__NOTOC__ The AirLony Skylane UL is a Czech two-seat, microlight, cabin monoplane manufactured by

AirLony AirLony is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Štětí. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of complete ultralight aircraft and aircraft kit Homebuilt aircraft, also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, are c ...

of Štětí.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 23. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 24. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The AirLony Skylane design was inspired by the much larger four-seat Cessna 182 Skylane, which it greatly resembles. The manufacturer calls it a "small Cessna".

Design and development

The Skylane is a high-wing monoplane with a fixed nose-wheel landing gear and powered by a

Rotax 912 The Rotax 912 is a horizontally-opposed four-cylinder, naturally aspirated, four-stroke aircraft engine with a reduction gearbox. It features liquid-cooled cylinder heads and air-cooled cylinders. Originally equipped with carburetors, late ...

piston engine. The enclosed cabin has side-by-side seating for two and dual yoke-style controls. The aircraft is built from a combination of wood and composites. The fuselage is of composite construction, while the

strut-braced In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may take the form of strut, which act in ...

wing is of wooden structure with a semi-laminar MS (1)-313

airfoil An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is the cross-sectional shape of an object whose motion through a gas is capable of generating significant lift, such as a wing, a sail, or the blades of propeller, rotor, or turbine. ...

and features a D-cell. The wing is fabric-covered and has two integral fuel tanks. The wooden structure, fabric-covered and electrically operated flaps cover 39% of the wing chord and can be lowered to fixed positions of 13°, 29° and 37°. The tail fin is of wood construction and features a NACA 0012 symmetrical airfoil. The main landing gear legs are made from fibreglass laminates and mount wheels with hydraulically operated toe-brakes. The nose wheel is of a fully castering design and can rotate 360°, allowing the aircraft to be pushed backwards while ground handling. The Skylane can use engines from with engine weights of , including the Rotax 912ULS, Jabiru 2200 and Volkswagen air-cooled engines.

Specifications

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External links

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Photo of an AirLony SkyLane on Airliners.net
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