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# 68 21-03-2010 , 03:07 AM
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Hey that is looking very good Bullet. I was interested in the CH 701 so I went to the Zenithair website. I really like the STOL and unimproved field operational capabilities of that aircraft.

The CH 750 is nice also with its slightly wider cockpit.

Looking forward to seeing the final model. Keep up the good work.

The plane is not a looker but its STOL performance is very impressive. In a 25 knot head wind I could fly this airplane backwards!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIRss...A784B9&index=0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVS27...A784B9&index=2

I had the opportunity to fly a Fieseler Storch (German aircraft from WWII) back in the 80's for a local airshow at New Hudson airport in Michigan. For the demo I was taking off in the width of a taxiway. The plane goes airborn in like one and a half tire rotation. With a slight head wind you can take off and it looks like you are just levitating straight up lol!

It scares the bajesus out of passengers and to be honest the first few times I flew it I was sucking up seat material as it is just not natural to have nearly no forward airspeed and a close to 60 degree climb angle.


"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Sir Isaac Newton, 1675

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