Zenith CH 801

The Zenith STOL CH 801 is a four-seat, all-metal sport STOL kit aircraft developed by Chris Heintz and offered in kit form by Zenith Aircraft Company of Mexico, Missouri. It follows the general design and features of the smaller two-place STOL CH 701, but the two aircraft share no common parts, and the 801 offers a useful load of 1,000 pounds, double the 701's. It is made from sheet aluminium and uses a deep wing chord, full-length leading-edge slats and trailing-edge flaperons to develop high lift at low speed while keeping a short wingspan of 27 feet for strength and ground handling. Published figures for a Lycoming O-360 of 180 horsepower give a gross weight of 2,200 pounds and a cruise speed of 105 mph. By the end of 2011, 160 CH 801s had been completed and were flying.