STOL CH 750 on
the Zenair Amphibious Floats
View
Video Clips | Photos
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Details on Zenair Floats
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Video
Clip: Flying
the STOL CH 750 in Brazil | Brazil
STOL CH 750
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Video
Clips: Trying
out the new 21-inch tires on the STOL CH 750: Part 1 | Part
2
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HD Video
Clips
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Marc Cook,
editor of Kitplanes
magazine, takes the STOL CH 750 up for a test flight during his
most recent visit to the Zenith Aircraft
factory in Mexico, Missouri, where he also built the rudder tail
starter kit for the STOL CH 750 at the
factory workshop.
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Video Tour
In their latest video release, Dan
Johnson and the Lightsport & Ultralight Flyer take a look at
Zenith Aircraft's STOL CH 750 kit airplane.
Join Dan
Johnson, president of LAMA (Light Aircraft Manufacturer's
Assoc.), as he takes you on a video tour of the high wing STOL CH
750 light sport utility aircraft.
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NEW: Take a
Virtual VR tour of the STOL CH 750 Cabin |
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Complete custom instruments
and avionics packages are now available directly from
Zenith Aircraft Company, using the Approach Systems Fast Stack Hub
and Harnesses for ease of installation with Dynon and Garmin
avionics.
Instrument Panel /
Options Flyer |
Video Clip of the custom instruments and avionics
kits |
Video Clip of the STOL CH 750 panel in action
| Sample
Instrument Panel Layout (template) |
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HD Video Clip:
Flying the STOL CH 750 off airport |
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From Zenith.Aero:
Photo gallery from the 19th annual Zenith Aircraft Co.
Open Hangar Day and Fly-In Gathering (Sept. 198, 2010 in Mexico,
Missouri) |
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Video
Clip: Flying the STOL CH 750 with a UL260i engine from ULpower.
Gus Warren of FlyWithGus.net shows us his Zenith STOL CH 750 light sport utility kit plane, equipped with the
ULPower UL260i
engine. This is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, direct drive aircraft engine: 97 hp @ 3300 rpm / 82 hp @ 2800 rpm. Installed weight is just 160 lbs. This is a modern powerplant with fully electronic ignition and multipoint fuel injection (FADEC) system.
This CH750 is fitted with a prototype cowl: A new sleeker fiberglass cowl is in the
works, and a larger 130-hp variant, the UL350i,
is also available.
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July 26, 2010:
Gross
weight increase available for the STOL CH 750:
With the release of Edition 2 drawings, the design's maximum weight
has been increased to 1,440 lbs. (652 kg.) allowing for larger
engines, such as Lycoming's new 233 powerplant, and for added
utility.
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Bob McDonald's STOL CH 750 is featured in
the September 2010 issue of Canadian
Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) Flight magazine: "Culmination
of an Amazing Journey"
(cover story, section B, pages 1 - 2):
"The folks at Zenith Aircraft
make a CH750 kit that is an absolute joy to build... With the
building part now behind me I have to settle for the thrill of
flying my CH750."
View more Press
Reviews
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Dual Control Sticks
Frank Tompson (Florida) demonstrates the dual
control sticks option kit as installed
in his STOL CH 750. |
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New STOL CH 750 at
Quality
Sport Planes (northern California). |
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May 2010:
FAA's National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) visits Zenith Aircraft
Company to complete an on-site
kit evaluation of the STOL CH 750 kit, and subsequently
"approves" the kit to meet the major portion
requirement, as stated in a letter
to Zenith Aircraft Co. dated May 20, 2010.
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STOL CH 750 basic upholstery kit is now available.
While the seat frame is included with the complete STOL CH 750 kit
(as part of the finishing kit), the actual upholstery in not
included. The upholstery pictured (left) is a duplicate of the
upholstery installed in the factory demonstrator STOL CH 750, and is
now available for $795.00 as pictured.
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Video Clip:
Aero-TV: The STOL CH 750
Aero-TV reports on the STOL CH 750 from the Sebring LSA Show in
Florida |
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"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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April 2010: Cross-Country Flying in the
STOL CH 750:
Flying 1,000 miles to Sun'n Fun (Lakeland, Florida) in the STOL CH
750
Click
here for the photos from Zenith.Aero |
Video Clips
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Recreational
Flyer magazine, the
official publication of the Recreational Aircraft Association of
Canada (RAAC), January - February 2010 issue: "Elevated"
(cover story, pages 22 - 29): "Chris Heintz saw the need for an
updated version [of the STOL CH 701], something with a larger cabin,
greater payload, and the ability to us an array of four stroke
engines. The CH 750 is the perfect plane for exploring and
camping off the beaten path..." Read
the full article.
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NEW
LED
Landing Light for the STOL CH 750:
This compact super-bright landing light mounts inside the wing
leading edge slat for a clean installation. The light can be
mounted on just one side (one wing) of the aircraft, or a landing
light kit can be installed into each wing (and synchronized for high
visibility wig-wag). The kit includes the pre-formed plexiglass
cover, mounting brackets. The light direction is
adjustable.
AeroLED MicroSun: 1,800 lumens, 20 watts
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Detailed
photos of the new Folding Wing Option Kit for the STOL CH 750.
View Schematic |
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Video
Clip: Demonstration of the folding wing option on the STOL CH
750 prototype airframe |
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STOL CH 750 on the cover of Aviators
Hotline magazine, April 2010, Sun'n Fun issue.
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Michael Schlichtman's STOL CH 750:
"After 13 months and 685 hours [including custom paint and
instrument panel], STOL CH750 N904MS is ready and cleared for
flight.
Jabiru 3300, GRT EFIS, GRT EIS, Garmin stack w/Garmin 496 XM
WX and music."
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Ten (10) STOL CH 750 rudder vertical tail
sections were built at the latest Zenith Aircraft
factory workshop (March 25, 2010) 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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PilotMag,
the magazine and online guide for adventure flying, chooses Zenith
Aircraft Company as the "Best Overall Kit Aircraft
Manufacturer Pick for 2010" (PilotMag's Best Picks for 2010,
Page 37, November / December 2009 issue) |
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Dr. Al Stuber with his STOL CH 750
(powered by the Rotax 912 ULS)
after the
first flight (3/5/10).
"I have logged 3 hrs. now and she is AWESOME and beautiful and weighs a lean 735 lbs. empty."
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Two STOL CH 750 aircraft recently
completed at the Can-Zac Aviation facilities.
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Video Clip:
Can-Zac Aviation's Mark
Townsend explains the "power build" builder assistance
program offered to STOL CH 750 kit builders, allowing builders
to complete the airframe in under three (3) weeks!
- Click
here for more information about available builder assistance
programs.
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On the cover of Trade-A-Plane
magazine, second January 2010 issue:
"Featured is Zenith Aircraft
Company's new STOL CH 750 light sport utility aircraft, piloted by
Zenith's demo pilot Roger Dubbert. The 750 is also available
factory built. Photographed by Kevin Wing over scenic Mark
Twain Lake in central Missouri from a STOL
CH 701 flown by Sebastien Heintz, owner of Zenith Aircraft
Co."
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Clem Kramer's STOL CH 750, which he
built in under a year: Read
the story in General Aviation News.
"Everything worked flawlessly," Kramer reported after the
18-minute first flight. "It was a thrill of a lifetime."
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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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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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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
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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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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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