READ ME File for Zenith CH 801 STOL Version 2.0 for FS 2002 Pro



By Brian Gladden



Description:

The Zenith CH 801 STOL is a VERY short takeoff and landing homebuilt kit aircraft. At light weights it can take off in approximately 250 feet. And land in 300 feet. Designed By Chris Hinze this kit built aircraft is touted to be a flying sport utiliy vehicle.

Seating four people it is a spectacular bush aircraft.


Design Features of the STOL CH 801: ( taken from the Zenair Website )

All-metal semi-monocoque construction, utilizing proven "Zenair easy-build technology," including extensive use of Textron Avdel blind rivets;
Fixed leading-edge wing slats;
Full-length flaperons (combined ailerons and flaps);
"Above-Cab" wing design for superior visibility;
All-flying rudder for increased responsiveness at slow flight and superior cross-wind capability;
Rugged landing gear for rough-field capability;
Tricycle gear configuration for improved ground handling and visibility;
Short wing span to allow operation in areas with obstacles;
"Open Design" to allow for a wide choice of engine installations;
Overall design and construction simplicity for field-maintainability, including easy-remove cowls for quick access to the engine.

SPECIFICATIONS STOL CH 801
LENGTH 24 Ft. 6 In. 7.5 m.
HEIGHT 8 Ft. 9 In. 2.7 m.
WING SPAN 31 Ft. 9.5 m.
WING AREA 167 SQ.FT. 15.5 m.sq.
WING CHORD 5 Ft. 3 In. 1.6 m.
HORIZONTAL TAIL SPAN 8 Ft. 4 In. 2.57 m.
HORIZONTAL TAIL AREA 25 SQ.FT. 2.7 m.sq..
EMPTY WEIGHT 1,150 LBS. 522 kg.
DESIGN GROSS WEIGHT 2,200 LBS. 1,000 kg.
USEFUL LOAD 1,050 LBS. 478 kg.
FUEL CAPACITY (Standard)
- Fuel weight (Standard) 30 Gal. (2 x 15)
= 176 LBS. 112 l. (2 x 56)
= 80 kg.
FUEL CAPACITY (Extended Range Option)
- Fuel weight (Extended Range Option) 60 Gal. (4 x 15)
= 352 LBS. 224 l. (4 x 56)
= 160 kg.
DESIGN PAYLOAD
- Occupants + Baggage / Cargo 800 LBS.
= 200 lbs X 4 360 kg.
= 90 kg. X 4
WING LOADING 12.9 LBS/FT² 62.9 kg/m²
POWER LOADING 11.95 LBS/BHP 5.44 kg/BHP
CABIN WIDTH 44 INCHES 112 cm.
CABIN LENGTH 78 INCHES 198 cm.

DESIGN LIMITATIONS:

POWER 150 - 240 BHP.
MAX. INSTALLED POWERPLANT WEIGHT 440 lbs. 200 kg.
MAX. TAKE-OFF WEIGHT (MTOW) 2,200 lbs. 998 kg.
DESIGN LOAD FACTOR (ultimate) @ 2,200 lbs. + 5.7, - 2.8
MAX. WING LOADING (@ 2,200 lbs.) 13.2 PSF 64.4 kg/m²
MAX. FLAP EXTENDED SPEED 80 MPH 129 km/h
MAX. CRUISE SPEED - VA 120 MPH 193 km/h
NEVER EXCEED SPEED (VNE) 150 MPH 240 km/h



About this FS 2000 model:

Designed with Abacus Flight Sim Design Studio Pro. I love the looks of the 801. it just says work me hard, much like the Beaver.

At the moment I don't have the programming skills down enough to give this aircraft true Flapperons so it just has moving flaps, elevators, rudder and steering nose wheel along with animated propeller.

New to version 2.0: I have added a FS 2002 style prop disk and reduced the size of the strobe lights. Curt has also tweaked the flight dynamics for FS 2002. I now have this plane painted as a regular homebuilt and in Bush Flying Unlimited livery.


Animated with Aircraft Animator.


INSTALATION:

unzip to a temporary folder and then move the aircraft to your FS 2002 aircraft folder. Copy the gauges to the Gauge folder of FS 2002. Requires the default cessna, extra 300 and bendix radio gauges to be installed. All others are included.

This aircraft is Freeware. I designed it, you better not sell it. If you want to repaint it let me know and I'll help you out all I can.

Thanks to Mike Stone for the use of his original Zenith CH 710 airfile as a starting point.


Brian Gladden

Briglad@aol.com

http://greenmtnflightsim.homestead.com/Home.html




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