You have to hand it to Buckeye. These guys and gals work exceptionally hard to refine their line of ultralight aircraft to a trend-setting state of the art. Complementing their award-winning series of powered parachutes, Buckeye has now added their new Endeavor trike.
A couple years back, it was Buckeye’s single place Brat that grabbed attention for the Indiana operation. The purple airframe Brat represented a first among powered parachute producers to apply their experience to a related but different form of ultralight flight. Brat resembled the Cosmos Samba trike and offered a simple switch to powered parachute so owners could go both ways.
Last year they refined the Brat to a two seat, more extensive aircraft. In the process, the quick switch to powered parachute became more elaborate. Now the Endeavor appears as a fully developed two seat aircraft that focuses on being a trike ultralight. Fortunately it shares the extreme attention to detail that characterizes the entire Buckeye line of ultralight flying machines.
Look closely and you can see the exquisite sense of hardware from the hard-working, family-based corporation. It is quickly obvious they know how to build nice hardware and their great success in powered parachutes gives them clout with wing makers, many of whom solicit the company’s business.
Endeavor now appears ready to enter the trike market in a significant way. Earning their wings honestly with a full development cycle Buckeye appears to have convincingly taken Endeavor to the level of slick European trike builders.
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