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Schmidtler Enduro

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.

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 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, 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 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 Rotax 582 engine or a twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, 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 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)

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