Cumulus
motor glider, Cumulus glider by U.S. Aviation, Ultralight
Soaring's Cumulus motor glider, Ultralight News
newsmagazine.
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Single place Part 103 ultralights in the United States are defined as single
place ultralight aircraft that weigh 254 lbs or less, have a stall speed
not more than 24 knots, a top
speed of 55 knots, and carry no more than 5 gallons of fuel. To fly a
legal Part 103
ultralight aircraft in the United States the pilot does not require a
pilot license.
Single place aircraft weighing more than 254 lbs. in the U.S. require a
pilots license and must be built as experimental, amateur built,
homebuilt aircraft. These include weight shift aircraft, more commonly
known as trikes, powered parachutes, and powered para-gliders.
Single place ultralights in Canada can weigh up to 1200 lbs. and an
ultralight pilots license is required to fly them. |
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Cumulus
ultralight, Cumulus ultralight motorglider aircraft, Cumulus ultra lite
plane, experimental amateur built aircraft.
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For those looking for an affordable motor glider
U.S. Aviation has just want your looking for the Cumulus.
Over the
past year the company has been working on tooling, production
equipment, drawings, molds, control systems, manuals etc and is now
delivering kits to customers.
The kit should
take about 250 hours to build. One customer with the factories
assistance spent from a week going from kit to finishing off the kit
less wiring.
The Cumulus that was on display was about 80 per
cent complete and is expected to be up and flying shortly after the
show.
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Plans are to have two at Airventure, one with the standard
wing, the other a Sportplane version with a shorter wing.
The Cumulus can be powered by the 477, or 503
Rotax, or the MZ single cylinder engine. With the 447 take off
distance is about 150 feet climb rate 700 feet per minute sink rate
190 feet per second with a 20 to 1 glide ratio.
For more information contact:
Ultralight Soaring Aviation
1830 East Vienna Street
Anna, IL 62906
618-833-3187
ekstrom@midwest.net |
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Cumulus ultralight motorglider, Cumulus motorglider
experimental rcraft,
Cumulus ultra lite
plane, Cumulus experimental amateur built aircraft.
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