Airborne Fun Explained
The
Airborne Fun is a series of
Australian high-wing, single and two-place,
hang gliders, designed and produced by
Airborne Windsports of
Redhead, New South Wales and introduced in the early 2000s.
[1] Design and development
The Fun series are all intended to be beginner hang gliders used for recreational flying and flight training.
The Fun 190 model is made from aluminium tubing, with the single-surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10.451NaN1 span wing is cable braced with a single kingpost supporting the ground wires. The nose angle is 118° and the aspect ratio is 5.51:1. The aircraft is certified as DHV 1.
Variants
- Fun 160
Small sized single-place model with 15.6m2 wing area, 9.361NaN1 wing span, a pilot hook-in weight range of 60to and a wing aspect ratio of 5.6:1
- Fun 190
Medium sized single-place model with 18.4m2 wing area, 10.451NaN1 wing span, a pilot hook-in weight range of 70to and a wing aspect ratio of 5.51:1
- Fun 220
Large sized two-place model with 21.2m2 wing area, 10.891NaN1 wing span, a pilot hook-in weight range of 85to and a wing aspect ratio of 5.62:1
- Fun 2
Improved modelExternal links
Notes and References
- Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 41. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
