The low riding two seat Eagle II is constructed partially in composite, with a composite cantilever rear undercarriage.
Empty weight: 190 kg
Wing span: 10 m
Wing area: 12.9 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 55 lt
Certification: Vz
Engine: Rotax 582, 64 hp
MAUW: 450 kg
Seats: 2
Max speed: 130 kph
Cruise speed: 70-100 kph
Minimum speed: 60 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Fuel consumption: 9 lt/hr
Price (1998): 35 000 DM
1998:
Kirchackerring 25
D-86316 Augsburg
Germany
Trike builder
Quander has built a simple structure as a low power single seater. The wing is normally a Vento 13 sq.m.
Empty weight: 68 kg
Wing span: 9.5 m
Wing area: 13 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 20 lt
Certification: vVz
Engine: Hirth F33, 25 hp
MAUW: 300 kg
Seats: 1
Max speed: 90 kph
Cruise speed: 65-75 kph
Minimum speed: 42 kph
Climb rate: 3.1 m/s
Fuel consumption: 4.3 lt/hr
Price (1998): 17 40 DM
A very old but very rigid double-pole design, usually flown with a 13 sq.m Vento wing.
The Quander Airpfeil (English: Air-Arrow) is a German ultralight trike that was designed and produced by UL Flugzeugbau Quander of Petershagen. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready to fly.
Empty weight: 130 kg
Wing span: 9.5 m
Wing area: 13 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 62 lt
Certification: Vz
Engine: Rotax 582, 65 hp
MAUW: 400 kg
Seats: 2
Max speed: 145 kph
Cruise speed: 80-120 kph
Minimum speed: 43 kph
Climb rate: 5.4 m/s
Fuel consumption: 10 lt/hr
Price (1998): 38 400 DM
1998:
Ilsenstrasse 12
D-15370 Petershagen
Germany
Trike builder
The ULBI Wild Thing is a German ultralight aircraft, designed by R. Kurtz and produced by Ultraleicht Bau International (ULBI), of Hassfurt. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
Since 1997 the Wild Things have been built in WT 01 and WT 02 versions at the Aerodrome Hafurt (EDQT). Construction is of aluminum and the Wild Thing is suitable for training, towing, as well as for the relaxing.
The Wild Thing wings are foldable, and an engine option is a Hirth F 20.
In the 1990s the aircraft was marketed by Air-Max GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany.
The aircraft was introduced in 1996 and production ended when ULBI went out of business in 2014.
Stall: 30 kt / 35 mph / 56 kmh
Cruise: 76 kt / 87 mph / 140 kmh
VNE: 108 kt / 124 mph / 200 kmh
Engine: Jabiru, 80 hp
Wing span: 9.2 m
Wing area: 13.88 sq.m
MAUW: 450 kg
Empty weight: 273 kg
Fuel capacity: 2×40 lt
Max speed: 215 kph
Cruise speed: 160 kph
Minimum speed: 56 kph
Climb rate: 3 m/s
Fuel consumption: 10 lt/hr
Certification: Vz
Seats: 2
Price (1998): 69 500 DM
ULBI went out of business in 2014
This company (The Ukranian Air Transport Co) was one of the most important aviation companies in Russia in the 1920s. Besides operating several airlines, Ukrovozdukhput manufactured aircraft to the designs of K. A. Kalinin, who patented the elliptical wing planform in 1923. One of his best-known designs was the 1928 Kalinin K-4 single engined cabin monoplane, produced as a transport or air ambulance.
The Easy Riser biplane was designed by Larry Mauro and which under the name Icarus II was one of the earliest hang gliders to be motorised, back in 1975 by John Moody. A rigid wing tailless biplane flown by supplemental weight-shift. A variety of engines could be fitted, including the 125cc McCulloch 101 go cart engine, UFM selling the machine as a hang-glider. Control method: Standard tip rudder and weight-shift pitch axis, optional 2 or 3 axis control. First year built 1976. Units delivered by June 1981 2,500. Many options in power and landing gear were available. It is strut and cable braced.
The Easy Riser is a progression from the Icarus II but the wing is a modified monowing with a double surfaced rigid airfoil. Wingtip rudders are mounted on ball bearings and drag brakes are fitted. Wing tips are fully contoured. Wing covering is 1.3oz dacron sealed with aircraft dope.
The spars are made from 6061-T6 aluminium tubing with foam core spruce ribs. Wing bracing is both aluminium struts and cable. All rigging is aircraft grade. All hardware is aircraft grade, fastened with pop rivets and bolts.
The pilot has a tube cockpit support with an optional swing seat.
The Easy Riser won the 1976 World Open Hang Gliding Championships.
The Easy Riser is offered as a hang glider, and engine and landing gear packages to use with this aircraft are offered separately by other companies. Power and landing gear optional. Standard tip rudder and weight-shift pitch axis, optional 2 or 3 axis control.
Easy Riser 1
Wingspan 30’
Wing area 170 sq.ft
Aspect ratio 8.8
Empty weight 55 lbs. (without engine or landing gear)
Gross wt: 350 lbs
Empty wt: 110-150 lbs
Max pilot wt: 200 lbs
Easy Riser
Chord length: 3.41 ft
Wing span: 30 ft
Wing area: 170 sq,ft
Aspect ratio: 8.8
Wing sweep: 15˚
Weight: 50 lb
Pilot weight: 200 lb
Takeoff speed: 17 mph
Stall speed: 16 mph
Max speed: 45 mph
Best glide ratio (L/D): 10-1
Best L/D speed: 18 mph
Min sink: 180 fpm
Founded in 1972.
1981: 2960 Corvin Dr, Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA.
During 1981 UFM shifted operations from Santa Clara, California.
1983: P.O. Box 2967, Turlock, CA 95381, USA.
1983: Ultralight Flying Machines (UFM) of Kentucky Inc, 2700 Freys Hill Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40222, USA.
1984: 2700 Freys Hill Rd, Dept GR-1, Louisville, KY 40222, USA.
1990: Ultralight Flying Machines, Turlock, California, USA.
