Schmidtler Enduro

Enduro
Role Ultralight trike
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Ultraleichtflug Schmidtler
Status Production completed
Unit cost
15,865 (2011)

The Schmidtler Enduro is a German ultralight trike that was designed and produced by Ultraleichtflug Schmidtler of Munich. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]

The aircraft is no longer listed on the company website and presumed to be out of production.[2]

Design and development

The Enduro was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with an optional cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with optional wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10 m (32.8 ft) span Air Creation wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine or a twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, 100 hp (75 kW) BMW 1100 motorcycle engine.[1]

Operational history

The Enduro XC model was used to set several microlight class world records for speed and altitude.[1]

Variants

Enduro BMW
Model equipped with a 100 hp (75 kW) BMW 1100 motorcycle engine and no cockpit fairing. This model has an empty weight of 218 kg (481 lb) and a gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb), giving a useful load of 232 kg (511 lb). With full fuel of 65 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal) the payload is 185 kg (408 lb).[1]
Enduro XC
Model equipped with a 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 aircraft engine or an optional 100 hp (75 kW) BMW 1100 motorcycle engine and a full cockpit fairing. This model has an empty weight of 270 kg (595 lb) and a gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb), giving a useful load of 180 kg (397 lb). With full fuel of 64 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal) the payload is 134 kg (295 lb).[1]

Specifications (Enduro BMW)

Data from Bayerl[1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 223-224. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Ultraleichtflug Schmidtler (n.d.). "Willkommen zu den Informationsseiten von Ultraleichtflug Schmidtler". Retrieved 17 September 2013.

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