Best Off Skyranger
Best Off Aviation Skyranger being tied down at
Sun 'n Fun 2006
Skyranger cockpit with optional extended panel
The Best Off Skyranger is a French-designed two-seat ultralight utility aircraft, produced by Best Off, of Toulouse. It is a high-wing conventional monoplane with tricycle undercarriage, and of fabric-covered tubular construction.[1][2]
The Skyranger is also manufactured under licence by Aero Bravo in Brazil, SkyRanger Aircraft in the United States (as a kit), Aeros in Ukraine and at least 150 were built by Synairgie in France, too.[3]
Some 900 are flying throughout the world.[1]
Variants
- Skyranger
- Original model, introduced 1990.[2]
- Skyranger Vfun
- Renamed original model for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class.[2]
- Skyranger Vmax
- Improved model for United Kingdom BCAR Section "S" certification, with ventral fin[2]
- Skyranger Swift
- Improved model based on the Vmax for the US light-sport aircraft market, with reduced wingspan.[4]
Specifications (Skyranger)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004[1]
General characteristics
Performance
See also
Comparable aircraft
Notes
- 1 2 3 Jackson 2003, p. 118.
- 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 33. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 265. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
- ↑ Best Off (2010). "Skyranger Swift". Retrieved 12 May 2012.
References
- Jackson, Paul. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2003. ISBN 0-7106-2537-5.
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