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Flying the STOL CH 750 Super Duty cross-country home from Sun 'n Fun

2021-04-22T21:55:28.076Z

Views of the STOL CH 750 Super Duty on the flight home from the 2021 Sun 'n Fun fly-in expo in Lakeland, Florida to the Zenith kit aircraft factory in Missouri, over northeast Alabama.
The STOL CH 750 Super Duty sport utility kit aircraft offers exceptional off-airport STOL performance and capability, while also making an excellent cross-country hauler, with a roomy cabin (for up to three) and excellent load carrying capability.
Here, flying across rural northeast Alabama, as seen from the Zenith CH 750 Cruzer

Off airport: Short flight in the Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty

2018-12-18T01:06:13.467Z

Off airport: A closer look flying the incredible Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty "Sky Jeep" sport utility aircraft, powered by the 205-hp IO-375 engine with Cato propeller, and equipped with the repositionable "un-panel" with Avilution glass panel display. Check out the amazing performance and incredible visibility!
The STOL CH 750 Super Duty is the latest model in the Zenith high-wing lineup. The family resemblance between the STOL CH 750 Super Duty (SD) and the original STOL CH 750 light-sport aircraft is obvious, but the Super Duty offers a much increased useful load, the addition of a jump seat in the big rear cabin area, and more powerful engine choices for maximum short take-off and landing (STOL) capability.
Like its predecessors, the STOL CH 750 SD offers extraordinary STOL performance. The factory demonstrator aircraft can take off in only 115 feet with 205 horsepower. It climbs at 1,350 feet per minute, and cruise speed is respectable at 105 mph in stock configuration (with bush tires). The landing roll is just 150 feet. The 34 mile per hour stall speed means the airplane excels at slow flight, with excellent maneuverability right down to the gentle, mushing stall.
This STOL CH 750 SD is powered by a 205 hp IO-375 engine from Aero Sport Power. Like all Chris Heintz designs, the Super Duty is not designed around any particular engine, which gives you the freedom to choose the engine that best fits your performance needs and budget restrictions. The suitable range is 150-230 horsepower.
Like the other Zenith CH 750 models, the new Super Duty offers a huge cabin, side-by-side seating, easy cabin access though two big swing-up bubble doors, adjustable seats, a raised skylight, and lots of head room. Over the nose visibility on the ground is excellent because of the tricycle gear, and the direct-linkage steerable nosewheel makes ground handling easy.
http://www.zenithair.net/introduction-ch-750-super-duty/

Merry Christmas: Happy Holidays from Zenith Aircraft

2017-12-24T21:24:38.187Z

Here's our 2017 annual holiday greetings from Zenith Aircraft Company! We wish all our customers, suppliers, colleagues and friends around the world a most Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Disrupting Traditional Avionics - The Extraordinary Avilution 'UnPanel'

2017-09-16T02:28:54.707Z

Avilution 'Unpanel' Represents A Major Change In VFR Avionics…

One of the most innovative things on display at AirVenture this summer was the Avilution Unpanel, which represents a major change in avionics for VFR airplanes.

Mark Spencer, Founder of Avilution, told Aero-News editor Tom Patton that the company designed the Unpanel by approaching avionics as a software "problem", making it possible to bring a product to the market much faster. The Unpanel was developed in conjunction with Zenith Aircraft for their STOL CH-750 Super Duty airplane.

Spencer said that pilots doing the kind of flying for which the Super Duty is designed are most interested in things like angle of attack, altitude, and other basic flight information. So the Unpanel places the instruments most important for VFR flying at the top of the display, with the remainder of the screen used for things like engine instrumentation and moving maps.

The architecture of the Unpanel is modular so that it can support other new and innovative technology that may already be in the pipeline or developed in the future.

The moving map is a separate software solution than the avionics display, and Spencer said that the company intends to allow third parties to develop different moving map displays as the system gains wider acceptance. Spencer said the company is open to talking with other aircraft manufacturers about developing the Unpanel for their aircraft.

Total solar eclipse viewed from Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty

2017-08-22T14:36:18.358Z

Dark skies. Bright panel!
Dark views of the total eclipse (and the unpanel display from Avilution) in the STOL CH 750 Super Duty "Sky Jeep" piloted by Roger Dubbert and Clint Gosch over Mexico, Missouri.