Thesis Aviation The Sportster

The Sportster features a see through pylon. First flown in 1997, the 1998 kit price was US$4994.

Engine: Kawasaki 340, 38 hp
HP range: 38-55
Height: 6.9 ft
Length: 14 ft
Wing span: 17.5 ft
Wing area: 82 sq.ft
Fuel capacity: 5 USG
Empty weight: 252 lb
Gross weight: 460 lb
Top speed: 75 mph
Cruise: 62 mph
Stall: 29 mph
Range: 125 sm
Rate of climb: 700 fpm
Takeoff dist: 200 ft
Landing dist: 200 ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: tailwheel

Thesis Aviation The Speedster

A staggerwing racer design with the upper wing flush with the fuselage top. First flown in 1995 and kits were available.

Engine: Kawasaki 440-A, 40 hp
HP range: 38-52
Height: 5 ft
Length: 13.7 ft
Wing span: 17.5 ft
Wing area: 77.5 sq.ft
Fuel capacity: 5 USG
Empty weight: 252 lb
Gross weight: 460 lb
Top speed: 75 mph
Cruise: 62 mph
Stall: 29 mph
Range: 125 sm
Rate of climb: 700 fpm
Takeoff dist: 150 ft
Landing dist: 200 ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: tailwheel

The New Kolb Kolbra

Engine: Rotax 582, 65 hp
HP range: 65-100
Length: 24 ft
Wing span: 28.3 ft
Wing area: 154 sq.ft
Fuel capacity: 10 USG
Empty weight: 495 lb
Gross weight: 1000 lb
Cruise: 75 mph
Stall: 45 mph
Range: 290 sm
Rate of climb: 1000 fpm
Takeoff dist: 200 ft
Landing dist: 200 ft
Seats: 2 tandem
Cockpit width: 22.75 in
Landing gear: tailwheel
LSA: yes

The Flying Circle High Perspective

The Canadian made High Perspective is a standard Rogallo that features a scalloped battened sail. It is light, stable, quiet and has easy handling characteristics. The High Perspective features a springloaded kingpost for flexible overhead support, fully collapsible A-frame, and light plastic wheels. The High Perspective is pre-flown and was sold with a storage cover.

The airframe is made from either 6061-T6 1½in x 0.049 or 2024 T351 1½in x 0.035 aluminium tubing. The A-frame and kingpost are made from 6061-T6 1 in x 0,065 tubing. It breaks down to 10 feet.

Rigging cable is 3/32in 7×7 stainless steel and all nuts and bolts are stainless steel and aircraft quality. The sail is Howe & Bainbridge 3.8oz stabilised dacron and was available in 11 colours. All seams are double zig-zag stitched and stress poins reinforced. The High Perspective came with a sling harness.

16×16
Leading edge: 16 ft
Keel length: 16 ft
Wing area: 160 sq,ft
Nose angle: 80˚
Sail billow: 3.8˚
Weight: 25 lb
Pilot weight: 110-130 lb

17×17
Leading edge: 17 ft
Keel length: 17 ft
Nose angle: 80˚
Sail billow: 3.8˚
Pilot weight: 130-155 lb

18×18
Leading edge: 18 ft
Keel length: 18 ft
Nose angle: 80˚
Sail billow: 3.8˚
Pilot weight: 155-175 lb

19×19
Leading edge: 19 ft
Keel length: 19 ft
Nose angle: 80˚
Sail billow: 3.8˚
Pilot weight: 175-205 lb

20×20
Leading edge: 20 ft
Keel length: 20 ft
Wing area: 260 sq,ft
Nose angle: 80˚
Sail billow: 3.8˚
Weight: 40 lb
Pilot weight: 205-225 lb

The Butterfly Super Sky Cycle

The Super Sky Cycle is a flying motorcycle. The Engine is a Rotax 912ULS 100 HP 4 stroke aircraft engine.
A 27 hp MZ34 two stroke drive engine allows the rear wheels to pull you down the road as a three-wheeled motorcycle with custom twin Exhaust & mufflers

The Super Sky Cycle is centerline thrust autogyro with a horizontal stabilizer on a long moment arm. The airframe materials kit has pre drilled locator holes that will have to be re drilled to size and some of the tubes will have to be cut to length. The kit is intended for the experimental category where you as the builder fabricate at least 51% of the kit for recreation and education. The cheek plates and various other parts are cut to shape and have undersized locator holes.

The front landing gear, landing gear support, joystick, and rotor head washer are made from 4130 Chrome Molly steel and they are heat-treated. All the parts are either powder coated or anodized in this kit. The tail is made using Kevlar.

Components – Standard Super Sky Cycle
Inst: ASI, ALT, Engine RPM, Water Temp, 2 EGT, CHT, oil pressure, oil temperature, & Hobbs.
The seat tank holds 7.5 gallons of fuel.
The Metro Launch System.
MLS Rotor Brake.
The G-Force Magnum Landing Gear.
The Airfoil Step.
The Folding Rotor System.
The Super Slider Rotor Head (helps eliminate stick shake).
Rotor Tachometer.
Headlight.
Chopper Style Handlebars.
Front & Rear Disk Brakes.
The Super Sky Cycle Kevlar Tail with Cadillac Style Bullet Tail Light & License Plate Holder.
Mirrors.
DOT Rated Tires.

Options:
GFMLG Extension Selector
Pointed nose pod/windscreen
Motorcycle Type Windshield
Front Wheel Pant
Rear Wheel Pants(2)with Fins & Cadillac Style tail lights
10 Gallon Reserve Fuel Tanks(two 5 Gallon)Aerodynamic
Smoke System
Airfoil strut fairings kit
Gyro Recovery System (parachute)
Turn Signals

Optional Engine – Rotax turbocharged 115 hp

Highway Speed: 55 mph
Top Flight Speed: >85 mph (Turbocharged SSC 100 mph)
Recommended pilot weight: Up to 270 lbs
Warp Drive 3 blade 68” propeller.
Height (68” propeller): 8’6” or 7’ 10”
Length: 14’ 8”
Width: 72″
Weight: 700 lbs. (standard kit)

The Butterfly Aurora Butterfly

The Aurora Butterfly is centerline thrust and has a huge horizontal stabilizer.

The airframe materials kit has pre drilled locator holes that will have to be re drilled to size and some of the tubes will have to be cut to length. The kit is intended for the experimental category where you as the builder fabricate at least 51% of the kit for recreation and education. The cheek plates and various other parts are cut to shape and have undersized locator holes.

The front landing gear, landing gear support, joystick, and rotor head washer are made from 4130 Chrome Molly steel and they are heat-treated. All the parts are either powder coated or anodized in this kit. The tail is made using Kevlar.

The G-Force Magnum All Terrain Landing Gear has 16″ of stroke and has been tested to absorb up to 500’/minute vertical descent without failure.

Components – Standard Aurora
The engine is a Rotax 912ULS with 100 HP.
Three blade Warp Drive propeller.
Inst: ASI, ALT & Engine Monitor (Stratomaster).
The seat tank holds 7.4 gallons of fuel.
The 912 Metro Launch System is included.
The G-Force All Terrain Magnum landing gear (7’ wide) is included.
The MLS Rotor Brake is included.
The Rotor Tachometer is included.
The Aerodynamic Step is included.
The Large Instrument Pod is included.

Options:
Pointed nose pod/step/windscreen
Front Wheel Pant
Rear wheel pants (set)
10 Gallon Reserve Fuel Tank
Smoke System
Airfoil strut fairings kit
Gyro Recovery System (parachute)
GFLG Extension Selector
Oil Cooler
Twin (5 gallon each) Aerodynamic Reserve Fuel Tanks
Heavy Duty front tire (6” wheel with 13” tall tire) and strut
Spring Damper System (on the pushrods)
Optional Engines
Rotax 115 hp Turbocharged/Inter cooled engine.

Top Speed: >80 mph
Climb Rate: >1,000 ft/minute
Recommended pilot weight: Up to 275 lbs
Height: 8′ 6 “
Length: 11′ 2 “
Width: 84 “
Weight: 480 lbs. (standard kit)

The Butterfly Golden Butterfly

The “center line thrust” Golden Butterfly trainer is a two-place tandem gyroplane. Climb out with a 200 lb. pilot is a whopping 1,500 ft./minute and with two 200 lb. people it still climbs at 800 ft./per minute. With a 300 lb. pilot The Golden Butterfly still climes out at an amazing 900 ft./minute.

By removing one bolt the mast can be folded from 11′ high to 7’10”. The same bolt can be used to give 4 different pilot Center Of Gravity setting for a 150 lb., 200 lb., 250 lb., or a 300 lb. pilot with superb handling qualities.
What a ride.

The G-Force Landing Gear is a long stroke shock mounted parallelogram. The mast has a unique shock absorption and spring loaded dampening system that has removed most of the vibration out of the airframe. There is practically no stick shake due to isolation dampeners in the push pull tubes.

The Subaru 2.5 engine with a cam grind puts out 180 hp and drives a 74″ propeller. The Stratomaster glass cockpit display includes a rotor tachometer. The all flying 60″ tall tail with a 50″ wide horizontal stabilizer that centers the propeller blast is a true airfoil combination that gives The Golden Butterfly yaw control to easily overcome a large crosswind component.

The instructor in the rear seat also has an instrument panel with airspeed and altitude gauges included.

The Golden Butterfly is specifically designed to train students how to fly The Butterfly and Monarch gyroplanes but can also be used for a thousand other tasks, one of which is just pure fun flying in a huge, open frame, gyroplane with a friend. Set up with a climb prop the top speed is 95 mph with a fuel capacity of 15 US gallons.

The airframe materials kit has pre drilled locator holes that will have to be re drilled to size and some of the tubes will have to be cut to length. The kit is intended for the experimental category where you as the builder fabricate at least 51% of the kit for recreation and education. The cheek plates and various other parts are cut to shape and have undersized locator holes.

The front landing gear, landing gear support, joystick, and rotor head washer are made from 4130 Chrome Molly steel and they are heat-treated. All the parts are either powder coated or anodized in this kit. The tail is made using Kevlar.

Digital EIS which in addition to all engine functions includes, ASI, VSI, OAT, ALT, and others. Hydraulic Disk brakes are included. An electric pre-rotator is included.

This gyrocopter was a failure. The only customer went through 8 engines before accumulating even 100 hours on the airframe, and everyone who flew it declared it a terrible machine. It never maintained sustained flight at an airshow and was finally abandoned.
Greg Mills

Engine: 2.5L EFI Subaru 180 hp
Propeller: 74″
Height: 11′
Folded Height 7′ 10″
Length: 17′ 5 “
Width: 7′ 7″
Top Speed: 95 mph