Building a Sky Ranger in Warwickshire

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Building a Sky Ranger Microlight in Warwickshire

This is a fun page of building a Sky Ranger microlight in Warwickshire. The plane is Terry’s new toy and I am helping with the build. As are a few other dreamers. There will be pages added of Building a Sky Ranger.

This is page one of building Terry’s Sky Ranger G-OTCV. Not a lot of text on this page as we assume you know what you are looking at. If you have any questions you can e-mail Terry.
His link is at the bottom of this page.
Remember if you have any flying related fears you can e-mail me and together we will get rid of them. Pilots get a very good discount and no one else will know.

Link to Sky Ranger Home Page

It is 12 pm on 7th December 2004.

This is the new hanger that we have build on The farm strip. Terry is about to open the doors Let the swearing and cursing and giggles begin.

Before that, lets start at the beginning of today, as we arrive at ...the place were dreams begin. Behind this door is the place of dreams.

Just making sure she doesn't fly away before we are ready. When we are O boy will it be fun.

On the way back, I took this shot. Soon to be flying over.

Let the games begin.

Is this all you get for £20,000

Not quite we have already have begun work on the engine,the floor and the new super cowl. (should that be "growl")

Terry working on the cowl (growl).

We started at 12pm today here are the results. The wings at the end of day one.

O yes we also bult this. Not bad for 6 hours work.

This is the last Sky Ranger that we built CCC
Click to see short video of first flight of G-CCCR

Thursday 9th December 10am

The most important job..put the kettle on.

The bench..we discovered that if you have the building manual on the lap top. You can zoom in on the pictures for a detailed view.

The engine mounts are ready for the engine.

Help arrives...thank you. Now. Ware the fox hat.

Rudder bar in place and the floor.

Jeff was going to fly in , in his C42 however the visibility was not good. So he drove to see us.

The rear fuselage is in place and terry is about to start work on the rudder.

Rear fuselage is in place cross member and the rudder is in place. Ok technical terms will be in tomorrow.

Norman arrives in time to help fit the engine. Rotax 912s

The engine is fitted in her new home.

Nine thousand pounds.

Terry working on the engine. Just a few nut's to do up

She is in, time for a cuppa.

Day two finished. Floor in, rudder assembly, undercarriage on , rear fuselage and fin on and the engine fitted. Not bad for two days work.

The Strip. It started as a dream, now it is a reality. This is were the new Sky Ranger will first take flight. Stay tuned.

Dec 10th-6th Jan 2005

Very high tech building an Aeroplane. Brown paper and snips.

You may notice something different about this Sky Ranger.

At last she is looking like an aeroplane.

E-mail Terry

This information can be found on www.flylight.co.uk.
Full credit is given to them

SkyRanger history
The SkyRanger was created in Toulouse, the capital of the French aeronautical industry, by Phillipe Prevot and BestOff engineering. Known for his previous flexwing design (the Quicky), Phillipe designed the 3-axis SkyRanger during 1991, with the first flights of the prototype taking place in 1992. The aim of the design was to produce a high performance microlight aeroplane of the simplest construction. This aim has been achieved in all regards.
Studies were done by one of the most respected aeronautical schools, ENSICA, under the direction of Jean-Claude Poulain.
Over 200 kits were manufactured by Synairgie between 1993 and 1998, before the licence to manufacture the SkyRanger was awarded to the Ukrainian firm Aeros (already well-known for its hang-glider and paraglider designs).

The SkyRanger quickly proved its pedigree in both National and International competition, with top pilots such as Phillipe Zen and Paul Dewhurst choosing the SkyRanger for their campaigns. Microlight competitions contain elements of navigation, speed, precision flying and economy. The SkyRanger enjoys extremely good visibility for an aircraft of this configuration, and is very easy to fly. It has a speed range to compete with all but the fastest microlights, and yet still can easily take-off and land within the standard 100m competition deck. Finally, the SkyRanger design is remarkably efficient, allowing good results in engine-off soaring and distance economy tasks. Having consistently won the World and European championships from 1996-2000, and more recently in 2003, the SkyRanger clearly has outstanding performance in all of the fields of microlight competition.
The SkyRanger has also made a name for itself as a safe and reliable trainer. Its utterly benign stalling characteristics and low-speed handling allow even flying novices to make leaps and bounds on initial training, confident in the machines stability and safety, and yet the SkyRanger remains responsive enough that even advanced pilots revel in its pure flying enjoyment. The speed range, economy and visibility make navigation relatively easy, and the large load-carrying capacity makes it an ideal touring aircraft.
At present, over 500 kits have been sold, with more than 100 going to the UK market. This remarkable success speaks for itself.

SkyRanger UK (South), Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton
NN6 0BT, England
Tel: 01604 494459, Fax: 01604 495007
E-mail: info@skyranger.co.uk
WWW: www.flylight.co.uk

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