Ultralight Aircraft - Low On Gas Consumption, High On Sophistication
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Ultralight aircraft often mean ultralight gas consumption! With ever-increasing gas prices fuel consumption is in future likely to become an important part of deciding what to buy or build. The ultralight aircraft component of experimental LTA (lighter-than-air) aircraft will probably receive much more attention in years to come.
Benefits of homebuilt ultralight aircraft, such as generally lower cost factors; fast building times; not being subjected to the rules and regulations of the FAA.
ultrslight aircraft can be defined as a powered ultralight as a single seat “vehicle” weighing less than 254 pounds. In addition it may not carry more than 5 gallons of fuel, and must be capable of flying as slow as 24 knots whilst restricted to a maximum speed of 55 knots.While the FAA refer to ultralight aircraft as “vehicles”, they are of course real, small airplanes. And often they are very sophisticated in construction and capabilities.
An example of a popular fixed wing ultralight aircraft is the single seat BeaverSS. This aircraft illustrates many of the outstanding characteristics of ultralight flight
