Saturday, April 6, 2013

What an ultralight airplane should look like!

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More photos of the Belite Burgundy Ultralight Aircraft, which even as I write this is being loaded on the truck to head to Sun N Fun!:

(more photos can be found here)

Belite climbs out
Belite Aircraft UltraCub climbs out.  Looks like nostalgic Cub.  :-)

Belite passes overhead
Belite ultralight airplane:  UltraCub passes overhead.

Belite head on
Head on profile of Belite ultralight airplane.

short final in an ultracub
Over the fence in an UltraCub from Belite!

almost directly overhead
Almost directly overhead in the burgundy Belite.

taxiing
Taxiing for takeoff.

PPG in distance
Belite one pointer landing, PPG in distance.

short final in an ultracub from Belite
Short final in a Belite ultracub.  Sweet!



Friday, April 5, 2013

Belite UltraCub Detail Photos (AKA Burgundy II)

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Flew the Burgundy UltraCub II for the first time ever, yesterday.

Amazing.

Hit the power, plane got light and started flying too quickly.

Flew it with and without the turtledeck.

Looks just like a little cub.

Weighed it the morning before the flight:  278.8 pounds.  The legal max weight is 278.0, but we can remove a little and make it go under.  It includes a parachute, so FAR 103 says:  254 + 24 = 278 max weight.  Besides, we weighed it on two bathroom scales and mail scale.  At least the mail scale is accurate.  :-)

This is with the beefy, rumbly, reliable, good sounding, 4 stroke engine.

I have a cruise prop on, which is ridiculous.

Here's the pics:

(There are many more pics from this photo shoot on our flickr account.)

Ground view
Belite UltraCub looks pretty

cabin detail
Cabin detail on Belite Ultralight Airplane

4 stroke engine
Belite UltraCub flies over.  4 Stroke 1/2VW engine.

sunroof attach detail
Inside sunroof attach detail.

landing
Landing an ultracub.  Turtledeck not yet installed.

panel view :-)
Panel view. 
Quarter rear view
Turtledeck on, Belite UltraCub


Sunroof attach detail
Sunroof attach detail overhead view

Rudder view
Rudder view

taking off!
Takeoff!!

climbout
Belite Ultralight Airplane Climbing out

quarter front view
I love this plane.

More windshield detail