Affordaplane
ultralight aircraft, Affordaplane experimental aircraft, Affordaplane experimental light sport aircraft (ELSA), Lightsport Aircraft Pilot News
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into what are described as ultralight aircraft, advanced ultralight
aircraft,
light sport aircraft, experimental light sport aircraft, experimental
aircraft, amateur built aircraft, ELSA or homebuilt
aircraft in the United States and Canada. These include
weight shift aircraft, more commonly known as trikes,
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Affordaplane ultralight, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
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Manufacturer
www.affordaplane.com
The Affordaplane is the creation
of Dave Edwards of Riverview Florida.
His goal "combine the best innovations to come from the
ultralight industry, to create a rugged, bolt together
ultralight, with a build time of right around 150 hours,
without any special jigs or elaborate setups."
When you consider he built the original prototype in his
"single wide mobile home" you have to give him A for effort.
The Affordaplane is a single seat ultralight. Fuselage
construction uses two inch square T 6-6061 T-6 tubing, and
is bolted together with AN 3 and 4 bolts using gusset
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The wings are use "cross brace ladder style
construction, with foam ribs, and 1 1/2 inch cap strips.
Covering is heat shrink dacron. Building time is estimated
to be in the 150 to 200 hour range, with the completed
plane's estimated price at around $2,000 minus engine and
instruments. Controls are standard stick and rudder, with
ailerons. As of April 2000 the
prototype is in the "test flight stage" is powered by the
277 single cylinder 27 hp Rotax engine, but the plane is
designed to handle engines with weights from 85 to 90 lbs,
which would include the Kawaskai 340/440 Rotax 277/377/447
Hirth, 2si etc.
With these engines empty weight comes in
at between 245 and 254 lbs, with the gross weight for the
plane pegged at 500 lbs. Wingspan is 27 feet 5 inches, wing
area 123 sq ft, cruise 55 mph and stall 26 mph.
The plans consist of 35 sheets of 28 x 11
full size drawings, an A to Z builders manual, a materials
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Affordaplane ultralight -
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