Designed by Howell C. “Nick” Jones Jr, single place composite. Aerobatics capable. The original production engine was the AMW808FIG.
In 2011, all rights, molds, tooling and spare parts inventory for the Lightning Bug was purchased by MaD Aviation LLC. An original Lightning Bug, N44XM is being re-engined with a 100hp Rotax 912ULS to test this engine/airframe combination with a view to making a new Lightning Bug kit available, using this reliable four stroke engine.
Engine: AMW808FIG, 100 hp. Speed max: 250 mph. Cruise: 225 mph. Range: 800 sm. Stall: 62 mph. ROC: 1200 fpm. Take-off dist: 800 ft. Landing dist: 1000 ft. Service ceiling: 20,000 ft. Fuel cap: 23 USG. Weight empty: 375 lbs. Gross: 800 lbs. Height: 5.08 ft. Length: 17.46 ft. Wing span: 17.83 ft. Wing area: 40 sq.ft. Seats: 1. Landing gear: tail or nose, retractable wheel.
LMA’s Piper Cub LM-J3-W is an exact, full scale, two place tandem replica in wood. It may be built to conform to the New LSA Rules, with a Rotax 65 hp 582 Engine or use up to and including a 65 HP Continental or equivalent. The Kit is a materials kit, but most of the metal parts are cut from Aluminum Extrusions, making fabrication very fast and inexpensive, with no welding (except for the Engine Mount).
All of the Light Miniature Aircraft Manuals, are approximately 200 pages. Each manual has step-by-step instructions, for each section of the plane, as well as figures, drawings and full size templates to guide the builder through the building process. Each manual also comes with a complete set of full size plans for the fuselage and tail feathers as well as full size templates for the wing ribs, landing gear and items such as the wind shield. The wooden planes are constructed in the same manner. Plans and manuals are still available for our metal planes, however, due to rising aluminum costs and availability problems, Light Miniature Aircraft no longer supply kits for the air frames of the metal planes. Some partial kits, for items like the controls or landing gear were still available.
Designed by Fred McCallum, LMA’s LM-5X-W Super Cub is a full size, exact scale replica fashioned in wood. It conforms to the new LSA rules and first flew in 1991. A two place tandem, it may be built to conform to the New LSA Rules, with a Rotax 65 HP 582 Engine up to and including a 90 Continental or equivalent. The Kit is a materials kit, but most of the metal parts are cut from Aluminum Extrusions, making fabrication very fast and inexpensive, with no welding (except for the Engine Mount).
All of the Light Miniature Aircraft Manuals, are approximately 200 pages. Each manual has step-by-step instructions, for each section of the plane, as well as figures, drawings and full size templates to guide the builder through the building process. Each manual also comes with a complete set of full size plans for the fuselage and tail feathers as well as full size templates for the wing ribs, landing gear and items such as the wind shield. The wooden planes are constructed in the same manner. Plans and manuals are still available for our metal planes, however, due to rising aluminum costs and availability problems, Light Miniature Aircraft no longer supply kits for the air frames of the metal planes. Some partial kits, for items like the controls or landing gear were still available.
A 75% scale single seat Aeronica ultralight, designed by Fred McCallum. All of the Light Miniature Aircraft Manuals, are approximately 200 pages. Each manual has step-by-step instructions, for each section of the plane, as well as figures, drawings and full size templates to guide the builder through the building process. Each manual also comes with a complete set of full size plans for the fuselage and tail feathers as well as full size templates for the wing ribs, landing gear and items such as the wind shield. The wooden planes are constructed in the same manner.
Plans and manuals are still available for our metal planes, however, due to rising aluminum costs and availability problems, Light Miniature Aircraft no longer supply kits for the air frames of the metal planes. Some partial kits, for items like the controls or landing gear were still available. The LM-3X-W is of wooden construction.
Designed by Fred McCallum, LMA’s scaled Taylorcraft LM-TC-W is a full size, exact scale replica fashioned in wood, and first flown in 1987. It is a two place side by side that may be built to conform to the New LSA Rules, with a Rotax 65 HP 582. Engine options are up to and including a 90 HP Continental or equivalent. The Kit is a materials kit, but most of the metal parts are cut from Aluminum Extrusions, making fabrication very fast and inexpensive, with no welding (except for the Engine Mount).
All of the Light Miniature Aircraft Manuals, are approximately 200 pages. Each manual has step-by-step instructions, for each section of the plane, as well as figures, drawings and full size templates to guide the builder through the building process. Each manual also comes with a complete set of full size plans for the fuselage and tail feathers as well as full size templates for the wing ribs, landing gear and items such as the wind shield. The wooden planes are constructed in the same manner. Plans and manuals are still available for our metal planes, however, due to rising aluminum costs and availability problems, Light Miniature Aircraft no longer supply kits for the air frames of the metal planes. Some partial kits, for items like the controls or landing gear were still available. The LM-2X-2P, first flown in 1987, has a bonded aluminium airframe.
A three quarter scale Piper J/3 Cub look alike by Fred McCallum and Fred Latulip of Opa Locka, Florida. When first shown at Oshkosh in 1983 the all wood design of +5 -4.5G wing was too heavy for the US ultralight category but several years later the construction was altered to aluminium alloy tube to over-come this problem. Power comes from a 28hp Rotax 277 engine.
All of the Light Miniature Aircraft Manuals, are approximately 200 pages. Each manual has step-by-step instructions, for each section of the plane, as well as figures, drawings and full size templates to guide the builder through the building process. Each manual also comes with a complete set of full size plans for the fuselage and tail feathers as well as full size templates for the wing ribs, landing gear and items such as the wind shield. The wooden planes are constructed in the same manner. Plans and manuals are still available for our metal planes, however, due to rising aluminum costs and availability problems, Light Miniature Aircraft no longer supply kits for the air frames of the metal planes. Some partial kits, for items like the controls or landing gear were available.
Designed by Dean Wilson and introduced at Oshkosh ’83 with a gear reduction Cuyuna, the Avid Flyer is an easy-to-build kit taildrag¬ger or trike gear high-wing monoplane, with wings that fold for towing. Front wing spar pins are removable, and the rear spar and the bottom of the struts are on the same vertical line, so after quick removal of a light sheet metal centre section cover, all that’s necessary is the pulling of two pins and both wings pivot aft, without disconnecting any controls, to sit alongside the fuselage. In this condition it is narrow enough to be towed and, since the gear is based on bike wheels and brakes, it takes nothing more than a steel bar that clamps the bottom of the tail to a rear bumper, as it rolls on its own wheels.
Most of the gear components are the same on the tail dragger version which can be converted back and forth in a few hours.
The wing has full-span flaperons.
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The Avid Lite is in the microlight category. The fuselage is a welded steel spaceframe and the wings consist of two tubular spars linked by plywood ribs. Recommended power is a Rotax 582 as flight qualities suffer with higher power.
The 1983 Avid Flyer prototype N99AF cruised at 80 mpg with a 43 hp Cuyuna 430 engine and the kit cost $8496.
1983 Avid Flyer
The Avid Litephib uses the same configuration as the Avid Lite, and allows water operation.
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