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Ultralight materials are solids with a density of less than 10 mg/cm 3, including silica aerogels, carbon nanotube aerogels, aerographite, metallic foams, polymeric foams, and metallic microlattices. The density of air is about 1.275 mg/cm 3 , which means that the air in the pores contributes significantly to the density of these materials in ...
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 33.00 ft (10.1 m) span wing has a wing area of 220.0 sq ft (20.44 m 2 ). The Hornet has the largest wing area and lightest wing loading of any ultralight of its period.
Belite Aircraft Superlite Belite Ultra Cub. Belite Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Wichita, Kansas and founded by James and Kathy Wiebe in 2009. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly complete aircraft under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.
First flown in 1996, the original Sky Raider is a single seater designed as an FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles compliant aircraft with an empty weight within that category's 254 lb (115 kg) empty weight limit, when equipped with a light enough engine.
The Aero-Works Aerolite 103 is an American single seat, high-wing, pusher configuration ultralight aircraft, designed by Terry Raber and introduced by Aero-Works, Inc, of Millersburg, Ohio, in 1997. The aircraft's model number indicates that it was designed to comply with the Federal Aviation Administration FAR 103 ultralight rules. [1] [4] [5 ...
Data from Cliche and L'il Hustler General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) Wingspan: 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) Wing area: 172 sq ft (16.0 m 2) Empty weight: 500 lb (227 kg) Gross weight: 1,200 lb (544 kg) in the Canadian basic ultralight category, 1500 lbs in the amateur-built category. Fuel capacity: 10 US gallons (38 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 582 ...
When the original Flyer was designed there were no suitable lightweight engines available, so the Flyer first fitted two Chrysler powerplants and later two 11.5 hp (9 kW) Solo 209 engines. With the advent of better engines the Ultrastar moved to a single Cuyuna 430 engine producing 35 hp (26 kW).
Data from Cliche and Kitplanes General characteristics Crew: one Length: 16 ft 9 in (5.11 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 3 in (9.22 m) Height: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Wing area: 120 sq ft (11 m 2) Empty weight: 254 lb (115 kg) Gross weight: 504 lb (229 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 277, 28 hp (21 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed wooden Performance Maximum speed: 63 mph (101 km/h ...