LSA - Zodiac CH601XL

Pretty good. Check it out at www.peoamerica.net/N601WR.


"Al" wrote in message
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Thanks. How is yours coming?

Al


"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATcox.net wrote in message
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Here's something you can print up as a hand out. 19 page summary of the
rule.

http://www.sportpilot.org/rule/sp_rule.pdf


"Al" wrote in message
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Thank you gentlemen, I am making a presentation to our local EAA chapter
on the new S-LSA's becoming available. The information you provided will
aid me in anwering questions, and at least sounding like I know what I'm
talking about.

Al




"Bryan Martin" wrote in message
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Chris Heintz designed the CH601XL. He started a kit aircraft company
(Zenair, Ltd.) in Canada several years ago to market his kit airplane
designs. This is still the main "design house".

Zenith Aircraft (ZenithAir) was started up later by a couple of his
sons in
Mexico, Missouri to build and sell their father's kit designs. Zenith
Aircraft builds the experimental-amatuer built version of the CH601XL,
which
can be flown under the LSA rules by sport pilot.

AMD was started up in Georgia by another of Chris's sons to build
another of
Chris's designs, the CH2000 Alarus, under FAA certification. This
factory is
building the SLSA version of the CH601XL.

Czech Aircraft Works is licensed by Chris Heintz to build the CH601
series
aircraft as ready-to-fly airplanes in Europe. They also build parts for
the
kits sold by Zenith Aircraft in Missouri. I believe they also sell the
CH601XL as an ELSA to American customers.


in article , Al at
wrote on 1/11/06 12:04 PM:

According to the EAA list, there are currently 23 Special Light
Sport
Aircraft currently available. http://www.sportpilot.org/slsa/

It appears that the Zodiac CH601XL is manufactured or distributed by
at
least 3 companies.

http://www.newplane.com/amd/amd/601_...ification.html
http://www.zenithair.com/zodiac/xl/performance-sp.html
http://www.airplane.cz/pages/ch601_zodiac.htm

AMD seems to hold the Airworthiness Certificate
http://www.newplane.com/amd/amd/601_SLSA/601.html

So who's airplane is this really? What is the relationship between
these
companies. They each have differant Options, prices, and performance.
Are these really 3 separate LSA's?

Al CFIAMI

"Lou" wrote in news:1137082550.950815.227080
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

Nice print out. Can anyone answer this question?
The rule states that the aircraft can not hold more than two persons
including the pilot.
Does this mean if you have a 3 or 4 seat home built that falls within
(not that there are many) the weight, speed and stall maximums, with
removable seats for (luggage, golf clubs, cargo, etc...) whatever you
can or can't fly it as a ESLA after removing the extra seats?



You can-not fly it as a sport pilot if it ever had those 2 seats in it... I
would have never meet the 1320lb gross limit anyway.. but you get the
picture. Another good example of the "since it's original certification"
quandry is the old Ercoupe C's that have been converted to D's, cannot be
converted back to a C and still flown by a sport pilot.


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