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Free Bird Innovations, Inc. is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and formed in about 2003. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of plans and kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category.
The A/W 95 was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules, but if built lightly enough may qualify as an ultralight aircraft, under the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, with that category's maximum empty weight restriction of 254 lb (115 kg). The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 272 lb (123 kg).
Plans available (2015) The Colomban MC-30 Luciole (English: Firefly ) is an ultra-lightweight plans-built single-seat low-wing tail-dragger monoplane , designed by the French aeronautical engineer Michel Colomban , creator of the tiny single-seat Colomban Cri-cri twin-engined aircraft and the MC-100 Ban-Bi two-seat aircraft.
Founded in 1970, Vortech and its parent company, Prismz, provide plans, books, some kits and parts to enable hobbyists to construct a wide array of machines, including: helicopters, autogyros, mini-cars, trikes, scooters, wind generators, engines, boats and electroplating systems. Prismz also provides computer graphics and publishing layout ...
Data from Ultralight News, Pilot Mix. General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one (ultralight configuration) Length: 17 ft 3 in (5.26 m) Wingspan: 27 ft 5 in (8.36 m) Height: 5 ft 0 in (1.52 m) varies by main landing gear wheel diameter Wing area: 123 sq ft (11.4 m 2) Empty weight: 254 lb (115 kg) Gross weight: 540 lb (245 kg) Fuel capacity: 5 US gallons (19 litres) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax ...
The aircraft was designed long before the adoption of the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg), but nonetheless complies with them. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 150 lb (68 kg) and is billed as the "World's Tiniest Homebuilt Helicopter" by the plans supplier.
The St Croix Excelsior (English: ever higher) is an American ultralight aircraft that was designed by Chad Wille and Charles Wille, produced by St Croix Aircraft of Corning, Iowa and first flown in 1980. The aircraft was supplied in the form of plans for amateur construction with some hard-to-make parts available as well as partial kits. [1] [2 ...
The aircraft is a monoplane derivation of the biplane H-2 Honey Bee and was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg). The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 252 lb (114 kg), when equipped with the now-out of production Rotax 277 single cylinder engine.