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202:Both aircraft feature a forward
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19:Kolb Kolbra & King Kolbra
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435:Excalibur Aircraft Excalibur
193:Experimental - Amateur-built
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497:2002 Kit Aircraft Directory
473:2001 Kit Aircraft Directory
332:1,000 lb (454 kg)
250:or 80 hp (60 kW)
181:Ultralight Trainer category
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326:496 lb (225 kg)
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702:Flyer Powered Parachute
440:Quad City Challenger II
281:General characteristics
269:Specifications (Kolbra)
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156:Design and development
88:King Kolbra - 2 (2003)
216:horizontal stabilizer
626:Ultralight airplanes
276:Kitplanes and Bethea
210:tubing, mated to an
150:amateur construction
130:pusher configuration
138:ultralight aircraft
28:Ultralight aircraft
694:Powered parachutes
384:Never exceed speed
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252:Rotax 912UL
248:Jabiru 2200
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185:Rotax 912UL
118:King Kolbra
114:Kolb Kolbra
717:Categories
448:References
350:two-stroke
318:Wing area:
208:4130 steel
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679:Slingshot
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166:Slingshot
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639:Firestar
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424:See also
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234:Variants
220:tail fin
212:aluminum
204:fuselage
170:Mark III
122:American
674:Pelican
634:Firefly
312:Height:
300:Length:
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558:15 May
392:Range:
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