Zenith STOL CH 750 SD
Piston single engine • High Wing • Fixed gear
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About the Zenith STOL CH 750 SD
Overview
The Zenith STOL CH 750 Super Duty (SD) is the heavy-lift member of the CH 750 family, a two-seat, high-wing kit aircraft from Zenith Aircraft Company of Mexico, Missouri. It takes the CH 750 short-field formula and scales it up: a bigger wing, a 1,900-lb gross weight, and engines from 150 to 230 hp, for builders who want to carry real load into and out of short, rough strips. It is sold as an experimental amateur-built kit. Zenith’s published figures are based on a prototype fitted with the 205-hp Aero Sport Power IO-375.
The Super Duty pairs heavy-hauling payload with genuine STOL numbers. An 800-lb useful load and a takeoff roll near 115 feet let it work as a back-country truck rather than a light sport airplane, while still landing in about 150 feet.
Key Features for GA Buyers
- Heavy-lift short-field capability. An 800-lb useful load and a roughly 115-foot takeoff roll make the SD a genuine back-country load hauler.
- Sport-pilot eligible under MOSAIC despite its weight. The 1,900-lb gross would have ruled it out under the old light-sport rule, but MOSAIC’s stall-speed gate brings the roughly 30-knot SD inside the sport-pilot envelope.
- A wide, powerful engine envelope, 150 to 230 hp, covering the Lycoming O-360 and IO-360, the UL Power UL520, Titan, and the Viking engines, with the Aero Sport Power IO-375 on the prototype.
- Owner-built and owner-maintained, with the repairman certificate and condition-inspection privileges of an experimental amateur-built aircraft.
Trade-offs
- Higher operating cost than the lighter Zeniths. A 200-plus-horsepower engine burns roughly twice the fuel of the O-200 and Rotax airframes and carries a larger overhaul reserve.
- Endorsement and currency considerations. A high-output engine and, on many builds, a constant-speed propeller add pilot endorsements that a lighter Zenith does not require.
- You build it, or buy one someone else built, with the workmanship and pre-buy caveats that carries; the SD is a larger, more involved build than the standard CH 750.
- Experimental, not certified, with the operating and insurance profile of that category.
See Also
- Zenith STOL CH 750 – the standard-weight STOL sibling, for a builder who does not need the Super Duty’s payload. Compare
- Zenith STOL CH 750 Cruzer – the cross-country sibling on the same family, trading payload and short-field ability for speed. Compare
- Viking V-42 – another experimental airframe in the Viking engine orbit, for a builder weighing a twin against a heavy-lift single. Compare
Technical Specifications
Dimensions & Weights
- Height
- Source: manufacturer figure 9.0 ft
- Length
- Source: manufacturer figure 22.0 ft
- Parking area (ft2)
- 1172.34 ft2
- Max Takeoff Weight
- Source: manufacturer figure 1,900 lbs
- Useful Load
- Source: manufacturer figure 800 lbs
- Fuel Capacity
- Source: manufacturer figure 48 gal
Performance
- Cruise Speed
- Source: manufacturer figure 91 KTAS
- Never-Exceed (Vne)
- Source: manufacturer figure 122 KIAS
- Approach Speed
- Estimated — derived, not a published figure 39 KIAS
- Stall, Clean (Vs1)
- Source: manufacturer figure 30 KIAS
- Range
- Source: manufacturer figure 348 NM
- Rate of Climb
- 1350 fpm
Sources
Where the figures on this page come from. Zenith STOL CH 750 SD specifications are traced to published references; estimated values are flagged inline next to the figure.
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