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The BackYard Flyer is a high wing single-engine conventional landing gear or tricycle gear aircraft. The aircraft was built to comply with FAA part 103 rules for ultralight aircraft. The fuselage is constructed of welded aluminum tubing. The cantilever main wing is capable of rotating 90 degrees for storage without removal from the fuselage ...
Its 32.00 ft (9.8 m) span wing employs a USA 35B airfoil, mounts flaps and has a wing area of 168.00 sq ft (15.608 m 2). The standard conversion installs a 230 hp (172 kW) Ford V6 powerplant, driving a fixed pitch propeller, although engines of up to 300 hp (224 kW) can be employed.
It was patterned after the Hummel Bird, with a full VW engine and larger cockpit and surfaces. [1] [2] The BK-1 is an all-aluminum, monocoque/semi-monocoque, single-engine, low-wing airplane, with either conventional or tricycle landing gear. The BK-1.3 is a modified version, 30% larger than the original, with full-span flaperons. [2]
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A direct development of the Model F, the Model H introduced side by side seating for the two pilots, with long-span wings similar to the Model F.A short-span version was also produced as the Model HS, marketed as a "Military Flyer" with the improvement of an enclosed fuselage and dual controls. [2]
The C-wing is a theoretical configuration in which much of the upper centre section of a box wing is removed, creating a wing that folds up and over at the tips but does not rejoin in the centre. A C-wing can achieve very nearly the same induced-drag performance as a corresponding box wing, as shown by the calculations illustrated below. [25]
In 2001 the company ceased production and was purchased by Valley Engineering LLC. Valley Engineering turned the company into a brand of propellers, which remains in production. [1] [2] Culver Props Inc had its company headquarters in Galeton, Pennsylvania. In 2001 the production equipment was moved to Valley Engineering and is now located in ...
The prototype EZ Flyer powered by a Rotax 503 engine EZ Flyer at Blue Yonder Aviation 1998 EZ Flyer showing its Rotax 582 engine installation. The Blue Yonder EZ Flyer is a Canadian-designed-and-built, tandem two-seat, open cockpit, pusher configuration, recreational and training aircraft provided as a completed aircraft or in kit form by Blue Yonder Aviation.