Zenith CH750 Kitplane Build Motivation!

Building a Zenith CH750 kitplane? Here is some build motivation for you! Every builder at some point experiences frustrations, or a lack of motivation. But it's worth pushing past that as there are a lot of adventures just around the corner once your airplane is finished.
I thought I'd make a fun flying video just for motivation if you happen to find yourself struggling to get back out to the garage or hangar and plug away!
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[@slavimihaylov2455]

Thank you for the ride Mark!

[@nomansland4811]

What a joy to live in an air park and have your own hanger.

[@TigerMarine62]

Thank You for this. Maybe you don't know how much these videos are appreciated, so I need to let you know. I received my PPL in 1997, had a great career and things were looking up. Then in July 2000 I came down with Multiple Sclerosis. Needless to say I haven't flown since. I went through the wheelchair and dependent stages and now through the miracle of DRUGS I can do almost anything I set my mind to. I go along on your flights with a sense of awe, if not for some envy. Don't ever stop what you are doing, I need my therapy. I just wanted to say thanks.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Thanks Michael I appreciate the good words. I'm glad that you can at least virtually fly with me. I'll try to keep the flights interesting and I'll keep filming!

[@TigerMarine62]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast 🙌🏼👊🏼

[@gregoryriddle4161]

I’ll be at OSH on Thursday and Friday and will be sure to stop by and say “hi.”

[@jacquesrossouw3653]

Love your channel and im hooked!! Thanks for the good quality videos and love how you are taking your time on your builds!! You are doing amazing job!! Im from South Africa and doing my PPL in the Sling aircraft!! My biggest dream is to build one and fly the hole of Africa!! Thanks for the motivation and one day I would like the meet up with you!! Be safe!!

[@homertalk]

I bet you're not listening to the same music we are. Love your plane and the build vlog.

[@johnfitzpatrick2469]

G,day from Sydney Australia. Great flight with perspective images of the roadways. The cooler air temperature must give better engine cylinder combustion and performance. Thanks for riding along! 🌏🇦🇺

[@johnreed8872]

Really nice Mark.. that's what I like to call Severe Clear or CAVU, ( Crisp, and Visability Unbelievable ) ! Like others I enjoy the flying vids almost as much as the building ones. Thanks for taking us all along for the ride in your 100+ seat Cruzer! Blue Skies brotherman!

[@sebastienheintz]

Awesome flight! Thanks for sharing :)

[@can5projects563]

Love your videos hello from Australia.

[@hipsterkennyrogers909]

My son and I are building a 650. We'll be at OSH from Wednesday through Saturday afternoon. We would be happy to meet you.

[@robertmcnaught4725]

Nice flight! Real enjoy your video's

[@markperkins5664]

Thanks for the flight! It gives me more motivation to complete my build! I’ll be at Oshkosh, coming from Maine. It would be nice to meet up and say hello.

[@davejoynt6276]

Another great video Mark.

[@JoesRCCorner]

Mark, if I was going the Oshkosh this year, it would be great to grab a beer, but this year I will be working. Next year when my plane is completed I will be there.

[@mariuszjuszkiewicz4018]

Looked like enjoyably flight, One day I will build CH750SD

[@sunmanav8]

Like the block "M" on the taxiway. Go Blue!

[@humnpwr]

Very nice video, beautiful airplane👍🏻

[@Bobrob51]

Started my 650B a month ago....I have plenty of motivation, just need time.

[@gsxphil]

Looking forward to meeting you at OSH. I will be flying in from WV with my RV9A.

[@flyingkub]

I was just waiting for the engine to cough at the 5:34 time point when you said everything was running nicely, as that is what would happen if I said that on one of my videos :-)

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I probably shouldn't jinx myself like that!

[@thomasgodbout9040]

Hello Mark. Great video. I can’t make OSH this year, but will be at Zenith Homecoming in September. I’ll be picking up my CH750 STOL kit on 9/18! I look forward to meeting you and your Dad there.

[@mwcar416]

Be there Tues. thru Thursday would to see your airplane.

[@diepenj47]

I would love to meet and say hello at OSK. We will be camping in Camp Scholler all week and I’m excited to have a few OSK first timers (from MI and NW OH) join us so I’m pretty stocked. I’ll watch for more info from you.

[@davidharris6427]

I went and started to kick the GA rust off at PTK yesterday

[@texak1974]

Mark, your video production quality is getting better each time you put out a new one. And I like to see someone that is a bit more OCD than me. Great stuff.

[@Drdcplumb]

Mark, Will be there all week. Would love to meet up.

[@keithrogers5832]

I would love to meet up at Oshkosh and I may bring my tent too sorta like the old days. And not come home until my belly is full of aviation or my truck is full of airplane parts.

[@fivezeroida34]

I want to attend Oshkosh sometime but I want to go as an assistant pilot first. PIC might be a bid much the first time.

[@BayAreaCowboy]

Great video. Thanks so much for all your videos. I can’t wait to start on my own 750SD in the near future. Your videos have been very helpful. I have a few questions. A while back you talked about moving to Texas. Did you change your mind? What happened to that? What ever happened to your neighbors LS V8 Velocity? It’s been a while. Did he ever get it flying? Would love to know how that build turned out.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

For various reasons I’m still in MI. Maybe after the Super Duty is done I’ll look into moving. The Velocity is still not complete as he can’t get the gearbox for the engine. That’s what happens when you do a one-off LS3 install. If he ever gets a gearbox then he can finish the engine install and bolt the wing on.

[@rocroc]

Don't know what day this was recorded on but it has been cold for the last three days where I live in Northeast, Ohio. Beautiful outside with a sparkling blue sky but cooler. This was recorded in Michigan on a very similar day. I've lived in at least four beautiful cities (Atlanta, Nashville, Louisville, and Columbus) and there are times when this is clearly the nicest place to live.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

This flight was on Tuesday the 22nd. Beautiful day!

[@rocroc]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast Exactly the same here. I enjoyed the coolness of the day. If you have every lived in one of those Southern cities I mentioned, it can get really hot. Seldom do you get any relief. I lived away for many years and it is nice to be home again. Westfield Center, OH.

[@rolandashby5601]

Hey Mark. I am out of Grand Haven Michigan and building a Cruzer. I am putting it on the STOL gear and using a Jabiru 3300 engine. Will be at Oshkosh, but not until the weekend. Would love to meet up. Otherwise, I'll see you at the Homecoming.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

We will be leaving g OSH on Friday so I’ll see you at the Homecoming!

[@1shARyn3]

Too many things in conflict for this year going to OSH --- mebbe next year. Mebbe also Sun N Fun next year

[@1shARyn3]

made it to OSH: see time cut 5:19 on kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmXbpHl3ndiImKc

[@1shARyn3]

Just talked to a guy that had his plane decked out in a Thunderbirds motif. I told him about your Blue Angels bird and he went to find you. I saw on FlightAware that you left yesterday. Maybe next year ...

[@foesfly3047]

I'm considering a UL Power engine to replace the Jabiru 2200 @ 85 hp in my Skystar Pulsar III. Target output is 120hp but absolute minimum is 107. The UL260iS or 350 are very attractive to me but am concerned about the effect of always running 100LL. Do you ever run avgas? Would you avoid running UL Power in an airframe that must run 100LL?

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I only run 93 octane premium car gas.

[@davepenn444]

Ok I’m totally motivated to build my own. I just need your help with the financing!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

I sent you a check for $100,000! You didn’t get it??

[@davepenn444]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast I already spent it on baseball cards!

[@alessdre]

Which city are you flying? I'm a michigander and don't recognize the area.

[@DrT_MD]

40% completed…. 90% to go. 😆

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

And what's weird is that once you get 90% done, you'll still have the same 90% to go!!

[@gregbevpriest7623]

Mark when I ordered my Cruzer 2 yrs ago I thought that I would be getting that lovely standard Windscreen like yours and as shown on the sales photos but they now come extended longer sides with Elephant ears that extend down the sides. Not good as it cant be cut back much and its hard to vacuum clean out the trapped insects down in that narrow gap where it tapers down and meets the sides. Is yours a standard Cruzer model windscreen, a special order windscreen, or did it come standard like that at the time you ordered your kit ? Another question is why do you Americans use statute miles and miles per hour when the ICAO world standard is KNOTS and Nautical Miles. You being an airline pilot would be using knots and Nautical miles. I know that the sales brochures in the USA quote the wrong terms just to make the aircraft appear to perform faster...ha ha. Cheers

[@asiasmells71]

You are right it is a marketing thing GA is in Knots.. but most kit manufactures list in miles... Saying that I have flown two 172s with indicators in miles. I always tried to rent one of the other ones as I was always scared I would forget and be to slow on base.... And end on on one of these channels as what not to do story haha

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

All the wind shields are the same. If you want it shorter on the sides like mine and the factory cruzer, you have to cut it down.

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

The airspeed indicator in my Cherokee and my Mooney were both in mph’s.

[@karlriley1314]

Is that an "M" on the taxiway??

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Yes. My neighbor painted that on the taxiway because he has some fetish with U of M. I like to think the M is for Mark.

[@life1101]

Добрый день! Вы продаёт самолёт?

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

He may be going faster, however he wont be having any fun down there. :-)

[@user-tl5fi9lz9z]

What a boring flight! It’s so flat there. From the traffic pattern at the little airstrip near my house, I can see Denali. You should come up here to Alaska to do some real flying!

[@KitplaneEnthusiast]

Maybe someday in the Super Duty!

[@user-tl5fi9lz9z]

@@KitplaneEnthusiast Heck, I'll show you around.

[@mattivirta]

if support me 1-2 seat palne builod i not newer build and no motivation build, but if have send me 4-6 seat plane i build happy this. idiot build 1.-2 seat only how go to holiday trip whit family if not have seats.

[@wernerhoerning2230]

EXPERIMENTAL MUITO FEIO.