I am new to this site and like ultrlights and would like to know if any of you have built home built ultrlights, that are very good preformores any thing would help thanks




--cubcadetguy

Welcome cubcadet guy.

Your question is a bit vague to offer much authoritative information. You will find pilots of Part 103 compliant ultralights as well as pilots of turbine Otters here, and everything in between. Are you interested in true ultralights (254 lb dry weight limit, single occupant)? Or just the lighter end of Light Sport?

Ultralights obey the same laws of performance that every other aircraft does: Power-to-weight ratio, and lift-to-drag ratio. What do you consider performance? STOL? Fast cruise? High fuel efficiency?

You may need to look into a higher-performance spell checker.

I'm glad to see you put twotters above B777's, Zane, even though we have pilots of each on here

once&futr_alaskaflyer wrote:I'm glad to see you put twotters above B777's, Zane, even though we have pilots of each on here

I thought it made sense to limit the spectrum to backcountry-oriented aircraft. I DID think about it.

OK I would like a ultralight that goes fast with good stol capabilities . that you don't have to go and bust the savings account to make it and would like to put a motorcycle engine in it so that is what i know i don't know a thing about airplane talk so please tell me what you mean all though i know a few things like stol and some brands Cessna and beaver so that is what you can tell me with out having to go and say what????!!!!!! thanks


--cubcadetguy

First of all lets define an Ultralight

1) Weighs less than 254 pounds empty weight, excluding floats and safety devices which are intended for deployment in a potentially catastrophic situation;

(2) Has a fuel capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons;

(3) Is not capable of more than 55 knots calibrated airspeed at full power in level flight; and

(4) Has a power-off stall speed which does not exceed 24 knots calibrated airspeed.

I think what your talking about is an Experimental aircraft which is a whole another ball of wax. What do you intend to do with this airplane? There are homebuilts that will do 400 knots at 28,000ft...Speed directly equals how much money you want to spend when it comes to Airplanes. Are you a pilot? You can fly a true Part 103 Ultralight with no PIlots License but I doubt 55kts is what you were meaning when you said good speed. To fly an Experimental you need to hold at a minimum a sport pilot certificate.

Here is a good link to the Homebuilders Directory. Generally FAST and STOL do not fall into the same sentence. While there are some that cover both realms generally it's either one or the other not both.

http://www.homebuilt.org/directory/directory.html

It sounds like you have not done very much research yet. My advice would be to check out your local EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association) Chapter and get familiar with what is out there.

Here is a link where you can put in your location and find the nearest Chapter to you.

http://www.eaa.org/chapters/locator/

Well i will though this in I saw that there was a french plane called a cri-cri and they said it went 135 knots and only weighed 180 lbs.
and from what i got out of the article it was an ultralight probably meaning it is 180 lbs. ultralight not an ultralight. I am not a pilot and I do not have a bunch of money that is one reason i like ultrlights and the other i just like ultralights in general i would like though if they would up the speed in them though but if i can fly at 55 knots in my own aircraft without a license (third reason for liking them) i would be very very happy because flying is better than sitting on the ground wishing you could fly!!!!!!!! so I am interested in ultralights and would like one that goes max ultralight speed, that can take off in very short distances thanks



--cubcadetguy

The Cri cri is a fast plane but does not have good stol performance.

LSA does not require much. You just have to pass a written test and have I believe 20 hrs flight instruction and have a valid drivers license. And then you have the privilege of flying bigger faster aircraft with about the same stol performance plus fly with another person

Reuben