Ken Sandine

Bend, OR

United States

Profile Information:

Aircraft Model
STOL CH 750
Project Status
Flying
Building From
Kit
Building Experience
No Experience
Flying Experience
Commercial / CFI
Building and Flying Info / Your Profession / Other Background Info
Retired Captain, United Airlines. I'm flying off 600 ft gravel strip 10 miles east of Bend, OR, elevation 3500 feet. Everything about the 750 is as advertised, except build time and cruise speed. The view is fabulous!

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  • Christopher Jon Brown

    thanks for the pics.  glad to hear its doing great after the mods. i figure ill build to plan and then add things after i get flying and see what she needs.  i want to teach my 4 kids to fly so ill probably take the slats off so it will be more forgiving on their landings and add the vg's to the main wing like john austin has.  you can really slam a cessna down hard on the mains and have it just bounce back into the air but i dont think the 750 will take that kind of abuse. can hardly wait to get in the air. best chris

  • Christopher Jon Brown

    ken do you have the elevator vg's installed?  the nose does seem to hit hard when the elevator loses authority on lots of the videos, which worries me.  thank god ill be using the lite weight rotax and not the heavier continetal i was originally going to install, i believe money well spent with bigger useful load , $20 an hour fuel costs, great reliability and resale value.  maybe after landing hold the nose just off the runaway instead of holding high like i always do from doing full stall landings, problem appears that it just happens too fast and the elevator authority just quits and down comes the nose gear. thanks for the heads up best chris

  • Zachary Wiest

    Thanks Ken! How often are you flying your 750? I'd love to check out your aircraft. I haven't started a build but attended a Zenith rudder workshop years ago and have done some RV classes at Synergy Air in Eugene.