The CH701 - the STOL aircraft for surveillance, light medical ops and personal travel in West Africa!
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'Key-in-hand'
prices start from only $85,000, Built in our Ghana workshops - Rotax powered with full tropicalisation - the CH701 is probably the best solution for the majority of 2-seat operations in West Africa. With the ability to be airborne over 10 hours, a range of up to 1250km, needing less than 100m of runway and operating on a minimum of 91 octane automotive fuel... This aircraft has a price and performance range that makes personal transport, surveillance, medical transport, non-stretcher case movement, agricultural operaitons (including crop spraying, mosquito and other public health roles) and use as a trainer in both civilian and military applications. Land, water or amphibian this machine has to be flown to be believed! |
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CH701 firewall
- when we build in West Africa we ensure that specific adaptations and
additional treatments are made to suit the challenging environment here.
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CH701 9G-ZAC
on its first test flight from our Bush Strip facility at Rocky Farm -
the strip is barely 200m x 7m and we used less than half! |
Specifications
and Performance
Estimates and indicative performance figures are given based on MTOW under ISA
conditions with Rotax 912UL, 80Hp engine
| Length |
6.38
m |
| Wingspan
|
8.20
m 27' 00" |
| Height |
2.60 m 8' 07" |
| Cabin
width |
102
cm 40" |
|
Cabin width - bubble door |
112
cm 44" |
|
Empty Weight estimated. |
265
kg 583 lbs |
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MTOW |
500 kg 1,100 lbs |
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Maximum Fuel Capacity |
150
litres 40 US Gal |
| Estimated
available payload (with ext. tanks) |
130
kgs 286 lbs |
| Fuel
Type: automotive super |
min
RON 91 |
| Range
on extended tanks (no reserve) |
1,250
km 680 nm |
| Maximum
endurance on economy cruise |
10
hours |
|
VNE |
170
km/hr |
| VFE
|
95
km/hr 50 kts |
| Max Cruise @ 5500rpm* | 150
km/hr 80 kts |
| Standard
Cruise @ 5200rpm* |
140
km/hr 75 kts |
| Economy
Cruise @ 4900rpm* |
120
km/hr 65 kts |
| Rate
of Climb |
1,000
fpm + |
| Stall
Speed (flaps down) |
37
km/hr 20 kts |
| Take
off Roll (single pilot, half tanks) |
15
m 50 ft |
| Take off Roll (MTOW) | 40
m 130 ft |
| Landing
Roll (single pilot half tanks) |
25
m 80 ft |
| Landing Roll (MTOW) | 50
m 160 ft |
| Load
factor (ultimate) |
+5.7
/ -2.8 G |
* dependent on conditions, prop and other factors
