Cliff Stripling

Male

Marble Falls, TX

United States

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
STOL CH 701
Project Status
Flying
Building From
Kit
Engine installed (or plan to install)
Other
Building Experience
Have already built an airplane
Flying Experience
Private Pilot
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
Quickie, Kolb, Piper L-4 (J3 Cub), Vans RV7A, Zenith CH701. Private SE Land tail wheel endorsement, <300 hrs, 5/way heart bypass op in 2012, Carotid endarterectomy and prostate cancer in 2015, Carotid stents in 2016, can't afford to attempt getting 3rd class medical, can only fly LSA rules now if at all… The engine is a Rotax 582 with a 68" IVO 2-bld prop. Completed Feb/2015. AWC in May/2015. Flight in July/2015. 39 hrs. into Phase I.
Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
BMQ, Kate Craddock Field, Burnet, Texas 78643

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  • Kurt Satter

    Cliff,  Thanks for the response.  I like the building too.  I worked many years in a Fly Baby that was ready for cover when Hurricane Katrina took it (and most of New Orleans).  We could not find any of the bird.  I figure it's somewhere in the Gulf.  I completed a MiniMAX 1103 ultra-light in 2009 when I retired and moved to TX. Mostly too windy for flying it here. 

    The 701 is my 1st shot at all metal.  I took the EAA Sheet Metal Workshop then did the Ruddder Build Workshop at Zenith and told myself I could do it and ordered a complete kit (with folding wing option).  I picked it up myself on 19 Jan.

    I'll probably drop you an note now and then ... You should do an 801 on floats ... It would sell real quick ...

    Feb 8, 2015

  • Kevin McCune

    When you did your beanie, did yo add a center roof support of any kind, or did you just add the airfoil side and cover it?

    Kevin

    Oct 25, 2015

  • Jim Cates

    Cliff,

    Im building a 701 and have been told you used one of Rotax Rick's 670 Engines in your aircraft.   Any insight would be appreciated.   Thanks   Jim Cates

    Feb 14, 2018