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Dennis Carley of U Fly It Light Sport Aircraft from Deland Florida was
at Sun N Fun with a recently completed two place clipped wing
Challenger. Dennis has carved a niche out for himself with his
innovative line of Quad City Challenger accessories.
He has also been recognized for his craftsmanship in building
Challengers, when he was awarded Grand Champion Lightplane (Light Sport
Aircraft) at Sun-N-Fun, 2007, as well as a second award for best
ultralight with a Quicksilver Sport II S.
This year Dennis unveiled his latest innovation an HKS engine package
for the Challenger. Currently he has completed two installations and has
several others near completion. One of Dennis's goals was to produce
a mounting kit that could be retrofitted to any two place Challenger
with no modification changes to the root tube.
The only modification that has to be done is the in board end of the
aileron spars have to be shortened about 5 inches. Then a different set
of push rods are supplied to activate the ailerons.
The biggest advantage of the HKS is that it is a four stroke engine,
burns about half the fuel of a Rotax 503, and has nearly three times the
TBO. Dennis reports that the performance numbers on the HKS are very
similar to the Rotax 503.
Currently Dennis is testing different props to find
out what combination works best with the HKS and Challenger. |
