8 Airplanes You Can Legally Fly Without A Pilot License

[Music] flying is a dream a lot of people have but the popular believe is that flying an airplane can be extremely expensive and you have to be super rich to become a certified pilot it is true to an extent but today we are going to look at eight airplanes you can legally fly without a license and can be purchased brand new less than the cost of a fairly used Honda car these airplanes are classified under the US FA are part 103 ultralight category meaning they can't weigh more than 254 pounds have a maximum fuel capacity of five US gallons have a top speed of 55 knots have a power off stall speed of 24 knots or less used only for recreational or sport flying and the pilot must be the sole occupant welcome to this episode of dewayne's aviation a wise man once said smash the like button and subscribe to our channel number one aerolite 103 the aerolite 103 is one of the best ultralight aircraft in the market a professionally built ready to fly aircraft with a pusher configuration high wing you can assemble it yourself in less than 50 hours this airplane has been in the market for over 20 years and production of the aircraft ended in 2005 when the manufacturer went out of business it was sold as an assembly kid aircraft the kit includes the fuselage wings control surfaces jury struts and struts the kit does not include powerplant propeller or instruments but recently the production rights to the Aero light 103 were purchased by you fly out of dehl in Florida where the aircraft is now built and sold as a ready to fly ultralight aircraft you don't get fancy avionics in this kind of planes it's only equipped with rudder pedals a control yoke electric flaps a steerable nose wheel and a left hand throttle which is okay for you to navigate around under the visual flight rule when the aircraft was first introduced the standard engine was the 35 horsepower - si 460 F 35 engine with the 40 horsepower Rotax for 4:7 optional in 2009 the standard recommended engine was the Rotax 447 with the 46 horsepower Rotax 503 engine optional in this aircraft you can cruise at 70 miles per hour over 100 miles and climb at 800 feet per minute has an ultralight vehicle no license is required to fly the aircraft but training is highly recommended though it looks sporty aerobatics and spins are not allowed in this aircraft the company estimates the time to complete the airframe at sixty to eighty hours the price for a completely assembled ready to fly airolite 103 is twenty thousand dollars though you can get a used model less than ten thousand dollars number two Hummel ultra Cruiser the ultra Cruiser is a cantilever low wing aircraft a single seat opener optionally enclosed cockpit fixed conventional landing gear also known as tail dragger or optionally tricycle landing gear and a single engine and tractor configuration it was first introduced in 1998 and was designed for first-time kit builders as well as first-time pilots the ultra Cruiser is an easy to build and even easier to fly aircraft it comes in two model the ultra Cruiser and the ultra Cruiser plus and is the only all-metal ultralight aircraft the best thing about the ultra Cruiser is the attention to detail design very good-looking and impressive if you love beauty this airplane is for you you can cruise at 90 miles per hour in this aircraft and it can only stall at 28 miles per hour meaning you can fly extremely slow which makes it perfect for sightseeing flights the ultra cruiser features standard three axis controls with a center mounted stick left hand throttle and rudder pedals the cabin width is 23.5 inch wide and is equipped with a windshield for wind and pilot protection but can be fitted with an enclosure for colder weather flying the ultra Cruiser is powered by VW 4 stroke engine conversions ranging from 28 to 45 horsepower with a good climb rate of 1,000 feet per minute and cruise speed of 60 miles per hour the price for a new ultra Cruiser kit costs fourteen thousand five hundred dollars the Rotax engine costs three thousand four hundred dollars and extras run well over one thousand five hundred dollars so for 20 thousand dollars you can buy one already built number three fly Nino Nino the fly Nino is a finished single-seat amphibian ultralight electric aircraft introduced in 2011 this aircraft is half jet ski and half plane the fly NATO combines marine and aviation technology creating the lightweight plane that only weighs 70 kilograms though a pilot's license is not required to fly the aircraft however it is not for beginners as some flying experience is recommended before attempting to fly the seaplane the aircraft is only supplied as a complete ready to fly aircraft meaning you don't get the option to build your own the electric powered engine makes it extremely quiet cheap to run and maintain it is made from carbon fiber which makes it extremely light and strong the good thing about this airplane is that the aircraft wing can be removed for storage or ground transportation so if you live close to a lake and love flying around on your day off this airplane is for you it features a joint box wing a single seat open cockpit without a windshield a hull for water operations a single electric engine and tractor configuration mounted above the cockpit this aircraft can fly incredibly fast at 87 miles per hour compared to others in this category as high as nine thousand eight hundred feet the downside of this airplane is the cost to get a brand new of this plane will cost you ninety four thousand dollars so if you love traveling fast and quiet in an ultralight aircraft this airplane is for you number four quicksilver MX 103 the quicksilver was first introduced as a weight hang glider later evolved into a line of single-engine high wing ultralight aircraft that has been in production since the late 1970s the single-seat Quicksilver MX not only complies with the USF AR 103 ultralight vehicles rules but was in fact the aircraft around which the rules were developed the Quicksilver was the most popular ultralight aircraft design when the regulations were first drafted in the early 1980s it was first introduced as a hang-glider and it differed from most hang gliders at that time the Quicksilver had a rigid rectangular wing and a tail with a horizontal stabilizer and a rudder at that time the majority of hang gliders were simple regalo wing type hang gliders the earliest powered version the Quicksilver seat was created as a self launching hang glider designed to allow pilots who lived in the flatlands to be able to self launch without a help Piper later added a seat wheels and a small engine behind the wing of the hang glider and the Quicksilver ultralights was born this aircraft was controlled by pushing a bar forwards and backwards and side to side in the same way that hang gliders are controlled this shifted the center of gravity of the aircraft and allowed the pilot to control the plane many pilots wanted an aircraft that was controlled with a stick and rudder similar to the way typical light airplanes are controlled so eiper added rudder and elevator control surfaces to the Quicksilver ultralight giving it two axes of control this aircraft was called the Quicksilver MX the high dead roll of the wings caused the plane to Bank when the aircraft was turned with the rudder but there was no direct means of controlling the roll axis of the airplane the aircraft only rolled in response to the yaw axis pilots still wanted a true three access control ultralight so eiper added spoiler ins the spoiler ins were only minimally effective providing only a minimal amount of control over the roll axis the next generation of MX had true ailerons which gave the aircraft full roll Authority the design later evolved into an ultralight aircraft for powered cross-country flying you can comfortably cruise at 50 miles per hour in this aircraft fly over 100 miles and climb at 800 feet per minute it costs ten thousand dollars to get one of this number six ultra flight Lazar unlike other aircrafts in this one is a twin-engine the ultra flightless air is family-owned and designed in Canada and were sold in kit form between 1979 and 1984 designed by Dale Kramer Dale Cramer saw the potential of the ultralight aircraft when he visited the Oshkosh EAA convention in 1977 the Lazare is a single-seat conventional high wing monoplane with an open fuselage frame inverted V tail and twin tractor for peller's as an ultralight aircraft designed for low flying speeds the fuselage comprises an open frame of aluminum tube supporting the open cockpit tricycle undercarriage and inverted V tail the Laz air was a very unique plane in its day even to this day that's longevity is a testament to its design and workmanship it is powered by two Rotax 185 9.5 horsepower engines one mounted on each wing in the tractor configuration like a conventional twin-engine aircraft the aircraft is optimized for low-speed handling and very gentle stall characteristics the high aspect ratio wing also made the Lazar a good glider giving it a twelve to one glide ratio there was three series that were manufactured as kits only each series of modification of minor improvement to the next the first of the series was equipped with the control stick mounted above on the upper fuselage structure through a control mixing assembly the control stick input had coordinated your inputs into the rudder vader's hence it had no rudder pedals due to customer demand series 2 included rudder pedals series 3 saw a change to the landing gear they wear whitened for better ground handling also the control stick was mounted on the floor in the more conventional manner jury struts were installed to increase the negative-g loading and tow brakes were included as standard equipment the early series came with 5.5 horsepower makalah chainsaw engines these were soon upgraded to the Rotax 185 9.5 horsepower engines to accommodate better performance on floats this airplane cruise at 40 miles per hour over 100 miles and climb at 200 feet per minute the best thing about this aircraft is the stall speed in this aircraft you can only stall at 17 miles per hour fly as high as 11,000 feet you can get one of the early models as low as five thousand dollars number seven called Firefly Cold's Firefly developed several years ago is a true-blue entry to the part 103 ultralight rule this is the only model to include the ballistic recovery systems parachute making it marginally safer than others in the list it is American built it features an open cockpit single-seat high wing pusher configuration and conventional landing gear equipped ultralight aircraft produced in kit form by new Colbert craft and intended for a mature construction since introduction in 1995 the ultralight was powered by the heavier 40 horsepower Rotax 4 4 7 engine the 28 horsepower Rotax 277 engine was also an option when the aircraft was first offered the design features a forward fuselage of welded steel tubing made into an aluminum tail bone the horizontal stabilizer tail fin and wings were also constructed of riveted aluminum tubing with all flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric the wings can be folded for storage and ground transport the factory kit options include a complete cockpit enclosure breaks quick build option ballistic recovery systems parachute and steel tube powder coating the best thing about this aircraft is the wings can easily be folded so you can store it in your garage at home you can comfortably cruise at 60 miles per hour in this aircraft and climb at 1,000 feet per minute the price of a brand new cold Firefly is nine thousand dollars number eight the phantom x1 the Phantom x1 was introduced in 1982 as a single-engine tractor configuration single-seat high wing and tricycle gear ultralight aircraft that is produced by phantom aeronautics of Three Rivers Michigan and available in kit form the x1 was originally designed as an aerobatic aircraft and was tested to positive nine just and six point 6 negative gists before failure and carries operational limits of positive six point six Jets and negative four point forges the full span aliens also give the x1 a fast roll rate factory options included brakes and a complete airframe along with a variety of Rotax engines from forty to sixty four horsepower and you can assembly the aircraft yourself in just forty hours the best part is that phantom aircraft company can sell you this aircraft for under ten thousand dollars this modest amount of money will actually buy all the bits and pieces you need to get airborne engine and prop included naturally if you want extra features like the full enclosure or other choices from a long list of options you will end up paying a little more this aircraft uses the 40 horsepower Rotax four four seven twin cylinder engine which helps it to cruise at 55 miles per hour and climb at eight hundred feet per minute with a range of just over 100 miles we also have some other interesting videos on aviation you might want to check out don't forget to give us a like and subscribe to our Channel [Music] [Applause] [Music]

Channel: Dwayne's Aviation

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Id: KK1TnQ6gH2E

Length: 13min 25sec (805 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 16 2020