Concept Prowler Explained

The Concept Prowler is an American ultralight trike that was designed and produced by Concept Aviation of Knoxville, Tennessee.[1]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 2540NaN0. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 2480NaN0. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The Prowler's design goals included maximum cruise speed and to achieve this a wing of small area was selected. This results in an ultralight with a cruise speed of 570NaN0, at the expense of a stall speed of 280NaN0, the fastest stall speed permitted by FAR 103 category rules.[2]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double-surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 110square feet area wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. The standard engines supplied was the 400NaN0 Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled, single ignition aircraft engine. A cockpit fairing and wheel pants were factory options.

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Notes and References

  1. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-17. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
  2. Web site: Title 14: Aeronautics and Space, PART 103—Ultralight Vehicles, Subpart A—General. 20 January 2012. Federal Aviation Administration. 18 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20110102015023/http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=0673be502fd816b453a3764f4f4c427f&rgn=div8&view=text&node=14:2.0.1.3.16.1.9.1&idno=14. 2 January 2011. dead.