Zenith CH801 STOL

[flyersfan31]

It's ugly, but practical, with four seats. Fun, old-fashioned low and slow flight. Easy to assemble, IMHO, with mostly blind rivets. No mixing goop, no bucking bars, and the quick build might only take 400-500hrs.

What am I missing? I have a real bug about building, but everytime I mention it to the missus she laughs at me. Maybe if I did a better job cleaning the house....

 

[AdamZ]

Cool plane STOL is an understatement!

 

[Dean]

I stopped at the factory in Mexico, MO a few weeks ago to look around. I was very surprised at the room all four seats had in the 801. The factory demo they had on hand to fly was a 180 hp model. They had the 701 with a 582 and it was out flying while I was there. They offered to take me up, but I was short on time and had to be in Jeff City in a hour.

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

They are an awesome STOL aircraft, no two ways about it. Don't skimp on horsepower. It was my second choice behind the Highlander by Just Air, mostly for build time.

 

[rubber314chicken]

the performance looks great, but I have yet to figure out where the baggage would go with 4 people in that airplane.