Falcon, Basic Canadian ultralight aircraft, by American Aerolites, Ultalight Aircraft Canada.
American Aerolites Falcon Ultralight.
Ultralight Aircraft Magazine - Falcon Ultralight - Designed by Romuald Drlik, designer of the Eagle, the Falcon canards and long list of other inventions. His early propeller designs claimed canard model speed records and eventually became the Falcon.
A Falcon UL still claims the altitude record of 26,900'. The first foot-launched hang glider and the Solaris employ his propeller designs as well.
The Eagles were marketed by Larry Newman under American Aerolites, then as Falcons under American Aircraft.
Approximately 1500 single seat Falcon UL's were made, then the 2 seat Falcon XP followed due to the need for a trainer with about 500 were produced
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The American Aerolites Falcon - The aircraft fuselage features all composite construction. The wings use D cell construction covered in Mylar. The craft features three axis control via a front mounted canard and wing tip rudders. It uses a center mounted stick with a left hand throttle. The original power was supplied by a Rotax 277 engine using a belt drive, with later models produced using the Rotax 2.58 -1 gear box.
Falcon Ultralight Specifications And Images
American Aerolites Falcon Ultralight Aircraft
Horsepower: 42 hp
Fuel Capacity: 5 gal 19 L
Range: 240 nm 444 km 276 mi
Cruise: 48 kts 89 kmh 55 mph
Stall: 21 kts 39 kmh 24 mph
Climb: 800 ft/min 4.1 m/sec
Ceiling: 15,000 ft 4,572 m
Takeoff Distance: 150 ft 46 m
Landing Distance: 90 ft 27 m
American Aerolites Falcon ultralight specifications
Construction Composite
Gross Weight: 500 lbs 227 kg
Empty Weight: 254 lbs 115 kg
Useful Load: 246 lbs 112 kg
Wingspan: 36 ft 10.97 m
Length: 14.25 ft 4.34 m
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American Aerolites Falcon, What makes the Falcon so stable in the air is a combination of push propeller and canard wing design.
The Falcon use of a canard wing on the nose; this wing comprises about 20% of the total lifting surface but carries roughly 25% of the load, therefore it will stall before the main wing and automatically regain flying speed.
As you approach stall you will experience some bobbing motion, commonly referred to as "porpoising", the length of oscillation will depend on your weight, but the aircraft will continue to fly level and is very averse to rolling and or spinning.
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Ultralight Aircraft Magazine - Welcome to the Ultralight Aircraft News our goal is to cover as many aircraft expositions that host aircraft described as ultralight aircraft, light sport aircraft, experimental light sport aircraft, amateur built aircraft, ELSA or homebuilt aircraft that fit into the definition of ultralight aircraft in Canada or light sport aircraft, or experimental amateurbuilt light sport aircraft in the United States.
These include three axis control aircraft, weight shift control aircraft, more commonly known as trikes, powered parachutes, helicopters, gyrocopters and powered para-gliders that meet the light sport or ultralight aircraft definition.
Airshows and aircraft expositions that we cover include, the Deland Sport Aviation Showcase, U.S. Sport Aviation Expo, Deland Sport Aviation Showcase, E.A.A.'s Sun N Fun, E.A.A.'s Airventure, the Midwest LSA Show, Copperstate, UPAC Convention and Aero Friedrichshafen in Germany. We try to regularly attend regional shows like the Arlington Fly-In, and Rocky Mountain Fly-In.