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Redesigned model produced by BDC Aero
Industrie in Lachute, Quebec, Canada, with a 600 kg (1,323 lb) gross weight for the Canadian limited category and the US LSA category. Two built in 2013 and one in
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Industrie in Lachute, Quebec, Canada, with a 560 kg (1,235 lb) gross weight for the Canadian advanced ultralight category. Three built, one in 2010 and two in
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Antonio Bortolanza and produced by Aeroplast in Italy, with a 450 kg (992 lb) gross weight for the European microlight category. Powered by a 64 hp (48 kW)
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enclosed cockpit with composite doors for access, fixed
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230:powerplants, plus the 115 hp (86 kW)
729:"Puma-Aircraft - Advanced Ultralight Aircraft"
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300:Model designed by Antonio Bortolanza in Italy.
325:Specifications (BDC Puma Advanced Ultralight)
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867:"C-IPUM, Canadian Civil Aircraft Register"
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499:Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al:
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919:1980s Canadian ultralight aircraft
817:"Canadian Civil Aircraft Register"
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380:124 sq ft (11.5 m)
309:BDC Aero Puma Advanced Ultralight
219:and the 100 hp (75 kW)
16:Canadian homebuilt light aircraft
904:Photo of an Aeroplast Pluto A-65
899:Photo of an Aeroplast Pluto A-65
460:1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)
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783:Federal Aviation Administration
750:Federal Aviation Administration
702:"Puma-Aircraft Characteristics"
254:Federal Aviation Administration
80:Antonio Bortolanza (Puma, 2007)
78:(Pluto and Drakken, 1980s-2005)
787:"Make / Model Inquiry Results"
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290:or a 80 hp (60 kW)
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392:1,232 lb (559 kg)
256:light-sport aircraft list.
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186:side-by-side configuration
38:BDC Aero Puma LSA/Limited
669:"Puma-Aircraft Kit Price"
415:, 80 hp (60 kW)
386:683 lb (310 kg)
374:27.9 ft (8.5 m)
368:20.8 ft (6.3 m)
333:BDC Puma instrument panel
316:BDC Aero Puma LSA/Limited
250:limited category aircraft
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248:Advanced Ultralight and
244:The Puma is an approved
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555:"Puma-Aircraft History"
347:General characteristics
196:and a single engine in
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150:Design and development
838:"AEROPLAST PLUTO 912"
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198:tractor configuration
190:tricycle landing gear
98:In production (2017)
929:Light-sport aircraft
727:BDC Aero Industrie.
452:Maximum glide ratio:
282:Aeroplast Pluto A-65
144:amateur construction
124:light-sport aircraft
51:Light-sport aircraft
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708:on 23 February 2016
675:on 27 February 2014
260:Operational history
207:wing and composite
175:Advanced Ultralight
90:Antonio Bortolanza
47:Ultralight aircraft
924:Homebuilt aircraft
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581:"Aeroplast"
427:Performance
419:Propellers:
410:four stroke
406:Rotax 912UL
402:Powerplant:
292:Rotax 912UL
228:four-stroke
225:Rotax 912iS
217:Rotax 912UL
194:wheel pants
913:Categories
847:7 November
822:5 November
792:5 November
734:3 November
712:2 November
653:7 November
590:7 November
471:References
378:Wing area:
120:ultralight
679:27 August
629:1368-485X
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446:g limits:
372:Wingspan:
360:Capacity:
338:Data from
288:Rotax 582
232:Rotax 914
182:high-wing
128:Aeroplast
87:Designer
76:Aeroplast
269:Variants
239:airframe
209:fuselage
205:aluminum
448:+4g/-2g
366:Length:
160:Drakken
95:Status
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164:dragon
66:Canada
354:Crew:
320:2016.
313:2011.
213:flaps
192:with
156:Pluto
136:Italy
43:Role
24:Puma
874:2015
849:2015
824:2017
794:2017
766:2015
736:2015
714:2015
681:2012
655:2015
625:ISSN
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454:11.1
404:1 ×
223:and
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122:and
114:The
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