Vulcan Traveller

Single seat single engined high wing mono¬plane with two axis control. Wing has swept back leading and trailing edges, and tapering chord; no tail, canard wing. Pitch control by fully flying canard; yaw control by tip rud¬ders; no separate roll control, control inputs through stick for pitch/yaw. Wing braced from above by kingpost and cables, from below by cables; wing profile; double ¬surface. Undercarriage has three wheels in tricycle formation; suspension on nose¬wheel and glass fibre suspension on main wheels. Push right go left nosewheel steering independent from yaw control. Brake on nosewheel. Aluminium tube framework, without pod. Engine mounted below wing driving pusher propeller.
These aircraft are Germa¬nisations of the Fledgling designed by Klaus Hill. The Vulcan uses the Fledge in conjunction with a canard. This company, however, has instead of using a one piece canard, the Traveler uses two mobile surfaces articulated separately from the aircraft’s two main horizontal tubes. Acting as elevators, these two surfaces are operated from the stick via a push rod.
The frame has been completely redesigned by Vulcan. The wings used are Fledge II or Fledge III, but Vulcan modifies them by adding trapezoidal vertical surfaces acting as winglets, to reduce tip vortices. Travelers are available under the name of Traveller II or Traveller III, depending upon the wing used, deli-vered built but without power pack. This is either a Lloyd 22 hp or the Cuyuna 430R 30hp.
Two propellers were on offer, one a fixed pitch two blade and the other a three blade ground adjustable pitch. Only 20 examples had been produced by March 1983 and sold purely in West Germany.

Traveller II
Height overall 6.4ft, 1.95m
Wing span 32.5ft, 9.90m
Chord at root 5.5ft, 1.68m
Chord at tip 4.5ft, 1.37 m
Nose angle 144 deg
Main wing area 163 sq.ft, 15.1 sq.m
Wing aspect ratio 6.5/1
Engine: Lloyd LS400, 22 hp at 5500 rpm
Propeller diameter 36 inch, 0.91 m
Max static thrust 177 lb, 80kg
Power per unit area 0.13hp/sq.ft, 1.45hp/sq.m
Fuel capacity 5.3 US gal, 4.4 Imp gal, 20.0 litre
Empty weight 137 lb, 62 kg
Max take off weight 442 lb, 200 kg
Payload 305 lb, 138 kg
Max wing loading 2.71 lb/sq.ft, 13.2 kg/sq.m
Max power loading 20.1 lb/hp, 9.1kg/hp
Never exceed speed 56mph, 90kph
Max cruising speed 47mph, 75kph
Economic cruising speed 35 mph, 56 kph
Stalling speed 22 mph, 35 kph
Max climb rate at sea level 680 ft/min, 3.5 m/s
Best glide ratio with power off 9/1
Take off distance 100ft, 30 m
Landing dis¬tance 65 ft, 20 m
Range at average cruising speed 124 mile, 200 km

Traveller III
Height overall 6.4ft, 1.95m
Wing span 32.5ft, 9.90m
Nose angle 144 deg
Main wing area 157 sq.ft, 14.6 sq.m
Wing aspect ratio 6.7/1
Engine: Lloyd LS400, 22 hp at 5500 rpm
Propeller diameter 36 inch, 0.91 m
Max static thrust 177 lb, 80kg
Power per unit area 0.14hp/sq.ft, 1.50hp/sq.m
Fuel capacity 5.3 US gal, 4.4 Imp gal, 20.0 litre
Empty weight 143 lb, 65 kg
Max take off weight 468 lb, 220 kg
Payload 342 lb, 155 kg
Max wing loading 3.10 lb/sq.ft, 15.1 kg/sq.m
Max power loading 22.1 lb/hp, 10.0kg/hp
Never exceed speed 56mph, 90kph
Max cruising speed 44mph, 70kph
Economic cruising speed 32 mph, 52 kph
Stalling speed 19 mph, 30 kph
Max climb rate at sea level 790 ft/min, 4.0 m/s
Best glide ratio with power off 10/1
Take off distance 100ft, 30 m
Landing dis¬tance 65 ft, 20 m
Range at average cruising speed 124 mile, 200 km

VSTOL Aircraft Super Solution 2000

First flown in 1995, the Suer Solution has super tough landing gear. Kits did cost US$7500.

Engine: Rotax 503, 46 hp
HP range: 40-75
Top speed: 67 mph
Cruise: 50 mph
Stall: 22 mph
Rate of climb: 500 fpm
Takeoff dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 150 ft
Service ceiling: 13,500 ft
Fuel capacity: 10 USG
Empty weight: 320 lb
Gross weight: 860 lb
Height: 7.5 ft
Length: 20 ft
Wing span: 31 ft
Wing area: 155 sq.ft
Seats: 2
Landing gear: tailwheel

VSTOL Aircraft XC2000T

Designed for training and also available with a strut braced wing. The kit did cost US$8495.

Top speed: 75 mph
Cruise: 55 mph
Stall: 27 mph
Range: 110 sm
Rate of climb: 750 fpm
Takeoff dist: 150 ft
Landing dist: 200 ft
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft
Engine: Rotax 582, 65 hp
HP range: 40-75
Fuel capacity: 10 USG
Empty weight: 390 lb
Gross weight: 890 lb
Height: 8 ft
Length: 20 ft
Wing span: 30 ft
Wing area: 150 sq.ft
Seats: 2
Landing gear: tailwheel

VSTOL Aircraft Pairadigm

A tandem two-seat kit-built monoplane developed in Venezuela. First flown in January 1997.

Overlapping pusher propellers are mounted close in to the fuselage and the wingspan can be extended for special applications. Can be flown with or without the cabin doors. An optional ag-spray kit was available.
The kit did cost US$24,995.

Top speed: 100 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Stall: 22 mph
Range: 250 sm
Rate of climb: 1200 fpm
Takeoff dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 200 ft
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft
HP range: 52-100
Fuel capacity: 24 USG
Empty weight: 700 lb
Gross weight: 1400 lb
Height: 7.5 ft
Length: 22 ft
Wing span: 32 ft
Wing area: 160 sq.ft
Seats: 2
Landing gear: tailwheel

VSR Snoshoo SR-1

Designed for Formula racing, a sport version was available. The wings are detachable.

Top speed: 270 mph
Cruise: 200-220 mph
Stall: 65 mph
Range: 460 sm
Rate of climb: 2000 fpm
Takeoff dist: 900 ft
Landing dist: 1200 ft
Cockpit width: 24 in
Engine: Continental O-200, 100 hp
HP range: 85-130
Fuel capacity: 6 USG
Empty weight: 530 lb
Gross weight: 750 lb
Height: 4 ft
Length: 18 ft
Wing span: 20 ft
Wing area: 66 sq.ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: tailwheel

Voyager Aircraft Inc

Founded 1981 by Richard “Dick” Rutan and Jeana Yeager to develop Voyager two-crew, twin piston-engined trimaran aircraft of very unusual configuration to make first-ever non-stop and unrefuelled flight around the world. Voyager first flew June 1984 and achieved world flight December 1986. Designer was Burt Rutan and aircraft built at Rutan Aircraft Factory.