1980->

Air Creation Fun Racer

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This is a simple basic single seater. The single surface wing folds and unfolds in less than 15 minutes.

Fun Racer 447

447
Engine: Rotax 447, 40 hp
HP range: 40-65
Speed max: 54 mph
Cruise: 35 mph
Range: 75 sm
Stall: 22 mph
ROC: 1100 fpm
Take-off dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 130 ft
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft
Fuel cap: 5 USG
Weight empty: 246 lb
Gross: 600 lb
Height: 7 ft
Length: 7 ft
Wing span: 33 ft
Wing area: 145 sq.ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: nose wheel

Fun Racer 447
Empty weight: 112 kg
Wing span: 10 m
Wing area: 13.5 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 2 lt
Certification: Part 103
Engine: Rotax 447, 42 hp
MAUW: 252 kg
Seats: 1
Max speed: 90 kph
Cruise speed: 75 kph
Minimum speed: 38 kph
Climb rate: 6 m/s
Fuel consumption: 7 lt/hr
Price (1998): 65 740 Fttc

Air Creation

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Air Creation was founded about 1982 by Gilles Bru and Yves le Bihan and established at Aubenas in the south-east of France.
1995: 8710 W. Carefree Hwy, Peoria, AZ 85382, USA.
1995-8: Aerodrome de Lanas 7200, Aubenas, France.
By 2002 the factory had produced nearly 3,000 trike units and about 4,700 wings. Many of the 25 staff employed are actively involved in the development and testing and most were pioneers in weight-shift flying. The company offers a range of Trikes with an even larger range of wings for different flying conditions, range and personal preference, with most of them being interchangeable with the various Trike bases. Air Creation Trikes hold several world records, including the highest flight of 31,000 feet.

Aircraft ULM Magellan

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A high wing single seater with wooden wings and a spaceframe fuselage, the Magellan can take engines between 30 and 50 hp.

Engine: Rotax 503, 52 hp
Wing span: 9.3 m
Wing area: 12 sq.m
Empty weight: 150 kg
Fuel capacity: 45 lt
Seats: 1
Max speed: 200 kph
Cruise speed: 120 kph
Minimum speed: 60 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Fuel consumption: 12 lt/hr
Price (1998): 145 000 Fttc
Kit price (1998): 95 000 Fttc

Aircraft Manufacturing Depot Kanpur

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Construction of this little aircraft is orthodox, with fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage and fabric-covered two-spar metal wings. It is fitted with a 250 h.p. Lycoming O-540-A1B5 engine, and the 40 gal of internal fuel can be supplemented by external tanks carried on the wing bracing struts.

The Kanpur-1 prototype was tested with spray-bars.

The basic version is a four-seat military AOP and liaison aircraft, but the Kanpur-II is suitable for a wide range of other duties, including agricultural work.

Kanpur I
Span: 37 ft 0.5 in
Length: 26 ft 6 in
Height: 7 ft 6 in
Wing area: 200 sq.ft
Gross weight: 2,600 lb
Empty weight: l,700 lb
Max speed: 137 mph
Econ cruising speed: 100 mph
Max rate of climb at SL: l,155 ft/min
Service ceiling: 20,500 ft
TO distance to 50ft: 750 ft
Landing distance from 50ft: 720 ft;
Range with max payload: 460 miles

Aircraft Development EZ-1 / EZ-2

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A single seat single engined low wing monoplane with conventional three axis control. Wing has unswept leading and trailing edges and constant chord; conventional tall. Pitch control by fully flying tail; yaw control by fully flying rudder. Control inputs through stick for pitch/roll and pedals for yaw. Cantilever wing; wing profile; double surface. Undercarriage has three wheels in tricycle formation, main struts of unidirectional fiberglass. Aluminium tube framework, without pod (EZ 1), with pod (EZ 2). Engine mounted above wing driving pusher propeller.
The EZ 1 makes use of aluminium sheets being used as the skin, bonded together by a double sided adhesive tape developed in collaboration with 3M.
Price 1984: $3,500-$8,500. Certified to FAR Part 23 standards.

EZ-1
Engine: Zenoah G25B-1, 20 hp at 6500 rpm
Prop: P-tip, 50 x 20in
Power per unit area 0.19hp/sq.ft, 2.0hp/sq.m
Length overall 16.3 ft, 4.95 m
Height overall 6.8 ft, 2.05 m
Wingspan 26.0 ft, 7.92 m
Total wing area 106 ft, 9.9sq.m
Rudder area 10.3sq.ft, 0.95sq.m
Total elevator area 20.5 sq.ft, 1.90sq.m
Wing aspect ratio 6.4/1
Load factors; +9.0, 6.0 ultimate
Max level speed 53mph, 85kph
Economic cruising speed 42 mph, 67 kph
Stalling speed 27 mph, 43 kph
Max climb rate at sea level 375 ft/min, 1.9 m/s
Best glide ratio with power off 15/1

EZ-2
Engine: Zenoah G25B, 20 hp at 6500 rpm
Power per unit area 0.19hp/sq.ft, 2.0hp/sq.m
Length overall 16.3 ft, 4.95 m
Height overall 6.8 ft, 2.05 m
Wingspan 26.0 ft, 7.92 m
Total wing area 106 ft, 9.9sq.m
Rudder area 10.3sq.ft, 0.95sq.m
Total elevator area 20.5 sq.ft, 1.90sq.m
Wing aspect ratio 6.4/1
Load factors; +9.0, 6.0 ultimate
Max level speed 63mph, 101kph
Economic cruising speed 48 mph, 72 kph
Stalling speed 28 mph, 45 kph
Max climb rate at sea level 575 ft/min, 2.9 m/s
Best glide ratio with power off 15/1