The Schmidtler Enduro is a German
ultralight trike that was designed and produced by
Ultraleichtflug Schmidtler of
Munich. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
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The aircraft is no longer listed on the company website and presumed to be out of production.
Design and development
The Enduro was designed to comply with the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of . It features a
cable-braced hang glider-style
high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-
tandem open cockpit with an optional
cockpit fairing
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,
tricycle landing gear with optional
wheel pants and a single engine in
pusher configuration
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.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together
aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in
Dacron sailcloth. Its span
Air Creation
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wing is supported by a single tube-type
kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled,
two-stroke,
dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine or a twin cylinder, air-cooled,
four-stroke
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,
BMW 1100 motorcycle engine.
Operational history
The Enduro XC model was used to set several microlight class world records for speed and altitude.
Variants
;Enduro BMW
:Model equipped with a
BMW 1100 motorcycle engine and no cockpit fairing. This model has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
;Enduro XC
:Model equipped with a
Rotax 582 aircraft engine
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or an optional
BMW 1100 motorcycle engine and a full cockpit fairing. This model has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
Specifications (Enduro BMW)
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.schmidtler.de
Photo of a Schmidtler EnduroPhoto of a Schmidtler Enduro XC
2000s German sport aircraft
2000s German ultralight aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Ultralight trikes