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The Wings of Freedom Flitplane is an American single-seat, high-wing, single-engine ultralight aircraft that is available as a kit aircraft or as plans for amateur construction from Wings of Freedom Aviation of Hubbard, Ohio.〔Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 76. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851〕〔Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-19. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-9680628-1-4〕〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 295. BAI Communications. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕 The Flitplane was designed as a low-cost aircraft with the look of an antique aircraft design for the US FAR 103 ''Ultralight Vehicles'' category with its maximum empty weight requirement.〔〔 〕 ==Development== The Flitplane was designed in 1995 by Ed Fisher who also designed the Skylite ultralight and the Micro-Mong home-built aircraft. The design was acquired by Joe Naylor and Mark W. Klotz who formed Wings of Freedom Aviation Inc. in 1996 to develop the design and market it.〔 〕 Naylor and Klotz made many changes to the design but retained the antique look of the aircraft and its distinctive large triangular windshield.〔 The Flitplane's fuselage is fabricated from a welded truss of 4130 steel tubing. The wings are of aluminum "ladder-type" construction, are strut-braced and utilize jury struts. The fuel tank is integrated into the wing centre-section. The wings and tail are covered in doped aircraft fabric. The engine is mounted in front of the high wing, above the cockpit. The original powerplant was a Cuyuna 460 engine, with a Rotax 447 optional. Later engine options added included the Hirth F-33, the Zanzottera MZ 201 and the Kawasaki 440 engine.〔〔 The conventional landing gear is suspended using fibreglass axles. The tailwheel is steerable. The controls are conventional three-axis and include full-span ailerons. The large, flat-plate triangular windshield protects the pilot from the propeller blast and has distinctive cut-outs for the rudder pedals.〔〔 The Flitplane is available as plans, a complete kit, partial kits or as a finished and ready-to-fly aircraft. The company claims that the aircraft can be built from the kit in 100 hours or 500 hours from plans.〔〔 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「Wings of Freedom Flitplane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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