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Click
here
to view a video clip of parts manufacturing at the Zenith
Aircraft Co. factory with the CNC router (3 min. / 5.75 mb).
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The Zodiac XL
Quick Build
Kits (QBK) - in stock and
ready for pick-up... |
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Picking up a Quick Build Kit
with a 12-foot flatbed trailer:
Notice the pre-assembled wings boxed together under the fuselage. |
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Zodiac XL kit builder
Steve Weston of Arizona:
"I'm moving at a much faster pace than expected. Thanks to a
very complete and well thought out kit.
Compliments to all at Zenith. I've looked a many kits and the
XL
Quick Build Kit is the best." |
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The Zodiac XL
S-LSA
( factory-built), powered by a
Continental O-200 engine. |
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Two Zenith
aircraft:
STOL CH 701 (left) and
a Zodiac CH
601. |
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Zodiac XL, powered by the six cylinder Jabiru 3300
engine. |
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A gathering of
Light-Sport Aircraft / Sport Pilot. |
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LOOP magazine's
FLIGHTTEST 2007 Annual issue (from the UK) shows this great
photo of James Tannock's Zodiac CH 601 in England.
The magazine writes that "the Zenith Zodiac shows that a
relatively low-tech aircraft, built traditionally, can still deliver
hugely enjoyable flying and take you places for very little money."
(FLIGHTTEST magazine, LOOP annual 2007
issue, page 126, by Dave Calderwood). |
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December 2007:
Juan Vega with his son (in a
booster seat) in the Zodiac XL (by Tampa, Florida):
"Too
much fun! We flew on a nice day to the
Sun'n Fun Air Museum,
then climbed to 8,000 ft to watch the space shuttle take off. Can you
say best seat in the house? When the launch was canceled we then cruised
over to
Crystal River Airport for ice cream."
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Juan Vega's nice Zodiac
XL built from a
Zodiac XL Quick Build
Kit and powered by a
Jabiru 3300 engine
(in Tampa, Florida).
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Juan flying his Zodiac XL.
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Nice custom
instrument panel in
Juan Vega's the Zodiac XL (Tampa, Florida).
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Zodiac CH 601 powered by a
Rotax 912S
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A European Zodiac XL, with
two bicycles, two pairs of ski boots, and a backpack...
(There must be an amusing story behind
this photo...)
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Zodiac XL landing on a
dirt landing field in Greece.
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Zodiac Paper Airplane: Build
your own paper airplane.
This paper airplane design by Gary Anderson actually flies!
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Click
here to download the paper airplane drawings and manual.
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Click here for
scale Zodiac R/C information
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Zodiac XL flying from grass field in
the Netherlands. |
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Flying the Zodiac (taildragger)
from a dirt runway |
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Cal
Richardson of Chico, California, watches as his newly completed
Zodiac is taxied out for its first flight:
"All
went uneventful which is what we wanted for the first flight.
The test pilot said it is the smoothest he has flown. Thanks!"
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Brothers Stephan and Alan
Smith each built a Zodiac XL.
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Click
here to read how the two brother built two airplanes in four
months.
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View of the clouds from the Zodiac |
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A custom Zodiac XL, powered
by the Jabiru 3300, in Brazil. Notice the custom forward-hinged canopy and custom
wingtips.
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A European Zenair Zodiac XL. |
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Another European Zodiac XL sharing
the ramp with a larger aircraft.
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