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CRUZER is an economical all-metal two-seat cross-country cruiser
that you can easily and quickly build yourself, and fly with your
Sport Pilot license.
The CH 750 CRUZER is the "on-airport" version of the popular STOL CH 750
"off-airport" light sport utility kit plane, famous for its
roomy cabin with comfortable side-by-side seating and easy cabin
access from both sides. While influenced by its well-known
STOL predecessors (the STOL CH 701
"Sky Jeep",
the STOL CH 750 and
four-seat CH 801 sport utility aircraft), the CH 750 Cruzer is an
all-new design optimized as an economical cross-country cruiser
for typical (airport) operations. |
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from Zenith Aircraft Company, the complete kit for the CH 750
Cruzer is even quicker and easier to build than the STOL CH 750,
which averages under 400 hours kit assembly time. |
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Start building your CH 750 Cruzer, for just $375 at the Zenith kit factory!
Next hands-on workshops:
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The all-new CH 750 design is available
as a new easy-to-build kit which revolutionizes ease and simplicity of
construction, drawing upon Zenith's decades of experience in the kit
industry.
- Economical cruise speed, yet easy to fly
with a slow landing speed
- Huge
cabin, side-by-side seating, easy cabin access though
two huge doors
- Adjustable seats
- New raised skylight and increased
cabin height
- Spectacular "wrap-around"
visibility
- Many engine choices:
UL Power, Continental, Rotax, Lycoming, Jabiru, Corvair and other auto
conversions, and more...
- Simplicity of a standard tricycle gear
configuration
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The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer features an all-new
airfoil supported by a single stream-lined strut. Compared to the STOL CH
750, the empennage has also been redesigned for its new mission, with a
symmetrical stabilizer and a shortened horizontal tail span. The vertical
tail features a fin and rudder (replacing the traditional all-moving
vertical tail design of the Chris Heintz STOL series). In keeping with its
mission, the Cruzer is fitted with 5.00 x 5 aircraft wheels and new wheel
fairings. The instrument panel of the new design is also wider and more
conventional than the STOL CH 750 (that has a narrower instrument panel to
improve forward-visibility in extreme nose-high attitudes associated with
STOL flying).
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The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer was introduced at Sun'n
Fun and was flown to the show by Zenith Aircraft Company president Sebastien
Heintz (1,000 miles from the factory in Missouri). The prototype
demonstrator aircraft is equipped with the UL350iS 130-hp fuel-injected
UL-Power engine and the latest Dynon SkyView glass panel display
system. As equipped, the aircraft weighs 780 lbs., providing a useful
load of 540 lbs. at the 1,320 lbs. LSA gross weight limit. Cruise speed is
118 mph, rate of climb is 1,200 fpm, and stall speed is 39 mph. The
new design utilizes the same firewall as the STOL CH 750 and the low-wing
Zenith CH 650, meaning existing firewall-forward engine packages are readily
available including the Continental
O-200, Rotax 912 series, Viking (Honda),
Jabiru, Corvair, and others.
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Complete airframe kits for the new design are
offered by Zenith Aircraft Company. As with other all-metal Zenith kits,
this newest model will be built using the latest modern manufacturing (CNC)
technology to offer matched-hole assembly throughout. The new easy-to-build
kit draws upon Zenith's decades of experience in the kit industry, requiring
less than 400 hours to assemble the airframe from the kit (requiring only
basic skills and simple hand tools). A quick-built kit option will also be
available.
Component kits are scheduled for delivery starting next month. As with other
Zenith designs, blueprints (drawings and illustrated photo assembly manuals)
will also be available separately for scratch-builders.
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Build your own Zenith
CH 750 CRUZER aircraft from:
- Complete Kit: Everything you need to
build your own Zenith CH 750.
- Component
(Section) Kits allow you to
"buy-as-you-build"...
- Plans-Only: Detailed Drawings and Photo Assembly Manuals
permit you to "scratch-build" the entire aircraft (parts and
components can also be purchased individually).
- Professional Builder Assist
Centers / Fast Build Kits.
- Starter Kit: The rudder starter kit
allows you to gain hands-on experience while actually starting to
build your own aircraft... for just $375. You can also
assemble the Starter Kit at a hands-on
workshop held right in the factory at no additional cost.
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The modern CH 750 kit has been developed to
provide the builder with everything needed to complete the airframe
- with only basic tools and skills. The CH 750 airframe
requires less than 400 hours to build from the complete
factory-supplied kit. |
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The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer features the
same large cabin as the STOL
CH 750 (3rd edition). The STOL
CH 750 cabin (which by all measures is already very roomy for a light
aircraft) was increased in size by raising the cabin height by nearly three inches (or 70 mm.)
The top front of the cabin (the skylight) has been raised and is now part of the lifting surface of the aircraft: |
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Download
and Print:
Basic CH 750
Cruzer Brochure
Zenith CH 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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Start building your STOL CH 701 or
CH 750
for just $375 at a workshop or with the
Rudder Starter Kit
Next hands-on workshops:
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Check out Photos
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Zenith Homecoming | Timelapse
Video | Slideshow
Video
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We've published a new Zenith Aircraft magazine, chock-full
of information on building and flying your own Zenith. This free
48-page full color magazine provides an excellent introduction to
the world of recreational flying and kit aviation, and covers all
Zenith aircraft kit models, including the STOL CH 701. Contact
Zenith Aircraft Company to have one mailed to you.
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Builder Testimonial:
"I wanted to drop you a short note to say just what a great
product you and your company are providing. The tail kit went
together in short order and I am just about done with the forward
part of the fuselage and will be getting ready to join it to the
tailcone soon. Having worked on a [best selling all-metal E-LSA kit]
prior through the tailcone and wings which I sold to start your
project, I have to say that I am enjoying working with your product
much more. The part quality is outstanding, the holes so far all
seem to fit perfectly, and your choice of the 6061 over the 2024
aluminum is much nicer to work with. I am amazed at just how sturdy
this structure is becoming the further I get. The only problem that
your kit has created is that I now seem to spend my days at work
thinking about what part I will be able to work on once I get
off!"
- David Mason, Zenith CH 750 Cruzer kit builder (Valparaiso,
Indiana)
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How do we top the highly
successful One
Week Wonder project (where a complete Zenith CH 750 Cruzer was
built in less than seven days at EAA Oshkosh AirVenture)?
EAA has announced their "Give
Flight" project where five (5) complete sets of wings will
be started during the week
at Oshkosh by various EAA Chapters (to be taken home after the
show to become part of a group-built airplane). We're thrilled that
EAA has asked Zenith Aircraft to provide three sets of wings for
the Give Flight project. Three new Zenith aircraft (two Zenith
CH 750 Cruzers and one Zenith CH 650) will be started at Oshkosh
this summer with the help of volunteers! If you're a Zenith builder
(or want to learn) please join us in building and teaching others
about the joys of aircraft kit building!
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March 2015: EAA
tours the One Week Wonder Zenith CH 750 Cruzer across central
Florida to EAA Chapters.
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One
Week Wonder Summary Video
Watch the new video from EAA about the One Week Wonder
project and see why Aero-News Network named the project "Best
of Show " at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014. In just seven days,
more than 2,500 volunteers helped build a Zenith
CH 750 Cruzer airplane (from a kit)!
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One Week Wonder! 2,500 EAA's help build a Zenith CH 750
Cruzer.
The story behind the legacy, by Jonathan Porter.
EAA
EXPERIMENTER magazine, October 2014 issue
Read
the full story
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One
Week Wonder Time Lapse Video
Watch as the entire One
Week Wonder Zenith CH 750 Cruzer comes together in just 45
seconds!
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9/20/14: The EAA
One Week Wonder Zenith CH 750 Cruzer back to its origins at the
Zenith kit factory where its parts were built (and shipped to
Oshkosh), pictured here with just a few of the many volunteers who
helped build this
aircraft in seven days at AirVenture 2014!
EAA's Charlie Becker and Tracy Buttles flew the airplane to Mexico,
Missouri from Oshkosh, 400 miles to attend the event. Their return
flight to Oshkosh was non-stop KMYJ to KOSH, demonstrating the
Cruzer's excellent cross-country flying capability.
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8/19/14: Complete kits for the Zenith CH
750 Cruzer are now shipping!
Here, we ship four (4) complete CH
750 Cruzer kits by container to Australia!
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One Week Wonder
- Oshkosh 2014
What an awesome week it
was! Thank you to all who helped with this project, especially
the volunteers and sponsors!
Photo
album of the One Week Wonder project | First
Flight Video | Volunteers
at Work - Day 3 of 7 Video
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First flight video of the One Week Wonder
(piloted by Jeff Skiles)
"On August 5, 2014, the airplane that was built in seven days
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 flew for the first time - carrying
more than 2500 signatures of those who helped build the plane into
the air. Video by Brady Lane / EAA"
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First flight of the EAA staff built
Zenith CH 750 in Oshkosh
A week after the One Week Wonder's first flight, the first flight of
the EAA staff built STOL CH 750 took place on 8/13/14!
Congratulations EAA! More
info on the EAA staff's Zenith kit project
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Zenith CH 750 Cruzer on Full-Lotus
amphibious floats at the Zenair 40th anniversary celebration
(7/19/14)
Chris Heintz
joined Zenair Ltd.
to celebrate its 40th anniversary on Saturday, July 19, 2014 at the Zenair factory at Huronia Airport in Midland, Ontario, Canada.
Photos from the event: Facebook
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Zenith CH 750 Cruzer cabin and
instrument panel
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EAA
Sport Aviation article previewing the One Week Wonder project
Pages 66 - 69, EAA
Sport Aviation Magazine, May 2014
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Video:
Wing Construction - Match-drilled with final hole size
Here's a look at the Zenith CH 750
Cruzer wing kit, featuring factory-built (completed and riveted)
wing spars, and match-drilled final hole size CNC-drilled parts.
Just cleco the parts together right "out of the box",
ready for riveting (using blind pulled rivets).
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The Zenith CH 750 with the Rotax 912iS
engine installation.
Developed by Skytek
Aircraft Services (of Vernon, British Columbia) the new
fuel-injected Rotax
912iS is now available as a complete Rotax
Engine Installation Kit for your Zenith. (Skytek also offers
professional builder assistance service to Zenith builders)
Video Clips: Short
Take-Off and Landing | Flying
with the Rotax 912iS | Engine
Installation Explained | Rotax-Owner.com
Zenith Builder Videos
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"Still quite STOL-worthy, the
Cruzer also lives up to its name"
Video Report: Aero News Network
CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell took the new Zenith 750 Cruzer
on a test flight while at the U.S. Sport Aviation Expo 2014.
Campbell reports on the handling qualities of the airplane. Watch
the video.
More reviews: Light
Sport Aircraft Flyer Review | Dan
Johnson Reviews the Zenith CH 750 Cruzer
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Zenith
CH 750 CRUZER on the cover of the November / December 2013 issue of
Aviation magazine (French language), cover story, pages 8 - 12, by
Richard Saint-George:
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The Zenith
CH 750 Quick Build Kit, ready for pick-up at the Zenith factory
(This particular Quick Build Kit was
loaded on a U-Haul trailer and driven home to Oregon from the Zenith
factory in Mexico, Missouri).
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Video Clip: Inside
the Zenith factory for the hands-on CH 750 Cruzer rudder
assembly workshop
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Zenith
CH 750 Cruzer on the cover of the November 2013 issue of Powered
Sport Flying magazine, cover story.
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Press Reviews
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First
Flight Video (Nov. 6, 2013): Flying the Zenith
CH 750 behind the new Rotax
912iS engine installation.
Roger Dubbert from the Zenith factory flies the CH 750 with the
Rotax 912iS engine installation. Based on the proven concept of the
Rotax 912 engine, the new 912iS engine offers a new engine
management system (including fuel injection). The new Rotax
installation was a collaboration project between Rotax distributor Rotech
Research Canada, Ltd., Skytek
Aircraft Services Ltd. and Zenith. Complete engine and
installation kits (firewall forward packages) will be available
soon.
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10/14/13:
Zenith
CH 750 Cruzer Complete Tail Kits are now shipping!
Price and Ordering Information
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Zenith
CH 750 CRUZER on the cover of the November 2013 issue of KITPLANES
magazine, cover story: "A Zenith for the Asphalt Jungle" Pages
6 - 15, story by editor Paul Dye:
"It is dependable and
honest, flies at 120 mph, operates easily and smoothly off of paved and
prepared runways, and will teach pilots good flying habits. There is
plenty of cockpit space and the baggage area is cavernous."
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Press Reviews
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Follow-Up: Photos
from the 2013 Open Hangar Day (from September 20 &
21)
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Flying the Zenith
CH 750 CRUZER to EAA AirVenture (Oshkosh)
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June 18, 2013:
Trial fit and assembly for the final-hole-sized match-drilled rudder kit parts
for the new Zenith CH 750 Cruzer:
"Wow! The parts are ready for [blind] riveting right out of
the box, and with minimal deburring!"
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The new Zenith
CH 750 Cruzer on the cover of EAA
Experimenter
magazine, June 2013 issue (Vol. 2 No. 6): "The Zenith 750 Cruzer"
Pages
14 - 19,
cover story by Budd Davisson:
Compared to the STOL CH 750:
"It's a much more efficient airplane for those who really don't
care about having the absolute ultimate in off-airport performance."
Read the entire article
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Press Reviews
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Check out the new Zenith
CH 750 CRUZER aircraft. Zenith's latest design is
based on the STOL CH 750 but optimized for more speed, and features
a new wing design (without slats) and an all-new tail.
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Designer Chris Heintz
with the STOL CH 750 Prototype
(between the STOL CH 801 and STOL CH 701)
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