Mentzel Baltic Fox Explained
The
Mentzel Baltic Fox is a German
ultralight and
light-sport flying boat that was designed by Anno Claus Mentzel and produced by Ing Büro Mentzel of
Prinzhöfte, certified in 2009. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft, disassembled for transport.
[1] [2] Design and development
The Baltic Fox was designed as a specialist aircraft for use by expeditions and, as such, it was intended to be disassembled for shipping in boxes to its destination and then rapidly reassembled and flown. It was intended to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration open cockpit, retractible tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1] [2]
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 101NaN1 span wing has an area of 16.1m2. The standard engine available is the 840NaN0 Hirth 3702 three cylinder two-stroke powerplant.[1] [2]
Variants
- Baltic Fox
Initial model, flying boat only, without wheeled landing gear. Certified in Germany as an ultralight in 2009.[1] [2]
- Baltic Fox Sea
Second model, amphibious flying boat with wheeled landing gear, undergoing ultralight certification in 2011.[1] [2] Notes and References
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 61. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011.
- Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 63. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
