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For those looking for an affordable motor glider U.S. Aviation has just
want your looking for the Cumulus. Over the past year the company has been
working on tooling, production equipment, drawings, molds, control
systems, manuals etc and is now delivering kits to customers. The kit
should take about 250 hours to build. One customer with the factories
assistance spent from a week going from kit to finishing off the kit less
wiring.
The Cumulus that was on display was about 80 per cent complete and is
expected to be up and flying shortly after the show. Plans are to have two
at Airventure, one with the standard wing, the other a Sportplane version
with a shorter wing.
The Cumulus can be powered by the 477, or 503 Rotax, or the MZ single
cylinder engine. With the 447 take off distance is about 150 feet climb
rate 700 feet per minute sink rate 190 feet per second with a 20 to 1
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For more information contact:
Ultralight Soaring Aviation
1830 East Vienna Street
Anna, IL 62906
618-833-3187
ekstrom@midwest.net
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