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450:Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide
381:38 hp (28 kW) at 5000 rpm
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261:Worldwide Ultralite Skyraider S/S
304:twin-cylinder, two-stroke engine
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94:engine that was designed for
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251:Ultralite Soaring Wizard
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102:until the early 1980s.
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129:34 mm slide-type
121:Design and development
72:until the early 1980s
353:premixed oil and fuel
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186:Goldwing Ltd Goldwing
285:Specifications (440)
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201:Mathews PUP
111:Formula 500
96:snowmobiles
470:Categories
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359:air cooled
334:Valvetrain
327:Components
318:Dry weight
273:Automotive
206:Peris JN-1
131:carburetor
92:two-stroke
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407:Rotax 377
290:Data from
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69:Produced
386:See also
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156:Acrolite
149:Aircraft
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84:T/A 440
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292:Cliche
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