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The Viking Aircraft Viking II is an American powered parachute designed and produced by Viking Aircraft Inc of Panama City Beach, Florida. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.〔Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 88. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X〕 The aircraft was introduced in 2000 and production ended when the company went out of business in 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Internet Archive Wayback Machine )〕 ==Design and development== The Viking II was designed for the training role, to comply with the U.S. FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules as a two-seat trainer, but also meets the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category requirements, including the category's maximum gross weight of . Some were also registered as ''Experimental'' aircraft in the U.S. and one as an ''Experimental - Amateur-built''.〔 The Viking II features a parachute-style wing, two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration, tricycle landing gear and a twin-cylinder Rotax 503 engine in pusher configuration. The three-cylinder 2si 690-L70 liquid-cooled engine was a factory option.〔 The aircraft carriage is built from metal tubing with a composite partial cockpit fairing. In flight steering is accomplished via handles that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw. On the ground the aircraft has foot pedal-controlled nosewheel steering. The main landing gear incorporates spring rod suspension.〔 The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for crew and baggage is .〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is .〔 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「Viking Aircraft Viking II」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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