The Mini-Fly Set is a German powered hang glider that was designed and produced by Mini-Fly GmbH of Kirchardt. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-fly.^[1]

Design and development

The aircraft features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, single-place accommodation, foot-launching and landing and a single engine in pusher configuration.^[1]

The aircraft uses a standard hang glider wing, made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. The engine is a two-stroke, single cylinder Sachs 166 industrial engine of 14 hp (10 kW) driving a 3.4:1 reduction drive. The engine is mounted at the front of, and below the wing on a separate tube running parallel to the wing's keel tube. The 10 litres (2.2 imp gal; 2.6 US gal) fuel tank is mounted above and behind the engine. The two-bladed, wooden, fixed pitch propeller with a 134 cm (53 in) diameter is located at the rear of the wing's keel tube and is protected from ground contact by a tail wheel mounted on a long aluminum tube. The propeller is driven by a long extension shaft.^[1]

The pilot may take off in the prone position or from a standing start as in a conventional hang glider hill launch.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Bertrand^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Empty weight: 16 kg (35 lb) power unit only
• Fuel capacity: 10 litres (2.2 imp gal; 2.6 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Sachs 166 single cylinder, air-cooled industrial engine with a 3.4:1 reduction drive, 10 kW (14 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden, fixed pitch, 1.34 m (4 ft 5 in) diameter

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