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The Alpaero Exel is a French single seat, single engine pusher pod-and-boom kit-built ultralight motor glider.〔Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 54. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X〕〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 133. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 353. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 About 10 had been produced by 2005. ==Design and development== The Exel was designed to be sold complete or as a rapid-assembly kit. It is a single seat motor glider with a single engine in pusher configuration mounted high behind the cockpit. A T-tail is carried on a low set boom that extends the bottom line of the nose and cockpit pod.〔〔 The mid-mounted wings have carbon fibre spar caps and are glass fibre skinned. For most of the span the wings have constant chord, but the final 30% is straight tapered on both edges, with winglets an option. The aspect ratio is 16.5. Flaperons extend from the wing root just into the trapezoidal tip; flap deflections are +5°, 0° and -5°. Upper surface air brakes are placed at mid chord, halfway along the parallel wing region.〔 The fuselage is formed from two glass fibre half-shells and plywood bulkheads. The pod ends at the trailing edge of the wing; forward, the single piece canopy produces an almost linear profile to the nose. Fin and rudder, the latter fabric covered, are straight edged and slightly tapered, carrying a parallel edged, high aspect ratio tailplane with a single piece elevator. The Exel has a single main landing wheel mounted within an integral fuselage fairing, assisted by a tail wheel mounted in the base of the rudder. A pair of small outboard wheels protect the wingtips.〔〔 The standard Exel is powered by an 18 hp (13.4 kW) JPX D-320 flat twin, two-stroke engine, driving a two bladed pusher carbon fibre propeller which can be folded so both blades point aft for gliding flight. Optionally, a 21 kW (28 hp) Hirth F-33 single cylinder two stroke engine, a four-stroke Briggs & Stratton 21 kW (28 hp) or a Zenoah G-25 single cylinder two stroke powerplant may be fitted. A ballistic recovery parachute is another option.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alpaero Exel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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