The Airborne Fun is a series of
Australia
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high-wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
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, single and two-place,
hang glider
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s, designed and produced by
Airborne Windsports
Airborne Windsports, also called Airborne Australia and officially Airborne Windsports Pty Ltd, is an Australian ultralight trike and hang glider aircraft manufacturer based in Redhead, New South Wales. The aircraft are supplied as factory co ...
of
Redhead, New South Wales
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and introduced in the early 2000s.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 41. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
The Fun series are all intended to be beginner hang gliders used for recreational flying and
flight training
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.
The Fun 190 model is made from
aluminium
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tubing, with the single-surface wing covered in
Dacron
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sailcloth. Its span wing is
cable braced with a single
kingpost
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supporting the ground wires. The nose angle is 118° and the
aspect ratio is 5.51:1. The aircraft is certified as DHV 1.
Variants
;Fun 160
:Small sized single-place model with wing area, wing span, a pilot hook-in weight range of and a wing aspect ratio of 5.6:1
;Fun 190
:Medium sized single-place model with wing area, wing span, a pilot hook-in weight range of and a wing aspect ratio of 5.51:1
;Fun 220
:Large sized two-place model with wing area, wing span, a pilot hook-in weight range of and a wing aspect ratio of 5.62:1
;Fun 2
:Improved model
Specifications (Fun 220)
References
External links
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Airborne Fun series official photo gallery{{Airborne Windsports aircraft
Hang gliders