Zenith STOL CH 750 Cruzer
Piston single engine • High Wing • Fixed gear
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About the Zenith STOL CH 750 Cruzer
Overview
The Zenith STOL CH 750 Cruzer is the cross-country member of the CH 750 family, a two-seat, high-wing kit aircraft from Zenith Aircraft Company of Mexico, Missouri. It keeps the CH 750’s cabin and structure but trades the full-STOL wing for a faster cruising airfoil, giving up some short-field performance for noticeably more speed and range. It is sold as an experimental amateur-built kit and meets the FAA light-sport definition in standard form. Zenith’s published figures are based on the 100-hp Continental O-200; the airframe accepts 80 to 160 hp.
Where the STOL CH 750 is built to land anywhere, the Cruzer is built to get somewhere. It cruises around 103 knots, carries 30 gallons of fuel, and still works from short fields with a takeoff and landing roll near 350 feet.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- More speed and range than the STOL CH 750. A 103-knot cruise and 30-gallon fuel load make the Cruzer a genuine cross-country two-seater while keeping honest short-field manners.
- Sport-pilot eligible in standard form, with a stall around 34 knots inside both the MOSAIC 59-knot gate and the older light-sport limits.
- Owner-built and owner-maintained, with the repairman certificate and condition-inspection privileges of an experimental amateur-built aircraft.
- A wide engine envelope, 80 to 160 hp, covering the Continental O-200, the Rotax 912 family, UL Power, Jabiru, and the Viking engines.
Trade-offs
- Less short-field capability than the full-STOL CH 750. The Cruzer’s 350-foot rolls are short by general-aviation standards but well off the STOL airframe’s 100-foot numbers.
- Still a modest traveler. A 103-knot cruise is faster than the STOL but slow next to a certified cross-country single.
- You build it, or buy one someone else built, with the workmanship and pre-buy caveats that carries.
- Experimental, not certified, with the operating and insurance profile of that category.
See Also
- Zenith STOL CH 750 – the full-STOL sibling on the same airframe, for a builder who wants maximum short-field ability over speed. Compare
- Zenith CH 650 – the low-wing cross-country sibling, faster again but without the short-field manners. Compare
- Cessna 150 – the classic certified two-seat trainer on the same Continental O-200, for a buyer weighing a kit against a standard-airworthiness airplane. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- Source: manufacturer figure 9.17 ft
- Length
- Source: manufacturer figure 23.25 ft
- Parking area (ft2)
- 1122.94 ft2
- Max Takeoff Weight
- Source: manufacturer figure 1,320 lbs
- Useful Load
- Source: manufacturer figure 540 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- Source: manufacturer figure 30 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 103 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (Vne)
- Source: manufacturer figure 126 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- Estimated — derived, not a published figure 45 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (Vs1)
- Source: manufacturer figure 34 KIAS
- Range
- Source: manufacturer figure 452 NM
- Rate of Climb
- 1200 fpm
Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Zenith STOL CH 750 Cruzer specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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