701F2

About

The Zenith STOL CH 701 is the work of Chris Heintz, a Canadian aeronautical engineer whose Midland, Ontario company Zenair (and licensee Zenith Aircraft Company in Mexico, Missouri) introduced the CH 701 in 1986. Conceived as an off-airport short-takeoff-and-landing kit aircraft for both sport pilots and first-time builders, the design combined the structural integrity of a "real" airplane with the short-field capabilities of an ultralight. Fixed leading-edge slats, full-span flaperons, an all-flying rudder, and all-metal 6061-T6 aluminum construction give the type an airborne distance of less than 120 feet on unprepared grass — capabilities that have made the CH 701 one of the most-copied light aircraft designs still in production.

This second variant of the 701 in our pack carries a different paint scheme on the same airframe and float configuration as the 701f. It's the kind of variation builders themselves create — same kit, same components, different personality — and it lets simulator pilots fly the type back-to-back in different colors to compare handling on the same airframe.

In the simulator

Identical handling to the 701f in this same pack — friendly, slow-flying, with the bush-plane character of the real CH 701 STOL. Use it for water takeoffs and landings, low-and-slow scenic flying, and the kind of go-anywhere bush mission the real airframe was designed for. Pairs with lake and coastal landscapes. Pick this variant or the 701f based on your preference for paint scheme; the airframe behavior is the same.