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Zenith Aircraft Company and UL Power
Announce Availability of Firewall Forward Kit
News Release: October 2011
Zenith Aircraft Company
and UL Power North America, LLC, are pleased to announce availability
of the complete firewall forward kits for the CH 650 kit aircraft following
the successful installation and testing of the 130-hp UL350iS powerplant in
the sleek low-wing Zenith CH 650
cruiser.
Under the sleek new fiberglass cowl the new
firewall-forward engine package includes the modern technology direct
drive, air cooled, light weight and fuel efficient UL350iS
aircraft engine. The 130-hp
powerplant is a horizontally-opposed four-cylinder four-stroke air-cooled
engine with FADEC (Full Authority Digital Engine Control): multipoint
electronic fuel injection with automatic altitude and temperature
compensation. The full firewall-forward kit includes everything builders
need to install the engine in their Zenith airframe, including engine mount,
oil cooler, fuel pumps, propeller and spinner, and fiberglass cowl.
Robert Helms, general manager of UL Power
North America, said “The UL Power engines will propel Zenith aircraft
to the next level with modern FADEC and unmatched fuel efficiency.
We are very pleased to be working with Zenith Aircraft Company.
Our complete product line ranging the UL260i
at 97-HP to the UL350iS at 130-HP will be available in various Zenith
kit aircraft models.”
“We’ve been flying our factory
demonstrator CH650 with the 130-hp UL350iS for a few months now and we’re
extremely pleased with the performance and operation of this engine,” said
Sebastien Heintz
, president of Zenith Aircraft Company.
“We plan to offer the same firewall-forward kit also to our STOL
CH 750 customers, since the two designs share the same firewall.”
In related news, UL Power North America is
also pleased to announce the appointment of Vertical Performance Systems LLC
as its
service
center
: “As we continue our growth in
North America
it is critical that we have local service and support that is familiar with
the modern technology embodied in the UL Power line of engines,” said
Helms. “Vertical Performance
has been working with FADEC systems in aircraft engines since 1986 and
brings a wealth of experience to benefit customers across
North America
.”
About Zenith Aircraft Company:
Since 1992, Zenith Aircraft Company has been producing kits of the popular
line of Chris Heintz two-seat all-metal
aircraft designs, including the CH 650
low-wing cruiser and the high-wing STOL
CH 750 light sport utility kit aircraft. The all-metal aircraft,
which can be flown by Sport Pilots, can be
built from complete kits (in as few as 350 hours), component
buy-as-you-build kits, or entirely scratch-built from blueprints. A
number of different engine choices are available to power the CH 650 or the
high-wing CH 750, including the new UL Power engines. Details: www.zenithair.com
About UL Power of
North America
, LLC:
UL Power of
North America
, LLC is an independently owned and operated company with the exclusive
distribution rights to the UL
Power Aero Engines nv products in the
United States
and
Canada
. The new company is working with several American manufacturers to develop
firewall-forward packages and installation support for its engine line in
popular light aircraft, including the Zenith CH 650 and STOL CH 750, RV-12,
Rans S-19, and the Just Aircraft Highlander. The UL Power engines are
manufactured in
Belgium
(
Europe
) by ULPower Aero Engines nv, a company formed in 2006 solely to design and
manufacture modern light aircraft engines, and backed by experienced
technical partner companies.
Learn more at www.ULPower.net
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