1998 Markets plans to build MW.5 Sorcerer single-seat monoplane, MW.6 Merlin two-seat monoplane, MW.7 single-seat aerobatic monoplane, and MW.8 single-seat monoplane with enclosed cockpit.
1998:
Appletree Cottage
Churchfield Rd
Clayton
DN5 7BZ Doncaster
United Kingdom
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Markets plans and some components to construct the PGK-1 Hirondelle two-seat monoplane.
Reverse Stagger winged biplane, single seater, VW powered, 145 kg empty, stressed to +9, — 6 G’s. For possible restricted aerobatics. Three axis controls via full span ailerons, large rudder and elevator. Taildrag¬ger configuration. Fully enclosed cockpit can be made semi-open by removing both doors. Fuselage is constructed with square hollow aluminium tubing, riveted, epoxied, and co¬vered with ceconite. A 2 stroke engine option is available.
Max Kremke displayed the Staggerbipe, unfinished at Mangalore in 1984. Max originally had it on a composite landing gear spring that proved too soft and it was after that he substituted the CRMO gear legs.
It was finished and painted, blue with red and white accents, but possibly never flown but it appeared capable of flight. It had instruments fitted.
Circa 2018 LAME Brian Creek picked it up because of an interest in early aero engines. Installed was a Continental A40 engine, and the cowls suited the A40 – no sign of a VW installed ever. He did discover that the aircraft was first registered in 3/04/1988 and de-registered 22/04/2009. It appears to have never flown.
Engine: VW 1300, 42 hp
Prop: 135cm x 84cm pitch
Wingspan: 6.1m top, 5.5 m lower
Length: 4.4m
Fuel capacity: 31 lt
Weight: 150 kg
Cruise speed: 65-70 kt
Stall: 28 kt
1985: West Australian Aircraft Company —WAACO. 20 Twyford St. Box Hill, Vic 3129, Australia.
LSA builder
In production in 2012, the Weller UW-9 Sprint is a German ultralight aircraft designed and produced by Weller Flugzeugbau of Bibersfeld.
The UW-9 is intended as a nostalgic 1930s style design that would comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced parasol wing, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with bolted-together aluminum tubing spar ladder-construction wings, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its wing has a cut-out in the centre trailing edge for rear cockpit access. The wing is supported by “V”-struts and jury struts. The tailplane is also supported by “V”-struts.
Standard engines available are the 70 hp (52 kW) Sauer UL 2100, the 75 hp (56 kW) Limbach L2000EA, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants, or the 85 hp (63 kW) Rotec R2800 radial engine. The Sprint is approved for aero-towing gliders and banner towing in Germany.
Specifications (version)
The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. The 2011 unit cost was €55,000.
Engine: 1 × Sauer UL2100 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 52 kW (70 hp)
Propellers: 3-bladed composite
Length: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 13.3 m2 (143 sq ft)
Empty weight: 290 kg (639 lb)
Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
Fuel capacity: 87 litres (19 imp gal; 23 US gal)
Maximum speed: 170 km/h (106 mph; 92 kn)
Cruising speed: 130 km/h (81 mph; 70 kn)
Stall speed: 62 km/h (39 mph; 33 kn)
Range: 630 km (391 mi; 340 nmi)
Endurance: 7 hours
Maximum glide ratio: 10.5:1
Rate of climb: 6.8 m/s (1,340 ft/min)
Wing loading: 35.5 kg/sq.m (7.3 lb/sq ft)
Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
The Weller ULI NG (New Generation), sometimes called the Weller Uli NG, is a German ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Weller Flugzeugbau of Bibersfeld. It was introduced at the Aero show held in Friedrichshafen in 2010. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
Wingspan: 9,68 m
Wingarea: 12,78 sq.m
Length: 5,92 m
Empty weight: 116 kg
MTOW: 220 kg
Stall: 45 km/h
Max speed: 95 km/h
Climb rate: 2 m/s
Cruise: 65-85 km/h
Endurance: 2:30 Std.
Range: 150 km + Reserve
Draggin Fly was designed to be easy to build, inexpensive to fly and maintain, strong, safe, easy to fly with a stock 1600cc VW engine. Ron Weir recommends using only the 1600cc or 1700cc VW — “Smaller engine won’t fly it well, and a larger engine won‘t balance the plane well.”
Gross weight 688 lbs
Empty weight 470 lbs
Fuel capacity 8 Usgal
Wing¬span 24’5”
Length 17’5”
Engine VW1600cc-1700cc
Vmax 70+ mph
Cruise speed 65 mph
Climb rate 350 fpm
Takeoff run150’
Landing roll 200’
Range 170 sm
On 27 October 1981, John was killed in one of his own prototypes, the JC 35 Rocket, and on 30 December the following year the company filed bankruptcy papers. However, this does not necessarily signify the end of the company as John’s widow, Susan Boman, continued as company president, following a reorganisation which has cut the range to just one model, the JC 24C.
The Nova Standard is a high-wing sturt-braced monoplane, Dacron covered aluminum framework. LANDING GEAR: Tricycle. PRICE 1984: $3,895. The Nova is similar to Nova Standard. LANDING GEAR: Tricycle. PRICE 1984: $4,695. The Super Nova 1000 is similar to Weedhopper Nova Standard. LANDING GEAR: Tricycle. PRICE 1984: $5,695. The Super Nova 2000 is similar to Weedhopper Nova Standard. LANDING GEAR: Tricycle. PRICE: 1984 $5,995.
Nova
Engine: Rotax 277, 27 hp
Prop: birch laminate 50”
Wingspan 28’
Wing area 169 sq.ft
Empty weight 198 lbs
Gross weight 398 lbs
Cruise speed 35 mph
Stall speed 22 mph
Vmax 55 mph
Climb 750 fpm
Takeoff run 50’
Landing roll 25’
Nova Standard
Engine: Rotax 277, 27 hp
Prop: wood laminate 50”
Wingspan: 28’
Wing area 168 sq.ft
Empty weight 178 lbs
Gross weight 378 lbs
Cruise speed 35 mph
Stall speed 22 mph
Vmax 55 mph
Climb 750 fpm
Takeoff run 50’
Landing roll 25’
Super Nova 1000
Engine: Rotax 503, 48 hp
Prop: birch laminate 60”
Wingspan 28’
Wing area 168 sq.ft
Empty weight 280 lbs
Gross weight 580 lbs
Cruise speed 45 mph
Stall speed 26 mph
Vmax 65 mph
Climb 1000 fpm
Takeoff run 125’
Landing roll 30’
Super Nova 2000
Engine: Rotax 503, 48 hp, or Rotax 462, 62 hp
Wingspan 28’
Wing area 168 sq.ft
Empty weight 312 lbs
Gross weight 812 lbs
Cruise speed 45 mph
Stall speed 27mph
Vmax 65 mph
Climb 750 fpm
Takeoff run 200’
Landing roll 75’
The company’s two seater, which took over the ‘Two’ part of the JC 24BL’s title and was dubbed JC 31A Weedhopper Two. At first reserved for dealers, it was later sold openly but without great success.
Weedhopper 2 place Standard Features
Full front windshield
Cushioned durable twin seating
Steerable Nosewheel- (From either seat.)
Center Stick Console
(Can be flown from either seat.)
Composite Ground Ajustable Prop -By Powerfin
Instrument Package
Tachometer
Exhaust Gas Temperature Gauge
Cylinder Head Temperature Gauge
Airspeed Indicator
Construction Type
Aluminum tube airframe with
Polyester-Dacron sailcloth wing coverings.
VNE: 75 mph.
Cruise: 55 mph
Stall: 28 mph
Range: 100 sm
Rate of climb: 400 fpm
Takeoff dist: 200 ft
Landing dist: 200 ft
Engine: Rotax 503, 50 hp
Fuel capacity: 2 x 5 USG
Empty weight: 340 lb
Gross weight: 840 lb
Length: 18 ft 6 in
Wing span: 28 ft
Wing area: 168 sq.ft
Height: 7 ft 1 in.
Seats: 2
Landing gear: nosewheel
Assembly time: 30 to 50 hours.
LSA: yes
All Aero 