I built a CH601XL-B and am very happy with it. I flew and evaluated several different airplanes (Piper Warrior, RV-6, Piper Cub, Flight Design CT) before deciding on the Zodiac.

Wife and I have a lot of fun with it. Flew it to Missouri a couple times (from MN), and to Oshkosh twice. The 6061 aluminum takes a really good shine, and gets attention everywhere we go.

Google "N63PZ" for pictures, or look in the January 2015 issue of Experimenter.

I did some Transition Training with Buzz in TN (right before I took my Zodiac up on its first flight ). He's good. I highly recommend him. You will be a better pilot afterwards, and you will have a lot of fun.

Also nice was going to one of the Rudder Workshops that the Zenith people do at their factory. It was really nice to fly my completed airplane back there a few years later.

Patrick Hoyt
N63PZ