Zenith STOL light sport aircraft precision short landing

Check out Sheldon Heatherington as he practices short and precise landings for National STOL competitions in his "Redbird STOL" Zenith CH 750, powered by a 100-hp Rotax 912 ULS engine.
About STOL flying, Heatherington states: "It’s funny. I grew up watching aerobatics, and always wanted to do that. The precision, the artistry all was something I enjoyed watching. Then I got my license, and learned that landing was an art, the same with getting an aircraft off the ground as quickly as possible. I really got into it with the old 182. Two years of learning how to fly it to the best of my ability, competing with it. Then I got the Zenith. It is an easy plane to fly, but hard to fly well. I learned how to fly it, then started learning how IT wanted to be flown. It amazes me how precisely it can be flown in a STOL situation. The smallest changes in power mean it can be controlled in a surgical manner, when trying to land short and steep. It can happily chug along at 45mph sipping 2.5gph in the pattern behind a gyrocopter, then I can put it on a spot over and over again. After practicing 34 STOL landings the other day, and takeoffs where getting off in 100ft or less was routine, it is always fun when I can practically become one with the plane. I don’t have to think about it anymore. It just goes where I point it. Who knew that such a boxy, ungainly plane could be so precise , and fun!"
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Looks like it’s a ch750 cruiser