What do you want form a 4-seater airplane? Beauty or performance? While the "beauty" surely is a factor many pilots consider - for the most pilots are the technical specification what makes them rally enthusiastic. Among them, the short take-off and landing capability are leading the way.
Best example: The STOL CH 8000 aircraft looks like the sport utility aircraft it is designed to be. Not designed to be just another pretty aircraft, the STOL CH 8000 was developed to provide maximum short-field performance while being easy to maintain. The 4 seat aircraft is ideal for many utility applications for off-airport operations.
This rugged airplane is a four-seat sport utility aircraft based on the successful two-seat STOL CH 701 and 750 design developed by aeronautical engineer Chris Heintz. Since its introduction in 1986, more than 1,000 short take-off and landing STOL CH 701 aircraft have been successfully built and flown around the world, many being used for light utility purposes.
Incidentally, the STOL CH 8000 aircraft is at home on off-airport fields as well as on city airports, providing both the versatility of a four-seat aircraft and the capability of a cargo-hauling bush plane.
Originally developed as a sport utility aircraft, high speed performance has been traded for outstanding high lift features to offer true short take-off and landing performance and spectacular slow flight characteristics, with a huge cabin and payload. While many other aircraft designs may be faster than the STOL CH 8000, none offer more payload and short-field capability in an aircraft that is both as affordable and as simple to build.
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