Identification Help?

• Mar 9, 2009

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HoHun

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Hi everyone,

I hope it's not off-topic to post some modern aircraft here?

First one is this Ultralight which I shot at Oberschleißheim in 2003. It looks a bit like a Drifter, but has enough differences that it must be something else. It also has similarities to an AirCam (which was obviously inspired by the Drifter), but the AirCam is a twin, and I have found no evidence of a single-engine predecessor (though it would not be illogical if there had been one).

Any ideas? This aircraft seems to be a tough one! :-/

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

 

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• Mar 9, 2009

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FLYBOYJ

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It Looks like a Kolb Mark III. The Engine looks like a Rotax.

 

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HoHun

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Hi Flyboyj,

>It Looks like a Kolb Mark III.

Hm ... thanks, good suggestion, I hadn't been aware of the Kolb designs before.

However, though it looks very much like a Kolb Mark III, the Kolbs all seem to have a single wing brace on the pictures I found. The Kolb also seem to have a fuselage structure of a denser net of thinner tubes - at least that's my impression.

So I think it's not a Mark III despite the great similarity. Problem is, I have no idea what it might be then ...

Regards,

Henning (HoHun)

 

• Mar 9, 2009

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Graeme

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HoHun said:

Problem is, I have no idea what it might be then ...

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Maybe Kitplanes can help you HoHun. E-mail the photo to them...

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(Problem is they all look alike! )

 

• Mar 9, 2009

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FLYBOYJ

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If we don't find out right away, at the end of April I will be at a small airport that specializes in ultra lights. One of the guys there should know.