Zenith STOL CH 750
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The STOL CH 750 is the 2008-era enlargement of the CH 701 to the light-sport limits: a 29 ft 9 in slatted wing, a 42-inch cabin that bubble doors widen to 50, and 1,320 lb gross (1,440 design), on tricycle gear. With a 100 hp Rotax 912 Zenith quotes 100 mph cruise, a 35 mph stall, 100 ft of ground roll and 1,000 fpm; engines from 100 to 160 hp are approved.
The attraction is CH 701 field performance with a cabin two adults fit in and a useful load of 545 lb at the LSA weight, and the trade is that it is still a 90-knot aeroplane with a lot of drag. Because builders fit anything from an O-200 to an O-320 or a Viking auto conversion, empty weights vary by well over a hundred pounds and the 1,320 lb gross is a legal limit a builder can register against or not; the aircraft's own weight-and-balance governs what it carries. Do not confuse it with the three-seat Super Duty, which is a bigger, heavier aeroplane with a 1,900 lb gross. As an amateur-built aircraft the owner can maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P, not an IA. Kits and parts are in current production.
Variants of the Zenith STOL CH 750
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912 ULS / Continental O-200 class (100-160 hp approved) |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 2008 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 87 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 322 nm |
| Service ceiling | 14,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 1,000 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 30 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 545 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,320 lb |
| Empty weight | 775 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $66,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $119,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 417 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 372 |
| Median year built | 2017 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 32 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 86.021 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 75.272 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 66 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 17.743 |
| Airworthiness directives | 2 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 372 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 372 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 372 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1.2 of 101 |
| Severity | 8.5 of 102 |
| Access | 8.6 of 103 |
| Support | 8.9 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 3.9 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 31.1 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 319 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.33.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 79.
- Liquidity: class median 19.91.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30