We speak with Jerry Olenick of Green Sky Adventures about his Micro Mong, a sweet little biplane that can meet Part 103. This one is powered by the HKS engine, another product Green Sky represents. Sold only a kit, this Ed Fisher design can deliver great savings in return for a little sweat equity. Even with the four-stroke HKS and instruments, Micro Mong costs barely over $20,000 in 2012.
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Belite Aircraft — Belite Wonder Bread
One sweet little Part 103 candidate at Sun ‘n Fun 2012 that turned lots of heads what what folks dubbed the “Wonder Bread Airplane” for obvious reasons (at least if you saw TV commercials before 1975). Developer James Weibe has done lots of development on his single place entry and he tells us all about it.
Tecnam — Tail Dragger (2012)
Tecnam has many fetching models, no less than five of which have earned Special LSA approval. To that seemingly ever growing fleet the big Italian manufacturer now adds the Tail Dragger, dressed up in full retro look. At Sun ‘n Fun 2012 we got a first look at the new model and are given the details by Phil Solomon, CEO of Tecnam North America.
Raceair — Ed Fisher Designs (2012)
Ed Fisher, proprietor and principal designer of Raceair, has created several intriguing yet highly affordable designs. Here we speak with Ed about his Skylite (which can be bought as a complete kit for less than $10,000 and ready-to-fly, test flown for $20,000, in 2012 dollars) plus his Lil’ Bitts, a lightweight and more user-friendly version of the famous Pitts Special.
FlyCool Air Conditioning — by AMT
Some said it could never be done. How could you add air conditioning to Light-Sport Aircraft? It’s too heavy, too expensive, too bulky, said many. They’re wrong. The folks at Air Management Technologies or AMT have built the FlyCool system that works excellently on LSA and does not cost an arm and a leg nor does the system take up much room or add much weight. This video (with other installations to follow) explains how it works.
AutoGyro — Calidus (gyroplane)
“Wind is your friend” in a gyro. That means take off is faster when the wind blows down the runway. But neither is wind, like crosswind, a problem; commonly we see gyros operate in wind conditions that keep light fixed wings airplanes on the ground. Flying a gyro is more like flying a fixed wing than flying a helicpoter. In this video we get lots of info about gyroplane flying. Let’s go!
North Wing — Scout XC (2012)
North Wing builds, well… wings, as you might expect from their name. They do this for trikes, or weight shift aircraft, and for many producers of the carriage part of these aircraft as well as their own full aircraft. North Wing also builds hang gliders, which means just the wing, for those pilots. In this video we look at their Scout XC two seat model and visit with designer Kamron Blevins.
Fly Hard Trikes — Skycycle (2012)
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Fly Hard Trikes makes a line of lightweight trikes, one of which is the Skycycle that can qualify as a Part 103 ultralight vehicle. In production for 13 years at the time our video was recorded. Proprietor Mike Theeke installs several engines according to a customer’s wishes. On this particular example, we see the Vernor V4 four stroke, electric start engine that produces 35 horsepower. See and hear more in this video.
World Aircraft — Sentinel (Law Enforcement NEOS)
Law Enforcement and Light-Sport Aircraft. Sound dull? Sound like somebody else may be interested but not you? I understand. But UltralightNews and I came across a fascinating aerial observation system that is inexpensive and can easily be handled by LSA. Those two factors make for a compelling reason to check out this video. Plus the capabilities of the system, employing computer technology, is quite amazing.
Wasp Wing — Powered Hang Glider
OK, think you’ve seen everything? How about a twin-engine powered hang glider that uses a wing designed more than 20 years ago. Yup. Brought back to life by Keith Sharon to the delight of Oshkosh show goers in 2012, we watch the Wasp Wing launch and then talk about its illustrious history and how it is that Keith can fly his dad’s wing design in such a singular way. You can’t buy this aircraft but I’ll bet you enjoy hearing about it.
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