Flying the new STOL CH 750 light sport utility airplane

[ramfery23]

holy cow it take off in like 5 meters.

[Imragnar1]

I could have gotten along without the crappy MUSIC. Might have been nice to hear the sounds of the airplane, if this video is real and not a fake. Oh well, Good -BYE most of us grew up before we started flying.

[winterka100]

The inverted airfoil on the horizontal stabilizer has got nothing to do with the engine weight. The function of the horizontal stabilizer is to hold the wing at the required angle of attack . This requires a constant down force on the tail of the plane. The inverted airfoil is more efficient than "barn door"style stabilizers for the same reason wings have the usual airfoil shape.

[lorealo02]

that airplane its yours?

[atreewithnolife]

is it rated for any aerobatics?

[972203035]

Love the photography and the music you choose for your Zenith youtube videos!

Makes me think about wanting to buy one.

[jyokid]

Since this is experimental, is there any reason it couldn't be outfitted with IFR equipment and used as a regular airplane as opposed to an LSA?

[zenithairco]

@jyokid - No problem if the plane is equipped for IFR and you're licensed for it.

[shortsk8er16]

Well more probably because you get a much higher control response when the elevator acts in the higher pressure of the airfoil... kinda like adverse yaw

[profitticket]

Whats up with the inverted airfoil on the horizontal stabilizer?

[mrk2k4]

My guess is that if you notice, there's not much bulk to the tail so its significantly lighter than the nose. During flight, the increased weight difference would cause the nose to pitch down even more. So the stab creats downward lift on the tail to lessen the effect of the heavier nose wanting to pull down. That's just my logic...

[shortsk8er16]

Stability for the fore COP

[shpian]

All Stabilizers and stabilators are designed to produce negative lift to compensate for ehgine weight. The inverted aerofoil is more noticable in this design.

[georgeou]

@profitticket Just about all H-stabilizers are inverted because nearly all airplanes have a center of gravity that is slightly in front of the center of the main wing (typically aligning with the quarter cord towards front of wings). Because of this front-heavy configuration, the rear wing (the stabilizer) must push down to keep the nose from dropping.

This sounds counter intuitive because one might assume that the second wing should add lift instead of subtracting. But this stabile.

[VdzAk]

This plane has Alaska written all over it!

[stolflyer]

Great new plane for us sport pilots!

[zmatt]

Can't wait to see your aircraft out at Sebring.