The Arnet Pereyra Sabre II is an American, two-seats in

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-equipped, strut-braced,

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ultralight trainer that was produced by

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in kit form for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-99. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 117. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 36. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2001 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 29. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 21 & 86. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851

Design and development

First flown in July 1992, the Sabre II is a land version of the highly successful 1984-vintage Arnet Pereyra Buccaneer, which the company produced at the same time. The Sabre II was developed from the two seat Buccaneer II by removing the wing-tip floats, replacing the retractable landing gear with leaf-spring fixed landing gear, shortening the wing by and replacing the boat-hull with a new

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lower fuselage. The lower fuselage was more streamlined than the boat-hull and was lighter as well. Overall the Sabre II is more than lighter than the Buccaneer II, with an empty weight of . The Sabre is constructed from bolted

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tubing, covered in pre-sewn

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sailcloth envelopes. Standard aircraft dope and fabric is optional. The standard engine is the liquid-cooled

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and the acceptable power range is . When in production a

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parachute was standard. The Sabre II was not a commercial success, with only three reported delivered by 2001 and the aircraft was dropped from the company line when the company was renamed Aero Adventure Aviation circa 2003.Newby-Gonzalez, Tori: ''2004 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 20, Number 12, December 2003, page 37. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851

Specifications (version)

References

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