Birdman
Atlas, Birdman Enterprises, Birdman Atlas weight shift
ultralight aircraft, Ultralight News
newsmagazine.
|
Ultralight News is a directory of aircraft that generally fit
into what are described as ultralight aircraft, advanced ultralight
aircraft,
ultralite aircraft, ultralight planes, experimental
aircraft, amateur built aircraft, or homebuilt
or kit built aircraft in the United States and Canada. These include weight shift aircraft, more commonly known as microlight trikes, powered parachutes, and powered para-gliders.
This site has been set up to work with
Internet Explorer, it is possible Windows Media Files may not play in
other browsers. |
|
|
|
|
Birdman
Atlas
ultralight, ultra lite aircraft, amateur built, experimental,
homebuilt aircraft.
|
|
|
Birdman Aircraft's
Birdman Atlas ultralight is a singer seat, wire
braced, high wing taildragger aircraft, in a pusher configuration.
The Birdman Atlas uses bolt together aluminum tube construction covered in dacron
sailcloth.
The Birdman Atlas has a bungee cord style landing gear on the two main
wheels and tail wheel. Controls on the Birdman Atlas are weight shift with a hand throttle.
The Birdman Atlas is powered by a twin cylinder Rotax
300 cc engine of 28 hp through a belt reduction drive. Cruise is 25 to 35 mph, VNE 55
mph, stall 17 mph, climb rate 600 feet per minute. The Birdman Atlas was produced from
the late 70's until the early 80's. |
|
|
 |
| Birdman Atlas
ultralight aircraft specifications. |
|
Wing Span |
32 ft. |
|
Wing Area |
160 sq. ft. |
|
Max Gross Wt |
lbs. |
|
Empty Wt |
195 lbs. |
|
Payload (full fuel) |
415 lbs. |
|
Fuel Capacity |
5 gal. |
|
Seats |
1 |
|
Birdman Atlas aircraft
performance specifications. |
|
Engine |
300 cc twin cylinder Rotax 28 hp |
|
Range |
75 sm. |
|
Takeoff Dist |
150 ft. |
|
Landing Dist |
150 ft. |
|
VNE |
55 mph. |
|
Cruise |
25 mph. |
|
Climb Rate |
400 fpm. |
|
Stall |
17 mph. |
|
Construction
|
Est. Bldg. Time 75 hrs. Bolt
together, aluminum tube, Dacron sailcloth |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ultralight News Web Magazine.
You may link to these pages or print
them out for your own personal use.
No part of this
publication may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed,
stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer
language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical,
manual, or otherwise, without the written permission of UltralightNews.
By copying or paraphrasing the intellectual
property on this site, you're automatically signing a binding contract
and agreeing to be billed $10,000 payable immediately. Copyright
UltralightNews Email
|