This aircraft of the month is the Zenith 600 series. It’s a 2 seat, low wing, all metal kitplane with several power options.

I first encountered the 600 series when I was part of the Fly Corvair hanger gang. William was developing the Corvair based fire wall forward package for the aircraft. If your looking for a 100 – 120 hp opposing 6 cylinder direct drive butter smooth power plant with excellent parts availability I would highly recommend checking out https://flycorvair.net/ & https://www.youtube.com/@WWFlycorvair

To see some specific 600 series / Corvair builds check out https://flycorvair.net/2013/10/31/16-flying-corvair-powered-zenith-601-650s/

The 601 I got to fly had excellent handling qualities and good power with the base 2700 / 0-164 Corvair power plant.

First flight was back in 1984 and designed by Chris Heintz & Avions Pierre. I got to attend a few of Chris’s forums at Airventure & Sun-N-Fun, he was a very skilled Engineer.

EAA coverage = https://www.eaa.org/eaa/aircraft-building/kits-and-plans/t—z/zodiac-ch600-and-ch601

Latest iteration is the CH650, kit info, pricing & other resources can be found at: https://zenithair.net/introduction-ch650/

The modern kits feature CNC matched hole assembly along with pull rivets makes for quick, straight forward assembly.

It’s quite the popular series of kits so there is a bunch of YouTube videos on it.

No real hits for RC model options or Merch beyond what would be on the Zenith main site.