Airdrome Dream Fantasy Twin Explained

The Airdrome Dream Fantasy Twin is an American ultralight trainer and amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Airdrome Aeroplanes, of Holden, Missouri. The aircraft was derived from the single seat Airdrome Dream Classic and is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[1]

Design and development

The Airdrome Dream Fantasy Twin features a cable-braced biplane layout, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration mounted above the cockpit on the keel tube.

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. The Airdrome Dream Fantasy Twin has a wingspan of 301NaN1 and a wing area of 150square feet. It can be equipped with engines ranging from 35to. The standard engine used is the 500NaN0 two stroke Rotax 503, with 640NaN0 Rotax 582, 400NaN0 Rotax 447, 350NaN0 Rotax 377 or a 600NaN0 Volkswagen air-cooled engine optional. Building time from the factory-supplied kit is estimated at 200 hours by the manufacturer.[2]

Operational history

Four examples had been completed by December 2011.

Notes and References

  1. Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 39. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  2. Web site: Dream Fantasy Twin Ultralight Trainer . 25 September 2012. Airdrome Aeroplanes. n.d. . https://web.archive.org/web/20101213100746/http://airdromeairplanes.com/TheDreamFantasy.html . 13 December 2010.