Colyaer Freedom S100 Explained

The Colyaer Freedom S100 is a Spanish amphibious ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Colyaer of Portonovo.[1]

Design and development

The Freedom was subject to a lengthy eleven-year development process between 1995 and 2006. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, retractable tricycle landing gear, wing-tip pontoons and a single engine in pusher configuration.[2]

The Freedom is made entirely from carbon fibre, Kevlar and fibreglass composites. Its 12.41NaN1 span wing has an area of 12m2 and flaps that can be deployed for landing and reflexed for cruise flight. The long wingspan gives the Freedom a glide ratio of 20:1 and allows power-off soaring flights. The standard engine is the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant.

In 2015 the aircraft was marketed by Galicia Avionica SL.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 36. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft. 23 April 2012. Experimental Aircraft Association. 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140228070151/http://sportpilot.org/learn/slsa. 28 February 2014. dead.
  3. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 57. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.