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The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US light-sport aircraft rules. [2] [3] It features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, retractable wheeled tricycle landing gear and dual floats and a single engine in pusher configuration.
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Many of the early ultralights used a "weight shift" method of control, requiring the pilot to push a control bar to shift the center of gravity of the aircraft. The Weedhopper differed from most other ultralights of the period in that it has a control stick which moves the rudder and elevator, giving it two axis control in pitch and yaw.
The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 363 kg (800 lb). In its single-seat configuration and when equipped with a lightweight engine, it complies with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg).
Data from EAA General characteristics Crew: one Length: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) Height: 4 ft (1.2 m) Wing area: 170 sq ft (16 m 2) Empty weight: 120 lb (54 kg) Gross weight: 320 lb (145 kg) Powerplant: 1 × McCulloch MAC-101 two-stroke, single cylinder engine, 11 hp (8.2 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed wooden, 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) diameter Performance Maximum speed: 40 mph (64 ...
The wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke , dual-ignition 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 engine, with a reconditioned four-cylinder, air- and liquid-cooled, four-stroke , dual-ignition 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL engine optional.
The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 212 lb (96 kg) with a Daedalus 190 hang glider wing. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. In powered parachute mode it uses a Shuttle GRX canopy and is controlled ...
A variety of wings can be used from 10 to 12 m (32.8 to 39.4 ft) in span and 10 to 15 m 2 (110 to 160 sq ft) in area, all supported by a single tube-type kingpost and employing an "A" frame weight-shift control bar.