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Zenith Aircraft
STOL CH 701
Copyright 2005 Gary B. Anderson
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Rough wing Zenith Aircraft
cross section STOL CH 801
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Builders Manual
Zenith Aircraft Company
CH 701 Paper Airplane
Fold paper in half.
Take care that the
fold is symmetrical.
A trick to doing this
is to back light the
paper and line up
the wing panels
Folded Model
Cut the model out
using either
scissors or a sharp
knife. Remember
to cut out the white
area between the
wing and the
flaperons. Cut the
white dotted line
that will form the
wing slats.
Cut out model
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Cut out
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Cut out the
fuselage wing and
vertical stabilizer
slots. The wings
and Vertical
stabilizer will pass
through these slots
Cut out fuselage slots
Bend the two front
tabs across the
cowling and
windscreen in both
directions.
Front Tabs
STOL Cut out fuselage slots and
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bend tabs
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Fold vertical
stabilizer forward
on both sides of
the fuselage.
Folding stabilizer
Crease the bottom
portion of the
vertical stabilizer
inward and fold the
top portion outward
so that the colored
part of the top of
the stabilizer is
showing and the
bottom portion is
folded inside the
top portion.
Folding bottom part of stabilizer
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Folding the vertical stabilizer
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Fold vertical
stabilizer forward
and up through the
read slot in the
fuselage. At the
same time pinch
the bottom part of
the stabilizer
together inside the
top part.
Folding stabilizer through fuselage slot
Use your fingernail
to flatten out the
rear end of the
fuselage. Take
care that the
dorsal fin shows
above the
fuselage.
Final positioning of the vertical stabilizer
STOL Moving the vertical stabilizer to
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the top of the fuselage
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Fold both wings
along the port side
of the fuselage so
that the upper
portion of the
shaded region is
aligned with the
forward fuselage
slot. There should
be a small blue
triangle above the
top of the
fuselage.Do same
along starboard
Fold wings along fuselage side.
On both wings fold
the leading portion,
at the front of the
shaded region,
and the flaperons,
from the trailing
portion of the
shaded area,
under the wing.
Folding the wing
STOL Moving the wing to the
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top of the fuselage
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Fold both wings
inside the fuselage
and through the
forward fuselage
slot.
Fold wings through fuselage
Pull wings
completely through
the slot..
Wings fully through the slot
STOL Moving the wing to the
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top of the fuselage
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Cut out wing spar.
Fold in half along
dotted lines and
fold in half again.
Place on a piece of
tape as shown.
Forming wing spar
Tape spar on top
of wing as shown.
Installing spar
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Installing wing spar
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Bend horizontal
stabilizers up
against the
fuselage. Take
care that the
leading edge of the
stabilizer is bent
up approximately 1
mm above the
bottom of the
fuselage.
Bending up the horizontal stabilizer
Bend out and tape
the horizontal
stabilizer in the
horizontal position.
Finishing the horizontal stabilizer
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Horizontal Stabilizer
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Bend the flaperon
hangers as shown
so that the junkers
flaperons are
below the wing.
Forming Flaperons
Form the leading
edge of the wing.
Use a sharp
straight edge to
form the creases.
Three creases will
give a reasonable
curvature. Form
the leading edge of
the slot in the
same manner.
Position the slot so
that it is just in
Leading wing edge front of the wing
edge.
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Forming the Wing
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The fully wing
cross section
should look like
this.
Wing cross section
And like this.
Slats in front of wing
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Wing cross sections
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Fold the main gear
stiffener in the
same manner as
the wing spar.
Place a piece of
tape in the stiffener
just large enough
to span between
the wheels. Cut the
tape on each side
along the fuselage.
Main gear stiffener
Wrap the tape
around each gear
leg front and back.
Trim the stiffener
to the size of the
wheels. Tape over
the ends of the
wheels.
Taping stiffener
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Main Gear
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Tape the aft end of
the fuselage and
vertical stabilizer.
Tape cowling and
nose wheel in the
same manner.
Tape aft end
Acquire an engine.
Two banks of
cylinders, i.e. two
paper clips, will be
needed.
Engine
STOL Completing Fuselage and
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engine
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Completed aircraft
showing engine
installation, taping,
splaying of main
gear and slight
elevation of the
horizontal
stabilizer.
Done
The CH 801 is
constructed in
exactly the same
manner.
CH 801
STOL Zenith Aircraft Company Revision 0.0 (09/22/07) Complete
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