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The planes uses rivet together construction. "Our planes
are all designed to go on floats - and as you know float planes take a
"real kicking" so we feel you have to build you airplane with that in mind
right up front." "thus we build our cabins with solid rivets, the rest is
Avex."
Tools required to build the plane include "good pneumatic
rivet gun, a good set of straight cut and long blade shears, deburring
tools, drills, etc." "The aircraft was designed to be built in a modular
form, the cabin is one structure, the fuselage another, and the wings the
third structure." "You need to be able to accommodate a 4 foot by 12 foot
table with walking room around it, which is used to jig the assemblies,
then you can build the plane in a one car garage."
The plane can be powered by 4 stroke engines in the
ultralight category ranging from 65 to 120 hp. with the Rotax 912 series
of engines the preferred engine.
"When powered by a 912 S Rotax 100 hp engine take off
distance will very seldom be more than 250 feet, climb rate no less than
700 feet per minute, with stall speed coming in between 22 and 30 mph."
"The control system is standard single center stick and
dual rudders, with push tube used for the elevator, and cable used for the
ailerons and rudder." While not equipped with flaps "the aeroplane
side-slips like a demon" " and gets off the water on floats in in 9 to 13
seconds at gross."
"Most of our "owners" planes are not show planes, they are
usually covered in dried blood, or smell of fish" "these planes are "used"
thus we have removable seats, once removed you have over 16 cubic feet of
cargo space, room for an outboard motor" "our pilot's in Quebec will use
every inch of that, and then some!"
While the wing is very similar to that used on a "Piper"
it is all metal. The model on display had a 32 foot wing on it, while
other models go up to 36 feet. "
For more information contact:
Canadian Light Aircraft Sales & Services
1700 Ste-Angelique, St-Lazare, Qc.
Canada, J7T 2X8
Tel: (450) 424-1447 |
