STOL CH 750
Zenith CH750 with Jabiru 3300 engine on Zenair 1450A amphib floats, tied up on Lake Superior shoreline. Life is good!
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Douglas Edward McKenzie
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"Hi,
What engine did you use? How did it perform on floats? What was the useful load on floats? I'm building a 750 STOL and I intend to put it on floats eventually."
"Zenith was of little help with the melted front nose gear swivel issue. They did redesign the front bearing. I installed it and sold the floats & CH750. Zenith does its R&D on the builders wallet. I was the 1st to install & fly floats on…"
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- STOL CH 750
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- Engine installed (or plan to install)
- Jabiru
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- Retired Family Physician, previous owner Cessna 182 and Piper Lance. Zenith is mated to Zenair 1450A amphib floats, engine Jabiru 3300A, prop Luga prop 3 blade from Ukraine
- Home Airport (ie. KMYJ)
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Comment Wall (6 comments)
- At 6:37pm on November 23, 2020,
David Fryday said…
Hi Douglas, very nice! How long has it been on floats? What was the transition to flying with floats like? I want to get my CH750 on floats next year. My engine is a 130hp UL Power 350is.
Cheers,
Dave
- At 12:37pm on October 14, 2020,
Alexander Ehrnrooth said…
Hi,
What engine did you use? How did it perform on floats? What was the useful load on floats? I'm building a 750 STOL and I intend to put it on floats eventually.
- At 2:41pm on September 13, 2020,
Bob McDonald said…
Zenith was of little help with the melted front nose gear swivel issue. They did redesign the front bearing. I installed it and sold the floats & CH750. Zenith does its R&D on the builders wallet. I was the 1st to install & fly floats on a CH750 in North America... 2nd in the world. Zenith had never done it.
Contact David J. Beaulieu on this site.
- Bangor, ME
- United States
He bought my floats and has been flying them successfully. He also built gear position indicator light system.
- At 7:24am on September 23, 2010,
Dr. Edward M. Moody II said…
- I'd like to meet you as well. I have to warn you however that you would likely be disappointed in my "kitchen piping" as I have not played with a band for many years now. If you can accept a limited repertoire and less than practice book decorations, then we'd get on just fine.
I have heard glowing reviews about Mackinac Island and the U.P. but have not yet visited in person. I hope to remedy that in the future, perhaps in conjunction with Airventure.
Ed
- At 3:51pm on September 22, 2010,
Conrad Watters said…
- Greetings from the Ottawa area. I have just started the power build with Mark in Kitchener. There are many little tricks that I am sure you will be picking up from the builders group. Good luck. Conrad
- At 10:25am on September 22, 2010,
- Hi Douglas,
Is that you playing the pipes in the photo? I play as well; mostly solo for the last several years. It's hard to make it to band practice when you are building.
Ed
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