Zenair CH-200 Zenith

With 100 hp the CH-200 will cruise for four hours at 130 mph carrying two passengers and baggage, while 150 hp and an aerobatic option turns the Zenith into a powerful per-former. (The Zenith is stressed for engines from 85 to 160 hp). First designed and built in 1974. Two -place seating is under a sliding canopy in a fuselage formed by four longerons with stiffened skins, blind riveted to longerons. Five bulkheads carry the top skin. The constant-chord wings have a single cantilevered spar with three sections and electronically-operated flaps. One-piece, all-moving, horizontal and vertical control surfaces constitute the tail.

Price 1982:  $8,500 (excludes engine, instruments and paint). Units delivered to June 1981: 450.

Engine: 125-hp
Gross Weight: 1500 lbs.
Empty Weight: 930 lbs
Fuel Capacity: 24 USG.
Wingspan: 23 ft
Length: 20ft 6in.
Wing area: 105 sq.ft
Top speed: 151 mph.
Cruise speed: 141 mph
Stall speed: 54 mph.
Climb rate: 1100 fpm
Takeoff run (to 50ft): 1400 ft.
Landing run (from 50ft): 1400 ft
Range: 450 sm.
Seats: 2
Design load: +9g.

Engine: Lycoming, 150 hp
Max speed: 167 mph.
Cruise speed: 152 mph
Range: 400 sm.
Stall speed: 53 mph
ROC: 1700 fpm.
Take-off dist: 600 ft
Landing dist: 600 ft.
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft
Fuel cap: 24 USG.
Empty wt: 970 lbs
Gross wt: 1500 lbs.
Height: 6.75 ft
Length: 20.5 ft.
Wing span: 23 ft
Wing area: 105 sq.ft.
Seats: 2

Engine: Lycoming O-235
Cruise speed: 110+ mph.
Endurance: 3.5 hr

Engine: Rolls Royce Continental 0200A 100 hp