Best Off Skyranger Explained

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]

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.[2]

Some 900 are flying throughout the world.

Variants

Skyranger
  • Original model, introduced 1990.
    Skyranger Vfun
  • Renamed original model for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class. Standard engines available are the 640NaN0 Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 800NaN0 Rotax 912UL, the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS, 850NaN0 Jabiru 2200, the 60to VW and the 600NaN0 HKS 700E four-stroke powerplants. The aircraft has also been equipped with the JLT Motors Ecoyota engine.[3] [4]
    Skyranger Vmax
  • Improved model for United Kingdom BCAR Section "S" certification, with ventral fin. Standard engines available are the 640NaN0 Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 800NaN0 Rotax 912UL, the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS, 850NaN0 Jabiru 2200, the 60to VW and the 600NaN0 HKS 700E four-stroke powerplants.[4]
    Skyranger Swift
  • Improved model based on the Vmax for the US light-sport aircraft market, with reduced wingspan.[5]
    Reusable Bomber Drones
  • On 26 April 2024, 6 photos surfaced online, taken somewhere in Russia, which appeared to show a crashed Skyranger Swift 2 fitted with a single OFAB-100-120 bomb. Along with other equipment to allow for it to become a “remotely piloted bomber”. Skyranger had been contacted and said it could be an existing aircraft or one built from a kit worth $55,000.00. Ukraine has previously modified a Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat into a kamikaze drone.[6]

    See also

    Comparable aircraft

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    Notes and References

    1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 33. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
    2. Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 265. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998.
    3. Web site: Le Nouveau Moteur 4 Temps Pour Ulm. 15 March 2018. JLT Motors. ecoyota.neuf.fr. 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20081014121101/http://ecoyota.neuf.fr/Page_1x.html/. 14 October 2008. dead.
    4. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 34. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
    5. Web site: Skyranger Swift. 12 May 2012. Best Off. Best Off. 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110903095358/http://www.bestoffaircraft.com/index.php/en/skyranger-swift. 3 September 2011. dead.
    6. Web site: Ukraine Appears To Be Using Light Planes Converted Into Reusable Bomber Drones. HOWARD ALTMAN . TWZ . 28 April 2024. 26 April 2024.

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