Schmidtler Enduro

Design and development

The Enduro was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). 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, tricycle landing gear with optional wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10 m (32.8 ft) span Air Creation 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 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine or a twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, 100 hp (75 kW) 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 100 hp (75 kW) BMW 1100 motorcycle engine and no cockpit fairing. This model has an empty weight of 218 kg (481 lb) and a gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb), giving a useful load of 232 kg (511 lb). With full fuel of 65 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal) the payload is 185 kg (408 lb).

Enduro XC

Model equipped with a 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 aircraft engine or an optional 100 hp (75 kW) BMW 1100 motorcycle engine and a full cockpit fairing. This model has an empty weight of 270 kg (595 lb) and a gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb), giving a useful load of 180 kg (397 lb). With full fuel of 64 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal) the payload is 134 kg (295 lb).

Specifications (Enduro BMW)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: one passenger

Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)

Wing area: 17 m² (180 sq ft)

Fuel capacity: 65 litres (14 imp gal; 17 US gal)

Powerplant: 1 × BMW 1100 two cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke motorcycle engine, 75 kW (101 hp)

Propellers: 4-bladed composite

Performance

Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph; 65 kn)

Cruise speed: 100 km/h (62 mph; 54 kn)

Stall speed: 63 km/h (39 mph; 34 kn)

Rate of climb: 6 m/s (1,200 ft/min)

Wing loading: 26.5 kg/m² (5.4 lb/sq ft)