Winner of the Outstanding New Design award in its public debut at Sun ‘n Fun ’95, the SuperFloater was a well-received by many who flew with the ultralight glider. The light weight unpowered machine is a 20-years-later redesign of an aircraft created by Larry Hall and Klaus Hill in the mid-’70s. The SuperFloater was completely redone at the request of U.S. Aviation, who sensed the new market for the easy-flying glider – aging hang glider pilots, as well as ultralight pilots looking for a change of pace from power in flight.
The ’95 SuperFloater has a beefed-up airframe for more frequent duty and tow launching. The high-dihedral wings were flat and flattened and the span extended for additional performance. Full-span ailerons replaced rudder and elevator-only controls. The ultralight sale plane is now supplied as a ready-to-fly, test-flown aircraft.
The SuperFloater can be towed aloft by almost any ultralight with an excess of power. It offers a 15-to-1 glide and a sink rate of 180 fpm. It stalls at 23 mph, and has a Vne of 60. It controls by a side stick and rudder pedals, and offers straight forward and handling and what the company calls “fun, sunny-day performance.”
Hello.
I am interested in the SuperFloater.
Is there a site with more information?
Thank you very much.
Leonardo Pavese
Since I was part of bringing SuperFloater to market (for the second time), it pains me to say, but this delightful primary glider is no longer in production.
Hello Dan, i was wondering if you know if there are any plans or who might have plans to the revised (last ) version of the Super Floater. i have a set of plans that i down loaded from the internet but these plans are of the original version. from the research i have done, it looks to me that the only real revision change is the redesign of the wing, i am attempting to build this wonderful glider.
Try contacting Larry Hall at Hall Windspeed Meter. I don’t know if Larry is still with the business that bears his name, but if you can find him you may get an answer to your question. I had a lot to do with it but was not part of the design effort.