Eagle, Basic Canadian ultralight aircraft, by American Aerolites, Ultalight Aircraft Canada.
American Aerolites Eagle Ultralight.
Ultralight Aircraft Magazine - The American Aerolights Eagle is an American ultralight aircraft that was poduced by American Aerolights in the early 1980's.
Eagle Single Seat Weight Shift Ultralight Aircraft
The Eagle uses bolt and rivert together, aluminum tube construction covered in Dacron sail cloth. Building times were reported to be in the 100 hour range. The Eagle is a high wing, wire braced, weight shift control, aircraft in a pusher configuration with a canard and wing tip rudders. There were a number of structural failures of the Eagle. These were cause by failure of the wings trailing edge fabric.
An update was issued which used heavier wing fabric, and the insertion of a steel cable into the trailing edge to address the problem.
Eagle Ultralight Aircraft Specifications And Images
The Eagle by American Aerolites
Wingspan: 35 ft (11 m)
Wing area: 177 sq ft (16.4 m2)
Empty weight: 225 lb (102 kg)
Gross weight: 1,023 lb (464 kg)
Fuel capacity: 4 U.S. gallons (15 L; 3.3 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Cuyuna 430R twin cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine with 2.2:1 cog-belt reduction drive, 35 hp (26 kW)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden, 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) diameter
Performance
Maximum speed: 50 mph (80 km/h; 43 kn)
Cruise speed: 35 mph (30 kn; 56 km/h)
Stall speed: 26 mph (23 kn; 42 km/h)
Range: 50 mi (43 nmi; 80 km)
Service ceiling: 17,500 ft (5,334 m)
G limits: +8.0/-2.5
Maximum glide ratio: 7:1
Rate of climb: 850 ft/min (4.3 m/s)
Rate of sink: 300 ft/min (1.5 m/s)
HEADING Video
The Eagle has a 35 ft (10.7 m) span, and is cable braced from a single kingpost. The wing incorporates downwards pointing wing tip rudders and a trailing edge that was defined only by the sailcloth edge.
This latter feature caused a number of fatal accidents due to sailcloth UV deterioration. Heavier weight sailcloth was substituted and finally a steel cable was used at the trailing edge.
A fore and aft boom that acts as the wing keel also supports the canard surface
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