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Medway Microlights factory, in Rochester, Kent. Medway Microlights is a British aircraft manufacturer, specializing in the manufacture of ultralight trikes and fixed wing microlight aircraft . The company is located in Rochester, Kent .
The aircraft is a development of the earlier Best Off Skyranger and was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
A cross-flow fan comprises blades radiating from a central axis and aligned with the axis, similar to those of a cylinder mower. It is contained in a duct which is shaped so that when the fan spins, it induces a directional airflow. In the FanWing, the fan is set above the leading section of a fixed wing and extends the full span of the wing.
Best Off Aviation Skyranger being tied down at Sun 'n Fun 2006 Skyranger cockpit with optional extended panel. The Best Off Skyranger is a French-designed two-seat ultralight utility aircraft, produced by Best Off, of Toulouse. It is a high-wing conventional monoplane with tricycle undercarriage, and of fabric-covered tubular construction. [1] [2]
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailerons , elevator and rudder , calling the former "microlight" and the latter "ultralight".
Apollo Ultralight Aircraft is a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer based in Eger.The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft, gyroplanes and ultralight trikes, in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories.
A foot-launched powered hang glider. A foot-launched powered hang glider (FLPHG), also called powered harness, nanolight, or hangmotor, is a powered hang glider harness with a motor and propeller often in pusher configuration, although some can be found in tractor configuration.
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2000–01 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 1 Length: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) Wingspan: 9.45 m (31 ft 0 in) Height: 2.34 m (7 ft 8 in) Wing area: 12.5 m 2 (135 sq ft) Airfoil: NACA 2412 Empty weight: 265 kg (584 lb) standard 251 kg (553 lb) for competition Max takeoff weight: 540 kg (1,190 lb) Fuel capacity: 50 L (13 US gal; 11 imp gal) with ...