LSA/UL

Flying Machines B612

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Single seat european ultralight with fully retractable landing gear. Fuselage is welded steel spaceframe construction covered by ceconite. Between the firewall and instrument panel is allmost 8 U.S. gal. composite fuel tank. The central section contains gear reinforcement areas for main landing gear and all retractable mechanism that is placed uder the seat. The wing is of single spar contruction build of glass-epoxy composite with carbon fibre main spars, wing skins molded in negative molds. Wing enploys split flap that increase speed range. Wings can be easy removed by one person.
Tail section: Centilever tail is constructed with tube aluminium spars and styrofoam ribs covered by ceconite. Horizontal tail section is easy removable. New model of B612 is delivered with all composite tail section only. Lending gear: Welded steel udercarriage legs with hydraulic-shock-absorber are manually retractable. The tricycle gear configuration, steerable nosewheel and diferential braking all combine to make the aircraft easy handle on the ground. Engine: accetable hp range is 28- 80 hp and the B-612 is originaly designed for Rotax 503 [50hp].

Stall: 35 kt / 40 mph / 65 kmh
Cruise: 108 kt / 124 mph / 200 kmh
VNE: 146 kt / 168 mph / 270 kmh
Empty Weight: 175 kg / 386 lbs
MTOW Weight: 300 kg / 661 lbs
Climb Ratio: 800 ft/min / 4,5 m/s

Flying K Enterprises Sky Raider

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Sky Raider

Able to be built as an ultralight or experimental, the Sky Raider has slotted flaps. First flown in 1996, the kit sold for US$7900 in 1996, and a quick build wing kit option was available for an additional US$500 in 1997.

Sky Raider
Super Sky Raider

LSA kit plane. All Sky Raiders are made of a fully enclosed chrome-moly steel fuselage with optional doors and windows.

Super Sky Raider

The Super Sky Raider is designed with tandem cockpit and dual controls.

Variation:
Reality Easy Raider

Sky Raider Sky Raider / Super Sky Raider
HELP !! Looking for all info. for a Sky Raider 2 ; especially the MOST FORWARD and the MOST AFT locations from DATUM line. Thanks. Ron W.
Ron Wright May 2021
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Sky Raider
Engine: Rotax 277, 28 hp
HP range: 28-50
Height: 5.2 ft
Length: 17 ft
Wing span: 26.2 ft / 8 m
Wing area: 110 sq.ft / 12.5 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 5 USG
Empty weight: 250 lb / 109 kg
Gross weight: 550 lb / 250 kg
Max speed: 160 kph
Top speed: 63 mph
Cruise: 63 mph / 120 kph
Stall: 27 mph / 37 kph
Range: 120 sm
Rate of climb: 600 fpm
Takeoff dist: 75 ft
Service ceiling: 11.000 ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: tailwheel

Sky Raider
Engine: Rotax 447, 28 hp
HP range: 28-50
Wing span: 26.1 ft
Wing area: 98 sq.ft
Length: 17 ft
Empty weight: 253 lb
Gross weight: 550 lb
Fuel capacity: 5 USG
Cruise: 63 mph
Stall: 27 mph
Range: 140 sm
Rate of climb: 800 fpm
Takeoff dist: 75 ft
Landing dist: 75 ft
Seats: 1
Cockpit width: 24 in
Landing gear: tailwheel

Sky Raider II
Cruise: 80 mph
Stall: 36 mph
Range: 290 sm
Rate of climb: 1200 fpm
Takeoff dist: 75 ft
Landing dist: 75 ft
Engine: HKS 700E, 65 hp
HP range: 60-80
Fuel capacity: 14 USG
Empty weight: 390 lb
Gross weight: 950 lb
Length: 17 ft
Wing span: 28 ft
Wing area: 107 sq.ft
Seats: 2 tandem
Cockpit width: 27 in
Landing gear: tailwheel

Super Sky Raider
Jabiru 80 hp
Prop: GSC 60 in 2 blade
Wing Span wi wing tips 30 ft
Wing Area wi wing tips 107 sq. ft
Wing span wlo wing tips 28 ft
Wing area wlo wing tips 98 sq ft
Length 18 ft
Height 6 ft
Empty Weight 450 1bs
Gross Weight 1050 Ibs
Fuel Capacity 14 gal.
Fuel burn 4 USgal/hr at cruise
VNE 100 mph
Take Off Roll 75-100 ft
Ground Roll 75-100 ft
Climb Rate 1400 fpm
Cruise 80 mph
Stall wlo flaps 38 mph
Stall w/ Flaps 30 deg 32 mph
Width Folded 8 ft 2 in
Length Folded 21 ft 6 in
Gear Width 4 ft 8 in
Cabin Width 27 in
Super Sky Raider Standard Kit 2009 Price: US$15,995.00

Flying Flea Archive HM-160

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Flying Flea Archive USA offers plans for Henri Mignet’s Baby Pou HM 160 design. Construction is the original fabric covered wood.

Engine: Dagne, 25 hp
HP range: 20-35
Height: 6 ft
Length: 10.5 ft
Wing span: 15 ft
Wing area: 77 sq.ft
Fuel capacity: 6.2 USG
Empty weight: 242 lb
Gross weight: 472 lb
Top speed: 80 mph
Cruise: 65 mph
Stall: 20 mph
Rate of climb: 500 fpm
Takeoff dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 150 ft
Seats: 1
Landing gear: nose or tail

Engine: DAF, ½ VW, 30 hp
Wing span: 4.57 m
Wing area: 7.16 sq.m
MAUW: 214 kg
Empty weight: 100 kg
Fuel capacity: 19 lt
Max speed: 130 kph
Cruise speed: 100 kph
Minimum speed: 35 kph
Climb rate: 2.5 m/s
Seats: 1
Plan price (1998): US$150

Floyd Para-Cycle

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Designed by Orville Lee Floyd III, the Para-Cycle flies as a powered parachute, using a 400 sq.ft rectangular chute from Performance Design Inc, powered by a 40 hp two stroke engine. It pedals on the ground as a three wheel, twenty-one speed tricycle, and drives at up to 15 mph powered by an optional electric hub motor and rechargeable 24 volt battery.
The prototype was shown at Oshkosh 1997. On the prototype the pedals are loosened from the bicycle crank and become the parachute foot controls.
Robert Baslee of Airdrome Airplanes has teamed with Lee to provide engineering and manufacturing support. The power cage has progressed through several changes.
Bike type steering on the ground is conventional with a long-throw handle bar that supports the engine throttle in the left hand and wheel brake and electronic speed control for the optional ground mode electric propulsion in the right hand.
The right and left red lines, attached to the disconnected foot pedals on the preproduction prototype, pulls the canopy’s leading edge corners, which controls turns.
Changes to be incorporated in the production models included widening the gear track from 47 in to 57 in, lowering the engine 4 in for better ground stability, increasing the airframe tube diameter from 1.25 in to 1.5 in, changing the prop cage from six sided to round. A front hydraulic brake will be optional, the front end length will be customised to the customer, and a larger 452 sq.ft chute will allow up to 250 lb payload.
Alternatives to the standard 40 hp 2si 460F-40 engine will be the 50 hp 2si, Rotax 447, and Rotax 503.