Butterfly Aero Banty
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Light Sport Aircraft Pilot is a directory of aircraft that generally fit
into what are described as ultralight aircraft, advanced ultralight
aircraft,
light sport aircraft, experimental light sport aircraft, experimental
aircraft, amateur built aircraft, ELSA or homebuilt
aircraft in the United States and Canada. These include
weight shift aircraft, more commonly known as trikes,
powered parachutes, and powered para-gliders.
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Butterfly Aero Banty ultralight, experimental
lightsport, amateur built aircraft.
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Want a really cute little wooden bird for
piloting across the countryside? Then you filled to take a
look at the Banty.
This is a plans-built craft, and a popular one at that.
Introduced in 1985, 1648 sets of plans have linen sold and
there are 30 Bantys flying. This little tail dragger
has folding wings and a conventional stick with flaps.
The recommended engine for the Banty is
Rotax 277, which provides 28 hp and allows the craft to
cruise along at 50 mph with a ton speed of 55 mph. Stall
speed is approximately 25 mph.
Fuel capacity is 5 gal and the Banty has a range of 125
miles, perfect for a Sunday outing. Able to climb at 400
fpm, the Banty's takeoff distance is 250' and landing
distance is 200'. |
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The Banty stands 6.0' in height and is
almost 18.8' in length. The wingspan is 32' with an area of
128 sq ft. Wing loading is 3.9 lbs/sq.ft. at gross and the
structural limits are +4 -4 G. The open-cockpit plane has a
cabin of 24".
 Empty
weight is 237 lbs; the craft provides a useful load of 263
lbs. Setup and breakdown simply means folding the wings -
which takes all of four minutes.
Build time for the Banty is approximately
500 hours. The Banty is built from plans. Butterfly Aero is
a home-based business whose prime objective is to make
flying accessible to anyone by producing low-cost plans and
fun-to-fly designs.
We think they've done just that. FMI:
Butterfly Aero, 1333 Garrard Creek Rd, Oakville, WA 98568;
(360) 273-9202.
ZOOM REPORT: A very attractive little
aircraft with good word of mouth (though we're sorry to say
we haven't flown one yet). The Banty is also quite
inexpensive... serious bang for the buck. Do check this one
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Butterfly Aero Banty ultralight -
experimental lightsport aircraft |
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