Flaglor Scooter

Scooter
Flaglor Scooter at Pima Air & Space Museum
Role Ultralight aircraft
Manufacturer Homebuilt
Designer Ken Flaglor
First flight June 1967
Unit cost
$800[1]

The Flaglor Scooter is an unusual light aircraft designed in the United States in the mid-1960s and marketed for homebuilding.

Design and development

The Scooter is a high-wing, wire-braced monoplane with the engine installed on the wing leading edge, above and in front of the pilot's seat.[2] It features weled steel tube or wooden fuselage construction with fabric covering and short legged conventional landing gear. The wing uses wooden ribs and a dual spar construction with wire bracing.[3] It was originally intended to be powered by a 18 hp (13 kW) Cushman golf buggy engine, but this was found to be inadequate and a Huggins Volkswagen automotive engine conversion was used to replace it.[4]

Operational history

Demonstrated at the 1967 EAA annual fly-in at Rockford, Illinois, the design won "Outstanding Ultralight" and "Outstanding Volkswagen-powered aircraft" awards. Plans were put on sale shortly thereafter.[4]

Specifications (Scooter)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related development


References

  1. ↑ Popular Mechanics: 92. May 1972. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ Air Progress: 51. November 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Air Trails: 76. Winter 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 1 2 "Inside the scooter". Air Trails Sport Aircraft. Winter 1969.
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