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369:Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide
241:40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
172:is built around an aluminum D-cell
418:Virtual Ultralight Museum (n.d.).
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253:132 sq ft (12.3 m)
247:4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
189:was the 28 hp (21 kW)
145:, a single-seat, open cockpit,
16:American ultralight motorglider
529:Single-engined pusher aircraft
339:600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)
204:commenced production in 1995.
70:Erwin Rodger and Roger Delura
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208:Specifications (Cloud Dancer)
534:Aircraft first flown in 1983
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268:252 lb (114 kg)
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112:US Aviation Cloud Dancer
388:Perkins, Scott (n.d.).
235:17 ft (5.2 m)
220:General characteristics
153:and a single engine in
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133:Design and development
86:Production completed
331:Maximum glide ratio:
155:pusher configuration
127:amateur construction
202:US Aviation Cumulus
103:US Aviation Cumulus
524:Homebuilt aircraft
396:on October 3, 2011
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300:Performance
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119:motorglider
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513:Categories
346:References
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251:Wing area:
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186:Air brakes
182:spoilerons
166:fiberglass
116:ultralight
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213:Data from
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99:Variants
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