The Kubicek AV2 first flew on 26 May 1999 and attended the Kosice Balloon Meet the following month. It carried artwork for a Slovakian company, Reprox Kosice, which produces heat insulating materials.
Volume: 3,500 m3 Length: 38 m Diameter: 14.2 m Empty weight (envelope, gondola): 440 kg MTOW: 870 kg Weight of fuel cylinders: 190 kg Number of cylinders: 3 Max weight of crew and load: 240 kg Fuel tank: 30 lt Max forward speed: 20 kph Endurance: 60 – 120 min Max envelope temperature: 120°C Max envelope pressure: 150 Pa Max wind speed: 3 m/s Gondola length: 3 m Gondola width: 1.7 m Gondola height: 1.85 m
The Kubicek AV-1 is a hot-air airship designed and built in the Czech Republic by Kubicek Limited. The AV-1 was built as an advertising airship for the TICO group of Prague and first flew on the 16 October 1993.
It was later in the colours of Coca-Cola Moscow.
Volume: 2,800 m3 (99,000 cu ft) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503, 37 kW (50 hp) Propeller: single blade Justas-Stratos 4-blade pusher Burner: Kubicek H3-double 2 x 2.1 MW Length: 35.00 m (114 ft 10 in) Height: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in) envelope height Weight: 195 kg Gondola: Stainless steel, 240 kg Maximum speed: 25 km/h (16 mph, 13 kn) Endurance: 1.5 Crew: 1 pilot Capacity: 1 passenger
The Kubíček BB Series were originally type certificated in the Czech Republic under CZ TC No. 93-01. (Kubíček Balloons was formed in 1989. Prior to that Mr Kubíček worked under the supervision of Aerotechnik, which was owned by the state military organization.)
The model designation reflects the size of the envelope in cu.m x 102 and the cutting style.
Note the latter was originally missing from the model designation of N-type balloons, but has been added at Change 5 of the TCDS. (Only O-type now have no suffix letter.)
The balloons are natural shaped polyester with either vertical gore or horizontal form (Z-type), and have a range of optional deflation systems. The Flight Manual Limitations Section 2 and the TCDS specifies approved envelope/burner/basket/fuel cylinder combinations. The Kubíček BB have traditional canework basket certified under EASA BA.003..
In 2005 Petr Kubiček, encouraged by aerospace engineering students at Brno University, began to design a modernised Mráz M-2 Skaut with the hope of production.
Wilhelm Krumsiek was a well-known German aviation pioneer, particularly for the 1912-1914 years.
One machine flew in 1909, and crashed sometimes later.
After having built a second airplane, he became in 1912 chef pilot at the “Zentrale für Aviatik Karl Caspar” (Hansa), and flew with success at a number of competitions (Prinz-Heinrich Flug 1913, duration world record for monoplanes, etc…)
The Krucker Cygnet amphibious ultralight trike was designed by J.P. Krucker and initially produced by his company Krucker Manufacturing in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft, the aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US light-sport aircraft rules.
It features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, retractable wheeled tricycle landing gear and dual floats and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10.3 m (33.8 ft) span wing is supported by struts and uses an “A” frame weight-shift control bar. The standard powerplants are the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 65 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine, the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS engines.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the North Wings Pulse 17 m2 (180 sq ft) and 19 m2 (200 sq ft) sizes. The LSA-approved wings are the North Wing Mustang 3 in 15 m2 (160 sq ft), 17 m2 (180 sq ft) and 19 m2 (200 sq ft) and the Keitek Hazard.
The Cygnet was awarded Best Trike at Sun ‘n Fun in 2005.
SLSA #99 was the Krucker Cygnet amphib trike. The SLSA completed on 3 July 2009 accoring to U.S. representative, Michael Percy, of XL Kites who imports the Cygnet to the US.
The Cygnet was later manufactured by Sea and Sky of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States, selling for US$49,600 (with Rotax 912) in 2011, and still in production in 2013.
Cygnet 2 / North Wings Pulse 17 wing Engine: 1 × Rotax 582, 64 hp (48 kW) Propeller: 3-bladed composite Wingspan: 33 ft 10 in (10.3 m) Wing area: 189 sq ft (17.6 sq.m) Empty weight: 529 lb (240 kg) Gross weight: 992 lb (450 kg) Fuel capacity: 10 U.S. gallons (38 L; 8.3 imp gal) Wing loading: 5.2 lb/sq ft (25.6 kg/sq.m) Maximum speed: 60 mph; 52 kn (96 km/h) Cruise speed: 37 mph; 32 kn (60 km/h) Stall speed: 31 mph; 27 kn (50 km/h) Rate of climb: 490 ft/min (2.5 m/s) Seats: 2
The Jungster II is a follow-up design that grew out of experience with the Jungster I. The intent was to create a plane with the same open cockpit concept but to increase speed and capacity so that it would be an acceptable cross-country airplane. The Jungster II uses the same design and construction concepts except that it is just a little bit bigger, has left the lower wing, behind in favor of a single extended parasol-type wing, and uses a welded steel-tube center section. Engines rated from 85 to 180 hp are used.
Gross Wt. 1375 lb Empty Wt. 739 lb Fuel capacity 16 lb Wingspan 22’4” Length 16’11” Top 170 mph Cruise 148 mph Stall 55 mph Climb rate 3500 fpm Takeoff run 200 ft Landing roll 800 ft
