The Pegasus EDA 100 Flamingo is a
Slovenian
ultralight aircraft
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...
, that was under development by
Pegasus d.o.o. of
Branik. The Flamingo was introduced to the public at the
AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2010 and was first flown late in 2013. The aircraft was intended to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft and was initially expected to be distributed by
Fly Synthesis in Europe.
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The company seems to have gone out of business in early 2016 and development ended.
Design and development
The Flamingo was designed to comply with the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
microlight rules and intended as both a touring aircraft for private ownership and a
trainer for flying school use. It features a cantilever
low-wing, a two-seat
tandem enclosed cockpit under a
bubble canopy, fixed or optionally retractable
tricycle landing gear and a single engine in
tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from carbon composites. Its span wing has an area of and mounts
flaps. The standard engine intended to be used for the production aircraft was the
Rotax 912ULS four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...
powerplant, which was expected to give a cruise of for the fixed gear version and for the retractable version.
Variants
;EDA 100 Flamingo Fixed Gear
:Model with fixed
landing gear, first flown in 2013.
;EDA 100 Flamingo Retractable Gear
:Model with retractable landing gear, not flown.
Specifications (EDA 100 Flamingo)
References
External links
{{Commons category, Pegasus EDA 100 Flamingo
Official website 2010s Slovenian ultralight aircraft
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