The Airkraft Sunny is an ultralight aircraft that was designed by Dieter Schulz. The aircraft was initially produced by his company, Tandem Aircraft KG of Saulgau, Germany, which built about 150 examples between 1989 and 1999. After he sold the rights in 1999, it was then produced by Dewald Leichtflugzeugbau Gmbh of Bad Schönborn, Germany and more recently by Airkraft Gmbh Leichtflugzeugbau of Beringen, Switzerland, who seem to have gone out of business in about 2010 and production ended. Originally supplied ready-to-fly, later the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth. Standard engines available include many models of Hirth, Rotax, BMW and Verner 133M powerplants, ranging from 65 to 80 hp (48 to 60 kW).[1][3]
airkraft, sunny, ultralight, aircraft, that, designed, dieter, schulz, aircraft, initially, produced, company, tandem, aircraft, saulgau, germany, which, built, about, examples, between, 1989, 1999, after, sold, rights, 1999, then, produced, dewald, leichtflug. The Airkraft Sunny is an ultralight aircraft that was designed by Dieter Schulz The aircraft was initially produced by his company Tandem Aircraft KG of Saulgau Germany which built about 150 examples between 1989 and 1999 After he sold the rights in 1999 it was then produced by Dewald Leichtflugzeugbau Gmbh of Bad Schonborn Germany and more recently by Airkraft Gmbh Leichtflugzeugbau of Beringen Switzerland who seem to have gone out of business in about 2010 and production ended Originally supplied ready to fly later the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready to fly aircraft 1 2 3 4 5 6 Sunny Sunny Sport Role Ultralight aircraft National origin Switzerland Manufacturer Tandem Aircraft KGDewald Leichtflugzeugbau GmbhAirkraft Gmbh Leichtflugzeugbau Designer Dieter Schulz Status Production completed Number built 250 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Variants 3 Specifications Sunny Light 4 References 5 External linksDesign and development editThe aircraft complies with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale microlight category rules It features an unusual diamond shaped biplane strut braced closed wing layout a two seats in tandem enclosed or open cockpit fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration The upper wing is swept back while the lower wing is straight but mounted further aft The two wings are joined by swept tip rudders The elevons are mounted to the lower wing only 1 3 The aircraft is made from bolted together aluminium tubing with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth Standard engines available include many models of Hirth Rotax BMW and Verner 133M powerplants ranging from 65 to 80 hp 48 to 60 kW 1 3 Variants edit nbsp Sunny side by side Sunny Light Version with open cockpit 1 3 Sunny Sport Two seat tandem version with enclosed or semi enclosed cockpit 1 3 2 5 Sunny Side By Side Version with side by side configuration seats 5 Sunny Targa Fully enclosed version 5 Sunny Amphibian Version with amphibious floats 1 3 Specifications Sunny Light editData from Bayerl 1 General characteristicsCrew one Capacity one passenger Wingspan 7 m 23 ft 0 in Wing area 17 m2 180 sq ft Empty weight 220 kg 485 lb Gross weight 450 kg 992 lb Fuel capacity 44 litres 9 7 imp gal 12 US gal or optionally 80 litres 18 imp gal 21 US gal Powerplant 1 Rotax 582 twin cylinder liquid cooled two stroke 48 kW 64 hp Performance Maximum speed 145 km h 90 mph 78 kn Cruise speed 100 km h 62 mph 54 kn Stall speed 55 km h 34 mph 30 kn Rate of climb 4 m s 790 ft min References edit a b c d e f g Bayerl Robby Martin Berkemeier et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 12 page 23 WDLA UK Lancaster UK 2011 ISSN 1368 485X a b Bertrand Noel Rene Coulon et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003 04 page 135 Pagefast Ltd Lancaster UK 2003 ISSN 1368 485X a b c d e f Tacke Willi Marino Boric et al World Directory of Light Aviation 2015 16 page 23 Flying Pages Europe SARL 2015 ISSN 1368 485X Purdy Don AeroCrafter Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook Fifth Edition page 266 BAI Communications 15 July 1998 ISBN 0 9636409 4 1 a b c d Schulz Dieter The complete history of the Sunny Boxwing by Tandem Aircraft KG www sunny boxwing de Retrieved 24 April 2018 Airkraft Internet Archive Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 April 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airkraft Sunny Official website Official website archive on Archive org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Airkraft Sunny amp oldid 1149680955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
