Canadian Ultralight Aircraft 1990-1999: Fisher Avenger, Blue Yonder Ez Flyer, Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth, Fisher Horizon

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Fisher Avenger, Blue Yonder Ez Flyer, Fisher R-80 Tiger Moth, Fisher Horizon, Blue Yonder Twin Engine Ez Flyer, Ameri-Cana Eureka, Fisher Youngster, Blue Yonder Ez King Cobra, Fisher Dakota Hawk, Norman Aviation Nordic Vi. Excerpt: Ameri-Cana Eureka The Ameri-Cana Eureka is a Canadian designed and built low-wing, single seat, conventional landing gear -equipped ultralight aircraft that was produced as a kit by Ameri-Cana Ultralights of Irricana, Alberta between 1997 and 2003. Development Designer Wilf Stark conceived the Eureka as a US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles compliant aircraft. Stark identified that the US market lacked "an affordable Ultralight that is also easy to build". Stark further noted: "Although there are ultralight kits available for about $4500- $6500 (prior to engine purchase), they often require building and fabrication times that can approach 600 to 1000 hours for first-time builders. This realistically translates into 2 or more years of building time that somehow has to be accommodated among other family obligations. It is a sad statistic that less than one-third of purchased airplane kits ever get completed by the original purchaser. They either quietly wither away in a corner, or they are sold at a fraction of their original price, to be completed by someone else." Another aim of the design was to keep the complete purchase cost under US $ 6000 as the designer felt that this was the maximum figure that that most builders could justify without causing marital discord . As a result, he designed the Eureka to be both inexpensive and quick to construct from an assembly kit. The kit included pre-built wings, tail and fuselage that could be bolted together in about 20 hours of labour for the airframe, giving a total assembly time of two weekends. The aircraft is...