After emigrating to Canada and setting up
Zenair to sell plans and kits for
amateur construction of his
Zenith two-seat-light aircraft, the German aircraft designer Chris Heintz started design of a smaller, single-seat development of the Zenith, the Mono-Zenith. The Mono-Z CH 100 is similar to the Zenith that preceded it, a low-winged
cantilever monoplane of all metal construction. The aircraft features a large cockpit for taller pilots, with a pilot and baggage combined weight allowance of and removable wings for storage and towing the aircraft behind a car. The factory claimed a build time of 600 hours. It is designed to be powered by engines from 45 to 100 hp (33.5 to 74.5 kW). The first CH 100 made its maiden flight on 8 May 1975, powered by a 55 hp (41 kW)
Volkswagen air-cooled engine of 1600 cc, with 110 sets of plans and kits sold by 1982. ==Operational history==