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dougsnash
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 Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:30 am Post subject: The CH 750 has arrived!!! - The 701/750 Engine comparison |
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Kevin, I too liked the look of the Corvair at the Zenith booth. The fifth bearing is a very neat and tidy installation. As always, William is great to talk too as well.
As for the CH-750 kit, one point that has been missed is the match drilled holes. The CH-701 kit is pilot drilled only. The CH-750 kit will be match drilled (not too sure how much of it is though). This will save considerable time in assembly. All in all, it looks like a really nice solid LSA plane but as a Canadian builder, LSA means nothing to me right now.
I'm a scratch builder at heart. I'm into the home stretch on my scratch built CH-701 and have no intention of switching to the 750 at this time. That being said, I also plan on getting a set of CH-750 plans. I figure I'll wait a while though as there will likely be a few corrections to the first generation of plans. That and it will give my Visa card a chance to recover from Oshkosh.
As for O-200 prices, I spoke to Wentworth Aircraft from Minneapolis, MN at the show. They say that a runout O-200 with accessories that is gauranteed to be re-buildable is about $3500.00. A mid time O-200 will be $5500.00-$7500.00 depending on time and condition. That is sure a lot better than a Rotax 100 HP in the used market. But lets face it, factory new, the O-200 and the Rotax 912 ULS are pretty compairable in price at around the $20 Thou mark. Also another point for the O-200 is that they are more plentiful on the used market than the Rotax is.
Hope some of this information is useful to our group.
Do Not Archive
Doug MacDonald
CH-701 Scratch Builder
Home from Oshkosh and flat broke again
NW Ontario, Canada
--- On Sat, 8/2/08, kmccune <kmccune(at)somtel.net> wrote:
| Quote: | From: kmccune <kmccune(at)somtel.net>
Subject: Re: The CH 750 has arrived!!! - The 701/750 rudder is the SAME!
To: zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 8:47 PM
"kmccune" <kmccune(at)somtel.net>
I've never looked at the cost of a new 0-200 but it is,
very proven. The Rotax due to the redrive , I believe has a
little more prop torque.
The Fly Corvair engine in the Zenith booth had a 5th
bearing and there is now , a new, forged crank available.
The Corvair is now IMHO a good candidate for a STOL airplane
for a lot less then ether of the other two.
Kevin
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Joe Kidd
Joined: 01 Aug 2008
Posts: 15
Location: TN
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:19 am Post subject: The CH 750 has arrived!!! - The 701/750 Engine comparison |
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Very good informational post Doug with good back story tidbit's on the 0-200. The only negative thing I've heard regarding the 0-200 was the declining avalibility of replacement and or repair part's. However, with it's reintroduction I consider this as moot now. I intend to shop around for a good rebuildable 0-200 for my own later use.
Now with respect to the CH 750 your touched on something I'd already thought to do, which was wait a bit before ordering any plans as I've other fish to fry for the moment, This does not mean I will not purchase 750 plans though, far from it this is what I've wanted from Zenith and I'd like to do a "scratch build" of one myself.
Joe
--- On Mon, 8/4/08, MacDonald Doug <dougsnash(at)yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | From: MacDonald Doug <dougsnash(at)yahoo.com>
Subject: The CH 750 has arrived!!! - The 701/750 Engine comparison
To: zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 9:30 AM
| Quote: | --> Zenith701801-List message posted by: MacDonald Doug
<dougsnash(at)yahoo.com>
Kevin, I too liked the look of the Corvair at the Zenith booth. The fifth
bearing is a very neat and tidy installation. As always, William is great to
talk too as well.
As for the CH-750 kit, one point that has been missed is the match drilled
holes. The CH-701 kit is pilot drilled only. The CH-750 kit will be match
drilled (not too sure how much of it is though). This will save considerable
time in assembly. All in all, it looks like a really nice solid LSA plane but
as a Canadian builder, LSA means nothing to me right now.
I'm a scratch builder at heart. I'm into the home stretch on my
scratch built CH-701 and have no intention of switching to the 750 at this time.
That being said, I also plan on getting a set of CH-750 plans. I figure
I'll wait a while though as there will likely be a few corrections to the
first generation of plans. That and it will give my Visa card a chance to
recover from Oshkosh.
As for O-200 prices, I spoke to Wentworth Aircraft from Minneapolis, MN at the
show. They say that a runout O-200 with accessories that is gauranteed to be
re-buildable is about $3500.00. A mid time O-200 will be $5500.00-$7500.00
depending on time and condition. That is sure a lot better than a Rotax 100 HP
in the used market. But lets face it, factory new, the O-200 and the Rotax 912
ULS are pretty compairable in price at around the $20 Thou mark. Also another
point for the O-200 is that they are more plentiful on the used market than the
Rotax is.
Hope some of this information is useful to our group.
Do Not Archive
Doug MacDonald
CH-701 Scratch Builder
Home from Oshkosh and flat broke again
NW Ontario, Canada
--- On Sat, 8/2/08, kmccune <kmccune(at)somtel.net> wrote:
| Quote: | From: kmccune <kmccune(at)somtel.net>
Subject: Re: The CH 750 has arrived!!! - The 701/750
rudder is the SAME!
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| Quote: | To: zenith701801-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 8:47 PM
--> Zenith701801-List message posted by:
"kmccune" <kmccune(at)somtel.net>
I've never looked at the cost of a new 0-200 but it is,
very proven. The Rotax due to the redrive , I believe has a
little more prop torque.
The Fly Corvair engine in the Zenith booth had a 5th
bearing and there is now , a new, forged crank available.
The Corvair is now IMHO a good candidate for a STOL airplane
for a lot less then ether of the other two.
Kevin
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