Dual independent hand-controlled steering levers with nose wheel steerable through foot-controlled T-bar.
Engine: Cuyuna ULII-02 (429 cc) 35 hp.
Static thrust: 212 lb
Empty wt: 179 lb
Wing span: 33’6”.
Wing area: 395 sq.ft.
Fuel cap; 2.5 USG.
Construction: Aluminium, Ripstop nylon.
Max wt: 379 lb
Max speed: 26 mph
Vne: 26 mph
Climb rate: 350 fpm
Glide ratio: 2.5-1.
Wing loading: 0.96 lbs/sq.ft.
Power loading: 10.83 lbs/hp.
Engine: Rotax 377 or 477.
Cruise speed: 23 kts.
Stall: 23 kts.
1984: 2802 Singleton, Rowlette, TX 75088, USA.
LSA and Trike builder
The LiteSport Classic is a side by side, Experimental/UltraLight comes standard with the high lift wing. Like all FBI Aircraft, the Classic has detachable wings for simple trailering.
These LSA aircraft come standard with all anodized aluminum, side by side two seater controllable from either seat, with a fiberglass nose cone, hydraulic brakes, and polished aluminum wheels.
LiteSport Classic
Cruise: 75 mph
Stall: 36 mph
Rate of climb: 800 fpm
Takeoff dist: 300 ft
Landing dist: 300 ft
Engine: Rotax 503, 52 hp
HP range: 52-85
Fuel capacity: 10 USG
Empty weight: 440 lb
Gross weight: 870 lb
Length: 16.8 ft
Wing span: 28 ft
Wing area: 142 sq.ft
Seats: 2
Cockpit width: 42 in
Landing gear: nose
LSA: yes
LiteSport Ultra
Cruise: 55 mph
Stall: 22 mph
Range: 90 sm
Rate of climb: 850 fpm
Takeoff dist: 75 ft
Landing dist: 150 ft
Engine: Rotax 447
Fuel capacity: 5 USG
Empty weight: 330 lb
Gross weight: 530 lb
Length: 15.6 ft
Wing span: 26 ft
Wing area: 142 sq.ft
Seats: 1
Cockpit width: 22 in
Landing gear: nose
LSA: yes
LiteSport II
Cruise: 75 mph
Stall: 32 mph
Range: 160 sm
Rate of climb: 800 fpm
Takeoff dist: 250 ft
Landing dist: 150 ft
Engine: Rotax 503, 48 hp
HP range: 48-80
Fuel capacity: 8.5 USG
Empty weight: 375 lb
Gross weight: 900 lb
Length: 15.2 ft
Wing span: 26 ft
Wing area: 142 sq.ft
Cockpit width: 22 in
Seats: 2
Landing gear: nose
LSA: yes
The FreeBird 103 was computer designed to make a legal 254lb ultralight with 3 axis control, steerable nose wheel, and the Black Max hydraulic brake system. Using the same basic wing design used on the LS-Ultra, the fuselage was totally redesigned to shave weight without compromising integrity.
Designed by Sherman Hawley, the wings fold for storage in a one bay garage, and the craft can be towed by car, and wing unfolded in ten minutes.
Top speed: 80 mph
Cruise: 75 mph
Stall: 28 mph
Range: 170 sm
Rate of climb: 800 fpm
Takeoff dist: 125 ft
Landing dist: 150 ft
Service ceiling: 12,000 ft
Engine: Rotax 503, 52 hp
Fuel capacity: 10 USG
Empty weight: 385 lb
Gross weight: 970 lb
Height: 4.5 ft
Length: 17 ft
Wing span: 28 ft
Wing area: 132 sq.ft
Seats: 2
Landing gear: nose
1996: 260 Airport Rd, Lake Wales, Florida, USA.
LSA builder
A three axis control ultralight first year built in 1978.
By June 1981, 80 had been delivered.
Gross wt: 385 lbs.
Empty wt: 175 lbs.
Max pilot wt: 220 lbs.
Jimmy Franklin first conceived it, built it, and then flew it. He first debuted the Jet Waco in 1999, and quickly made it one of the air show world’s most popular acts of all time.
The Franklin 1937 UPF-7 Waco bi¬plane that has a conventional radial engine and a 2200-lb-thrust jet unit from a Cessna Citation bolted between the main gear. Warm the Pratt & Whitney R-985 piston engine up well, test the smoke system a few times for good crowd effect, pretend to take off in the normal fashion by pointing the nose into wind up the runway, then give it the gas: full noise but across the runway and straight up.
Jimmy Franklin put his Waco into a routine of loops and rolls, with son Kyle Franklin as wing walker, in pure jaw dropping entertainment. With over 4,500 lbs of thrust and 2,000 horsepower, Jimmy performed stunts that no one has ever attempted in this type of aeroplane.
Australian designed and built, this is a microlight that will travel at 100 kts and stalls at 27kts using around 15ltr an hour. Equipped with electric trim, flaps, wing lights, and strobe light, the doors and fuel caps ae lockable.
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Engine: Subaru EA81, 130 hp
Wing Span: 8.70m
Airfoil Section: Chris Mark 4
Length: 6.10m
Height: 2.30m
Gross Weight: 600 kg
Empty Weight: 340 kg
Fuel Capacity: 88 Litres
Baggage: 30 kg
Top Speed: 120 Kts
Cruise Speed: 100 Kts
Stall Speed: 38 Kts
VNE: 130 Kts
Rate of Climb: 1500 ft/min
Endurance: 6 hrs
Glide Ratio (engine idle): 12:1
Fuel Consumption: 15 ltr/hr
Take Off Distance: 100 m
Landing Distance: 100 m
Design Loads: +6G – 4G
Landing Gear Track: 2.12m
Seats: 2
The RF-10 two-seat motor glider is a development of the RF-9 but primarily of glassfibre instead of wooden construction, as the latter is now considered too expensive in labour costs.
It has a wing built in four sections and incorporating some carbon-fibre componets, as well as folding capability for easier hangar storage. Engine is an 80hp Limbach L2000 or – for customers in the United States – an 80hpmRevmaster with turbocharger and dual ignition. Fuel capacity is increased over the RF-9’s to 8.8 Imp gallons, and the mainwheels are larger.
The prototype RF-10 first flew in the spring of 1981 and production was due to start by September.
One RF-10 had been ordered for a projected London-Australia record flight in 1982.
Span: 57ft 0 in
Length: 26 ft 0 in
Empty weight: 1,168 lb
Min sinking speed: 2.6 ft/sec at 50 mph
Rene Fournier was a ceramist by trade, and started off as a homebuilder with a design he called the RF 01 Avion Planeur (airplane glider). The RF.01 was a single-seat light aircraft/powered sailplane with modified Volkswagen engine, first flown July 6,1960. Government assistance for development of improved RF-2, with 34 hp Rectimo-VW engine, subsequently produced by Alpavia as RF-3, with slightly uprated engine, first flown March 1963. M. Fournier designed a series of light aircraft of similar configuration for Sportavia-Putzer and Indraero. Established subsequently Avions Fournier to develop revised version of his RF-6 Sportsman, designated RF-6B; first flown March 12, 1974. Produced RF-9 motorglider 1982.
