That any
general system of conveying passengers
would go at a velocity exceeding ten miles and hour, or thereabouts, is
extremely improbable."
Thomas Tredgold, British Rail- road Designer, Practical Treatise on
Railroads and Carriages, 1835.
Last year at Lakeland I saw one of best finished ultralight
aircraft, that I have ever seen. At first I thought it was one of the Hipps line of
aircraft but looking closer found it to be something totally different. I tried all week
to get some information on it to no avail. This year I again saw the plane and this time I
managed to catch Richard Berstling the designer.
The plane is a single place, tail dragger, tractor powered by a 503 Rotax engine. The
plane is offered in plans form. Welded 4130 chromoly steel is used for the fuselage,
with wood truss ribs and I beam spars in the wing covered in standard aircraft covering
material.
According to Richard, from plans the plane will take about 2000 man hours to build. The
plans are 12 sheets, 24 x36 with full size drawings of all the components. Simple hand
tools, and oxy acetylene welding equipment will be required.
Equipped with the 503 Rotax engine the plane gets off the ground, cruise speed of 90 at
5,000 rpm stall 30 mph, rate of climb 1,000 feet per minute. Controls are standard three
axis, stick and rudder, no flaps.
There are currently 6 craft under construction.
For more information contact:
Bellaire Monoplane Company Liberty Aeronautical
144 Pinetree Drive
Lake Placid, FL 33852
(863) 699-6838
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