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AirLony AirLony Aircraft Company Company type - Privately held company Industry - Aerospace Founded - 1990s Headquarters - Štětí, Czech Republic Products - Kit aircraft and complete ultralight aircraft Website - www.airlony.cz AirLony is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Štětí. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of complete ultralight aircraft and aircraft kits for amateur construction. The company's sole current product is the AirLony Skylane UL, which is a two-seat ultralight replica of the four seat Cessna 182. Aircraft Summary of aircraft built by AirLony Model name - First flight - Number built - Type AirLony Highlander - 1998 - - ultralight biplane AirLony Skylane UL - 2005 - - ultralight Cessna 182 replica AirLony Skylane UL AirLony Skylane Skylane Role - Microlight cabin monoplane National origin - Czech Republic Manufacturer - AirLony First flight - 2005 The AirLony Skylane UL is a Czech two-seat, microlight, cabin monoplane manufactured by AirLony of Štětí. The AirLony Skylane design was inspired by the much larger four-seat Cessna 182 Skylane, which it greatly resembles. The manufacturer calls it a "small Cessna". Design and development The Skylane is a high-wing monoplane with a fixed nose-wheel landing gear and powered by a Rotax 912 piston engine. The enclosed cabin has side-by-side seating for two and dual yoke-style controls. The aircraft is built from a combination of wood and composites. The fuselage is of composite construction, while the strut-braced wing is of wooden structure with a semi-laminar MS (1)-313 airfoil and features a D-cell. The wing is fabric-covered and has two integral 42 L (11 US gal) fuel tanks. The wooden structure, fabric-covered and electrically operated flaps cover 39% of the wing chord and can be lowered to fixed positions of 13°, 29° and 37°. The tail fin is of wood construction and features a NACA 0012 symmetrical airfoil. The main landing gear legs are made from fibreglass laminates and mount wheels with hydraulically operated toe-brakes. The nose wheel is of a fully castering design and can rotate 360°, allowing the aircraft to be pushed backwards while ground handling. The Skylane can use engines from 50 to 100 hp (37 to 75 kW) with engine weights of 50 to 100 kg (110 to 220 lb), including the Rotax 912ULS, Jabiru 2200 and Volkswagen air-cooled engines. Specifications (Data from The World Directory of Leisure Aviation) General characteristics Crew: 2 Wingspan: 8.95 m (29 ft 4 in) Wing area: 10.57 m2 (114 sq ft) Empty weight: 260 kg (573 lb) Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912 or similar , 37 to 75 kW (50 to 100 hp) Performance Maximum speed: 207 km/h (129 mph, 112 kn) Rate of climb: 6.0 m/s (1,181 ft/min) AirLony Skylane AirLony Highlander Highlander Role - Ultralight aircraft National origin - Czech Republic Manufacturer - AirLony Introduction - 1998 Status - Production completed The AirLony Highlander is a Czech ultralight biplane that was designed and produced by AirLony of Štětí, introduced in 1998. Design and development The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a biplane wing configuration, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft has a composite fuselage and wooden-framed 7.3 m (24.0 ft) span wings with doped aircraft fabric covering. Engines in the 80 to 120 hp (60 to 89 kW) can be used. The Highlander was designed for, but never approved for aerobatics. Specifications (Highlander) (Data from Bayerl) General characteristics Crew: one Capacity: one passenger Wingspan: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in) Wing area: 14.5 m2 (156 sq ft) Empty weight: 240 kg (529 lb) Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb) Fuel capacity: 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal) in two tanks Performance Maximum speed: 188 km/h (117 mph, 102 kn) Cruise speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn) Stall speed: 65 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn) Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min) |