The UL-Jih Evolution is a conventionally laid out, two-seat,
high-wing, single-engine
ultralight, designed and built in the
Czech Republic. Two variants were available in 2010.
Design and development
The first version of the Evolution, originally designed by Jaroslav Sedláĉek of the Czech company
UL-Jih
UL-Jih sro, also known as UL-Jih Sedláček Spol s.r.o. and Sedláček UL-JIH, is a Czech aircraft manufacturer based in Kaplice, founded by Jaroslav Sedláček in 1990. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft ...
was marketed by WD Flugzeugleichtbau of
Germany as the Dallach D.5 Evolution with series production starting in 2002. UL-Jih fabricated both this model and the earlier
D.4 Fascination and claimed sole production and marketing rights to both when WD Flugzeugleichtbau ceased trading in 2005, though those rights are challenged by Swiss Light Aircraft AG who build their own versions.
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The Evolution is an all-composite aircraft, which uses the same cantilever wings, control surfaces and empennage as the Fascination but has a high-wing configuration, rather than the latter's low wing. The wing is of trapezoidal plan, with ailerons that have external balance trim tabs and sealed nosegaps. Inboard, there are electrically operated ]Fowler flaps
A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used to reduce the take-off distance and the landing ...
. The fuselage becomes slender towards the tail, where the trapezoidal tailplane is set at mid-height, the elevators having a small cutout for rudder movement. The fin is swept but the rudder has vertical edges; it extends to the bottom of the fuselage. The underwing cabin seats two in side-by-side configuration, with access via glazed side doors. The Evolution has a retractable tricycle undercarriage; all three legs retract rearwards into the fuselage, on which they are mounted. A ballistic recovery parachute is available as an option.[
The Evolution may be powered either by a 73.5 kW (98.6 hp) Rotax 912ULS or a 59.6 kW (79.9 hp) Rotax 912UL.][
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Operational history
At least six Evolutions had been built by the time WD ceased trading in 2005[ and 15 appeared on the mid-2010 civil registers of European countries, excluding Russia.][
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Variants
;E80:
:Rotax 912UL engine.
;E100:
:Rotax 912ULS engine.[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015–16'', page 50. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Specifications (E100)
References
External links
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