Best Off Skyranger
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| Best Off Aviation Skyranger on skis at Montebello, Quebec 2005 | |
| Role | Ultralight aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Best Off Aviation |
| Introduction | 1990 |
| Number built | about 900 |
| Variants | Best Off Nynja Rainbow Cheetah Synairgie Jet Ranger |
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Best Off Aviation Skyranger being tied down at Sun 'n Fun 2006
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Skyranger cockpit with optional extended panel
The Best Off Skyranger is a French-designed two-seat ultralight utility aircraft, produced by Best Off, of Toulouse. It is a high-wing conventional monoplane with tricycle undercarriage, and of fabric-covered tubular construction.[1][2]
The Skyranger is also manufactured under licence by Aero Bravo in Brazil, SkyRanger Aircraft in the United States (as a kit), Aeros in Ukraine and at least 150 were built by Synairgie in France, too.[3]
Some 900 are flying throughout the world.[1]
Variants
- Skyranger
- Original model, introduced 1990.[2]
- Skyranger Vfun
- Renamed original model for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class.[2]
- Skyranger Vmax
- Improved model for United Kingdom BCAR Section "S" certification, with ventral fin[2]
- Skyranger Swift
- Improved model based on the Vmax for the US light-sport aircraft market, with reduced wingspan.[4]
Specifications (Skyranger)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one pilot
- Capacity: one passenger
- Length: 5.50 m (18 ft 0½ in)
- Wingspan: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Height: 2.00 m (6 ft 6¾ in)
- Wing area: 14.10 m² (151.8 ft²)
- Empty weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 560 kg (1,234 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL flat-four, 60 kW (80 hp)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 195 km/h (105 knots, 121 mph)
- Cruise speed: 150 km/h (81 knots, 93 mph) (max cruise)
- Stall speed: 64 km/h (35 knots, 40 mph) (flaps down)
- Rate of climb: 4.6 m/s (900 ft/min)
See also
Comparable aircraft
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Jackson 2003, p. 118.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 33. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 265. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
References
- Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
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