Sabre Aircraft Aeros 503

Circa 2008

Manufactured in the US, kits included the engine and propeller. Using as standard the Aeros Stranger wing, other options were available.

Engine: Rotax 503, 48 hp
hp range: 41-65
Height: 12 ft
Length: 13 ft
Wing span: 33 ft
Wing area: 160 sq.ft
Empty weight: 235 lb
Gross weight: 885 lb
Fuel capacity: 5-10 USG
Max speed: 69 mph
Cruise: 60 mph
Range: 250 sm
Rate of climb: 1000 fpm
Takeoff dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 75 ft
Service ceiling: 15,000 ft
Seats: 2

Sabre Aircraft Sabre

Manufactured in the US, kits included the engine and propeller. Using as standard the Aeros Stranger wing, other options were available.

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Engine options were the Rotax 447 (US$7990) of Rotax 503 (US$8795).

Engine: Kawasaki 340cc, 32 hp
HP range: 32-65
Height: 15 ft
Length: 10 ft
Wing span: 34 ft
Wing area: 180 sq.ft
Fuel cap: 5 USG
Weight empty: 205 lb
Gross: 600 lb
Speed max: 50 mph
Cruise: 46 mph
Range: 100 sm
Stall: 19 mph
ROC: 1000 fpm
Take-off dist: 100 ft
Landing dist: 75 ft
Service ceiling: 10,000 ft
Seats: 1-2
Landing gear: nose wheel

Rossi Ghost

Designd by Paolo Rossi, the Rossi Ghost is mated to either Hazzard or La Mouette Ghost wings. Engine options include the Rotax 582 and a four stroke HKS. Single and two seat versions were available.

Empty weight: 128 kg
Wing span: 9.56 m
Wing area: 12.9 sq.m
Fuel capacity: 46 lt
Engine: Rotax 503, 52 hp
MAUW: 350 kg
Seats: 2
Max speed: 135 kph
Cruise speed: 110 kph
Minimum speed: 53 kph
Climb rate: 5 m/s
Fuel consumption: 10 lt/hr
Price (1998): 6 800 000 L

Robinson Trike / Pteranadon

The Robinson Pteranadon was a weight shift microlight trike powered by a Rotax 227. The wing is an Airborne Fun tandem hang-glider wing, and the trike features a steerable nosewheel with disc brake, hand and foot throttle, electric fuel priming pump, and halogen headlight.

Initial registration as Robinson Trike/Pteranodon ZK-ODO (sn PJR001/MAANZ/498) was on 29 October 1993.

Registration ZK-ODO to PJ Robinson, Rangiora, New Zealand, was cancelled on 11 April 1997 as destroyed.

The craft was reregistered ZK-ODO on 10 Sepetember 1998.

A change of ownership was recorded on 6 December 2007.