Zenith CH 750 CRUZER

[The following is our official "Press Release" for our new design. We plan to share more information soon about the new design and kit.] 

 

ZENITH INTRODUCES NEW DESIGN AT SUN’N FUN

Sun’n Fun Fly-In (Lakeland, FL) – The CH 750 Cruzer has arrived! Zenith Aircraft Company is introducing its new light aircraft design at the Sun’n Fun Fly-in. The all-metal two-seat CH 750 Cruzer is the latest design from Chris Heintz. While influenced by its well-known STOL predecessors (the STOL CH 701 “Sky Jeep”, CH 750 and four-seat CH 801 sport utility aircraft), the CH 750 Cruzer is an all-new design.

“Our STOL CH 750 design has been a huge success in large part thanks to its easy cabin access, fantastic visibility, and for its room side-by-side comfort for two adults,” says Sebastien Heintz, president of Zenith Aircraft Co. of Mexico, Missouri. “However, many customers do not need off-airport capability or extreme STOL (short take-off and landing) performance. We’ve optimized the new design for cruise and typical (airport) operations, while retaining the popular cabin features of the STOL CH 750.”

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).

“We’ve retained some of the most popular features of the STOL CH 750, while optimizing the new design for cross-country flying,” says Heintz.

The Zenith CH 750 Cruzer introduced at Sun’n Fun was flown to the show by Heintz (1,000 miles from the factory in Missouri) and 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.

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.

Zenith Aircraft Company will be releasing both building (kit assembly) and flying video clips of the new design shortly on its website, as well as detailed design data and kit and options pricing information: www.zenithair.com

 

 

Flying the Zenith CH 750 CRUZER

Above, cruisin' with the new CH 750 CRUZER

The Zenith CH 750 CRUZER

Zenith Aircraft's Sebastien Heintz with the CH 750 CRUZER

Zenith CH 750 CRUZER

 

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Comment by Mike Allen on April 13, 2013 at 7:44pm

I agree, the folding wing would be a true asset.

Comment by Ivor Link on April 13, 2013 at 4:11pm

Really a a cool looking plane now- well done! The CH750 now ticks most of my needs boxes. Will the folding wing option be available?

Cheers Ivor

Comment by Randy Branson on April 11, 2013 at 11:06am

Great!  I'm glad to see the new design.  May change my mind about which one to build now.  I love the more aerodynamic look of the Cruzer over the 701 and 750

Comment by Tim Garrett on April 11, 2013 at 8:16am
I guess this is what happens when you park the 750 and the 650 in a dark hanger together. Brilliant response to your customers needs. Congrats!
Comment by Mike Allen on April 10, 2013 at 2:28pm

Will this aircraft fly on a Lycoming 0-320?

Comment by Danny Creech on April 10, 2013 at 1:52am

Thank you so much ZENITH!!!  Finally this will get rid of the few things I have been hating about the line of STOL. Put some VGs along the top leading edge and tundra tires on it and you have an aircraft with Better Glide ratio, Better cruse speeds, Better landing characteristics (fewer bent landing gears for me to fix), Is already designed for a real airplane engine (O-200), No more strange yawing characteristics rolling into and out of a turn, and similar take off performance as the original CH-750! 

My one hope is that you also fixed the cheap design of the nose strut and the gaping holes for the nose wheel steering linkage. If not, I'll just keep installing the design which I came up with to fix this.

Thanks guys! I'm looking forward to building several of these for customers. 

Comment by Tim Pumphrey on April 9, 2013 at 6:40pm

The 750 Cruzer is a Great aircraft. But I will stick with building the CH701. It fits may need.

Comment by Clint L Gosch on April 9, 2013 at 11:56am

Great looking machine!  I'm looking forward to seeing the changes in the wing that allow the single strut. Looks like another winner, Well done Zenith!

 

Comment by robert t moore on April 9, 2013 at 11:32am

Sebastien,

The obivious question........

 

Can you convert (all or certain parts) of a STOL 750 to the new Cruzer.  I have tail feathers and am starting the fuse.

Comment by Paul Sanders on April 9, 2013 at 9:08am

Very nice indeed!! Though now I feel like I started my plane building 3 years too early, this plane would be a much better fit for my needs. 

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