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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.
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 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
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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:
- Complete Kit: Everything you need to
build your own STOL 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.
- Fly-away STOL CH 701 Light Sport (S-LSA) from Aircraft Manufacturing
and Design (AMD) ...details coming soon.
- 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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Internal wing assembly, using "match-hole" technology, is
ready to cleco together: |
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The STOL CH 750 on the cover of the February 2009 issue of
Kitplanes magazine
(now on newsstands):
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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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 Workshop: January 29 & 30, 2009
At left:
Factory workshop
participants, in front of the STOL CH 750, from the October 10,
2008 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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