Zenair CH 100

what is it?

The Zenair Mono-Z CH 100 is a single-seat, single-engined Canadian light aircraft of the 1970s, that was designed by Chris Heintz. It is a smaller version of the Zenair CH 200 with a less powerful engine, which was sold as a homebuilt aircraft by Zenair.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 6.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• size 435 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 51 years ago, in 1975.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

spec sheet

first flight

1975

number built

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role

homebuilt light aircraft

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

makers

Zenair

engines

1× Volkswagen

crew

1

length

5.9 m

wingspan

6.7 m

height

2 m

max take-off weight

435 kg

top speed

201 km/h

cruise speed

177 km/h

range

—

ceiling

3,658 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.