Ultralight to avoid the luxury tax, based on the Asso I but much lighter. Many kits sold.
1980->
Asso II
Four seater, also known as RD 30V, never flown because of the introduction of an Italian luxury tax based on aircraft weight
Asso I
Side-by-side 2-seat taildragger built by Vidor based on the Piel Super Emeraude – one built 1980. It is also known as RD 95, after Vidor’s friend and advisor, Robert Denize, who had collaborated with Claude Piel. Another, built by Vidor, first flew in 1984.
Asso Aerei
Asso Aerei Srl (English: Ace Aircraft Limited) is an Italian designer of light and ultralight aircraft founded by Giuseppe (Bepi) Vidor. Vidor (died 23 September 2013 aged 72) was a carpenter who studied engineering at night school, and all his aircraft are wooden designs, most with tricycle landing gear. The aircraft are homebuilt from plans or from very basic kits. The name Vidor Asso is also used.
Uncompleted projects:
Asso XVI
Tandem 2-seater with pusher engine at the rear.
Asso XVIB
Twin-Wankel engines driving a single propeller.
Asso XVII
Side-by-side version of the X Jewel.
Asso XVIIB
Side-by-side version of the X Jewel.
Assd Enterprises Polecat / Firebird Ent Polecat
From North Fort Myers, FL, United States, an all-metal, fabric covered single seat aerobatic biplane first flown in September 1984 (Registration N84JV). Intermediate level aerobatic capabilities. Four full span ailerons on swept symmetrical wings (NACA 0012 airfoil) with no stagger and no dihedral. Wing incidence is 0° top and bottom. No aileron differential motion.
Fuselage is welded 4130 tubing, fixed tail surfaces are welded aluminum tubing with formed aluminum ribs, control surfaces are aluminum tube spars with formed ribs and trailing edges. Wings are aluminum tube spars with press-formed aluminum ribs all bonded with aluminum castings at the structural attach points. All control surfaces feature ball bearing hinges. Aileron and elevator controls are pushrod operated, the rudder is cable operated.
All flying and landing wires are fixed length wire rope with swagged fittings. Tension is provided by the interplane struts which feature left and right hand threads allowing them to be length adjusted to tension the wires. This design allows for easy disassembly and reassembly and rigging for trailer transport between airshows.
Various engines including Rotax 532 and Kawasaki 750 Turbo running a 100″ diameter prop through an integral 5:1 gearbox. Fuel tank is wedge-shaped (like a section of a watermelon) welded aluminum with a flop tube for inverted flight. Rigid main landing gear, no brakes, tailskid (later with swiveling/locking tailwheel and brakes). BRS eqiupped.
Engine: Rotax 582
Wing Span: 18 feet
Empty Wt: 278 lb for first flight, 425 lb with larger engines and mods
Gross Wt: 525 lb with Rotax, later 700 lb
Top Speed: 80mph (uncowled Rotax 532)
Stall Speed : ~40mph
Roll Rate: 180°/sec @ 80mph
Fuel: originally 3 USgallons, later 6 USgallons
Endurance: Approximately 30 minutes
Structure: ± 6g (Limit)
ASO-Flugsport Viper Revolution
ASO restarted production of the Viper trike and mated it to Flight Design’s Revolution wing. There is a spacefrae chassis.
Empty weight: 145 kg
Wing span: 17.0 m
Wing area: 10.38 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 30 lt
Certification: Vz
Engine: Rotax 582, 65 hp
MAUW: 400 kg
Seats: 2
Max speed: 150 kph
Cruise speed: 130 kph
Minimum speed: 50 kph
Climb rate: 7 m/s
Fuel consumption: 13 lt/hr
Price (1998): 45 000 DM
ASO-Flugsport GmbH
1998:
Hackfurthstr. 50
D-46225 Bottrop-Kirchellen
Germany
Trike builder
ASAP Thunderbolt E
The Thunderbolt “E Series” canopy is an elliptical canopy and is specially designed for use in single, and two place powered parachutes.
The Thunderbolt “E Series” canopy has an extended glide rate and sink rate when compared to the standard S-series. The Thunderbolt “E Series” canopy is better suited for the more experienced PPC pilot, who wants a higher performance canopy and fully understands the flight characteristics of such a canopy.
The Thunderbolt “E Series” is available in the E310, E280 and E340 sizes.
ASAP Mustang S
The ASAP Mustang “S Series” canopy is the standard square type canopy. The characteristics of the Mustang “S Series” canopy are very forgiving, with easy inflation, better handling and stability.
The Mustang “S Series” is available in four sizes: the S380 for single seat applications, the S420 for single and two seat applications and the S500 and S550 which is pretty well the standard size in the two seat powered parachute applications.
ASAP
Brent Holomis owned a Birdman Chinook WT2S two-seat ultralight and when Birdman Enterprises went out of business in late 1987 it left Chinook owners without a source of parts. ASAP was founded by Holomis in 1988, initially the company was to provide Chinook parts, but Holomis proceeded to redesign the Chinook with assistance from Dr David Marsden at the University of Alberta, who had been involved in the first Chinook design. In 1989 ASAP unveiled the improved ASAP Chinook Plus 2. With the acquisition of Canadian Ultralight Manufacturing in St Paul, Alberta who had manufactured the earlier Chinook WT11 and WT2S, the Chinook Plus 2 was placed into production.
In 1992 Spectrum Aircraft of Surrey, British Columbia, the manufacturer of the Spectrum Beaver aircraft line, went out of business and the following year ASAP began making parts for the existing RX-28, RX-35 and RX-550 Beaver fleet. In 1996, after a similar development program to the Chinook Plus 2, ASAP introduced an improved two-seat Beaver, designated the RX-550 Plus. In 2000 ASAP introduced the Beaver SS (single seat) to replace the RX-28 and RX-35 single seat Beavers that had gone out of production with Spectrum’s 1992 demise.
ASAP at one time owned GSC Propellers who made a line of wooden blade, aluminum hub, ground adjustable propellers for the ultralight aircraft market. Founded in 1984 GSC Propellers initially operated from the ASAP Vernon facility. The company was sold in 2000 and, while still located in Vernon, changed its name to GSC Systems in 2004.
In the late 1990s ASAP decided to develop a line of aluminum-framed powered parachutes. These were developed and are manufactured in-house at ASAP, but marketed by a separate division, Summit Powered Parachutes International. The models presently consist of the two place Summit 2 and the single-seat Summit SS.
ASAP also designed two welded steel tube-frame powered parachute models especially for the US market. These are manufactured by ASAP and marketed by another corporate division, Steel Breeze Powered Parachutes. This division offered two models, the Steel Breeze Two Place and the United States ultralight category FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles compliant 103 Mini Steel Breeze.
The corporate division, http://www.ppccanopies.com sells powered parachute and powered paraglider canopies, while http://www.ulparts.com provides engines and ultralight parts. ASAP itself provides parts for the legacy Birdman Chinook and Spectrum Beaver aircraft fleets.
1995-8: Box 995, Vernon, BC, V1T 6N2 Canada.
