Medicine On The Move Stahlhart papercraft

This is owed to a number of features,

such as the special high-lift wing with
fixed slats, a flaperon (which combines
aileron and flaps into one) and inverted
horizontal stabilizers. It’s large wheels
and fixed landing gear allow landing on
rough terrain.
Another special aspect of the CH
801 as of other kitplanes is its “Open
Design“, that allows builders to modify
parts where they see fit. The most im-
portant aspect here is that the CH 801
was designed to work with a number
of different engines, even though the
standard engine for the CH 801 is the
Lycoming 360 4-cylinder engine.
The CH 801 can be equipped with am-
phibian floats, which are available from
a sub-company of Zenith, Zenair floats.
The floats are available as complete
floats or as a kit for builders. These
floats increase the versatility of the CH
801 even more.
Its ability to land in many different
places, even where space is scarce and
the ground is rocky, in combination with
a payload that is higher than that of
typical “Funplanes” and the low cost in
purchase and maintenance make the CH
801 a perfect bushplane.
The CH 801 can be found in all kinds

Zenith Aircraft 450kg combined with easy construction parts, that a homebuilder can’t construct
of remote areas in the bushplane role,
flying for small companies or charity

CH 801
and maintenance. at home, such as the cowling, the engine organisations. The aircraft being a kit is
The CH 801 is based on the successful and all the equipment. very helpful, because it not only allows
CH 701 from 1986 and shares its basic Inspite of it’s simple structure that the plane to be assembled on location,
capabilities and features, while having allows the CH 801 to be build by aviation but also allows the operator to easily
The Zenith Aircraft STOL CH 801 is de- seats for four instead of two people, enthusiasts at their homes, it was still make repairs when needed, without hav-
signed as a SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) greater dimensions and a higher speed. designed as a rugged and sturdy plane, ing to return to the factory.
aircraft. While it may not be pretty or Like its predecessor, the CH 801 was allowing it to land even on unprepared Medicine On The Move is currently
fast, it was designed from the begin- designed as a kit, which makes it very landing strips, which makes it a true building a CH 801 in Ghana to be used
ning with utility features in mind. Mainly, affordable. One can either order a sports utility aircraft, that can land for bringing much needed medicals and
that means the ability to start and land complete kit, that features all the parts almost anywhere: From gravel strips to supplies to remote areas that are hard to
on very short fields with payloads up to or a basic kit, which features only those soccer fields, to the beach or a glacier. be reached on the ground.
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These are the instructions for the 1:60-version. Make sure you have the right model plans.

1. Glue the cowling together 2. Attach the upper fairing, and install the
engine plate and engine shaft

4
8

Section:
7

3 6

3. Build the Propeller and Spinner and glue them 4. Push the Propeller through the engine shaft. 5. Glue the shaft hub on the
on a toothpick as an Axis. Don’t glue! protruding toothpick

! dont’t glue
Toothpick
Length: 2cm

12 11

10
9
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6. Glue two wires in the edges of 7. Bend up the edges of the wing center section to create a dihedral
the wing center section (upward angle of wing), according to the drawing on the page

wire
wire

13
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17 horizontal stabilizer assembly

tail assembly

15
16
slat

19

16
8. Main assembly tail

score along 13
the strut
LEX
score along
the strut 14

horizontal stabilizer

2 15
add 5g weight windscreen
in the nose

! The flat side

of the horizontal
stabilizer should
face up!
(inverted airfoil)

slat
engine
18

20

make a hole here if

you want to build the
nose landing gear
wing assembly

the slats are simply

glued on the wing with
their rear edge
18 (17)
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23 (24)
9. Lower detail

cardboard

20 flaperon 25 (26)
24/26
main strut
the struts should be
enforced with 29 (30)
cardboard
cardboard

27 (28)
28/30
jury strut

23/25
5 air scoop

main strut

jury strut
27/29 section

The brackets of the flaperon

are bent and then glued on
21 flaperon
wing.
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glue a wire between the main landing gear struts

10. Landing gear 32

ignore when building floats
wire

31

33
35
34

main
wheel

bend the main landing gear struts according to

the drawing on the page

cut in with
paperknife

36

push the toothpick through

the wheel for better
stability
38
37
36 Jump to 17

section:
37
39

toothpick
length: 18mm
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52
49
glue tabs to
50 the outside 51

49
glue tabs to
the outside
make hole
50
make hole
11. Build the wheel wells and
glue them onto the keels,
then glue the keels together
12. Glue the hull on the keel
47 and the rail on the hull

48

13. Build the landing gear 14. Install the landing gear and rudder
rudder
up lowered

down 60/61
up down ?
use wire ot thin toothpik to
?
53
strengthen the strut
?
62/63
rudder
raised

55
front landing gear
54

56

57

58 main landing gear

This is how the raised Landing gear looks like (rudder lowered)

35
wheel

58
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68

69

66 64

16. Install struts and floats

68

65
15. Build the struts for the floats 69

67
cardboard

the struts should be

enforced with
cardboard
65(66)

cardboard
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17. Cargo pods (optional)

40 cargo pod A 41 cargo pod B

18. Additional antennas (Kenya Wildlife and Kustwacht versions)

46 45 44
42

43

copyright 2012 by Christoph Stahl

http://www.hoxity.de/papercraft

Licensed to Medicine On The Move

http://www.medicineonthemove.org
If you enjoyed building this model, please consider to give a donation to,
volunteer at or get involved with

Medicine on the Move

It’s for them that this model was originally designed.

They do really wonderful work. They are working and operating aircraft to
bring much needed medical help to those in need living off the paved roads.

Inform yourself here:

http://www.medicineonthemove.org/

Christoph Stahl, Designer