Zenair CH 200

what is it?

The Zenair Zenith CH 200 and CH 250 are a family of Canadian single-engined homebuilt light aircraft. It is a low-winged single engine monoplane, that was first flown in France in 1970, with kits being made by the Canadian company Zenair from 1974, with hundreds built and flown.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 237 km/htop speed
• size 658 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 56 years ago, in 1970.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1970

number built

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role

homebuilt light aircraft

origin

🇫🇷 France

makers

Zenair

engines

1× Continental O-200

crew

2

length

6.3 m

wingspan

7 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

658 kg

top speed

237 km/h

cruise speed

209 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,602 m

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

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