wrote)
OTOH if you have (or can get) a glider license with a self-launch
endorsement then a motorglider may be a better choice than a FAR 103
ultralight.


This is a hoot - AND A MUST READ!!! g

http://edburkhead.com/Challenger/gli...torglider1.htm
Experimental Glider? YES!!

IIRC it also weighs more than 400 lbs, nowhere close to being
a FAR 103 Ultralight.

That's why he calls it a 'Motorglider', not an Ultralight.

As a 'Motorglider':
(ii) Maximum weight does not exceed 850 kg (1874 pounds);
and
(iii) The maximum weight to wing span squared (w/b2) does not exceed 3.0
kg/M2 (0.62 lb./ft.2).

500 lbs MTOW
and
28.5 ft wingspan = 812 (wing span squared)

500 lbs MTOW (/) 812 = 0.61576 lb./ft.2

....which does not exceed 0.62!

So yes, it is a motorglider

....IF the MTOW is 500 lbs
....or we go with longer wings
....or we follow the first link. g

http://www.usppa.org/Resources/FARs/part103_far.htm
(Part 103)

Home Depot Ultralight: aka "Motor Glider 101"
http://www.digitalmarketingusa.com/h...ltralight.html


Specifications:

Empty Weight: 254 lbs
Stall Speed: 30 mph
Cruise Speed: 55 mph @ 2600 rpm.
Fuel Capacity: 5 US Gallons.
Wing Span: 28' 6"
Gross Weight: Not established, however pilot flew prototype with 5 gallons
fuel, pilot weight 225 lbs.

Wing Chord: 5' 0"

Gross Wing Area: 142 1/2 sq. ft.
Dihedral: 3" from Fuselage to Wing Tip.


Tail Span: 6' 6"
LOA: 15' 8"

Height: 6' 0"
Wheel Track: 4' 10" - Center to Center

Maximum HP: Not Established

Prototype Power: (2) Tecumseh 10hp 4 Stroke Engines or (2) 227 Rotax.

Endurance: (2) Techunesh engines consume approx. 1 gph.

Landing Speed: 35 mph.

Landing Rollout: 100'

Rate of Climb: Slow but steady with (2) 10 hp motors. Will maintain level
flight on one engine.


Bad Montblack, Bad!
Too much to do today to play anymore on the Groups :-(