Flaglor Scooter

Scooter
Flaglor Scooter at Pima Air & Space Museum
Role	Ultralight aircraft
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	Ken Flaglor
First flight	June 1967

The Flaglor Scooter is an unusual light aircraft designed in the United States in the mid-1960s and marketed for homebuilding.

Design and development

The Scooter is a high-wing, wire-braced monoplane with the engine installed on the wing leading edge, above and in front of the pilot's seat. ^[1] It features welded steel tube or wooden fuselage construction with fabric covering and short legged conventional landing gear. The wing uses wooden ribs and a dual spar construction with wire bracing. ^[2] It was originally intended to be powered by a 18 hp (13 kW) Cushman golf buggy engine, but this was found to be inadequate and a Huggins Volkswagen automotive engine conversion was used to replace it. ^[3]

Operational history

Demonstrated at the 1967 EAA annual fly-in at Rockford, Illinois, the design won "Outstanding Ultralight" and "Outstanding Volkswagen-powered aircraft" awards. Plans were put on sale shortly thereafter. ^[3]

Specifications (Scooter)

Data from Air Trails

General characteristics

• Crew: 1 pilot
• Length: 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
• Wingspan: 28 ft 0 in (8.64 m)
• Height: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
• Wing area: 115 sq ft (10.7 m²)
• Empty weight: 390 lb (180 kg)
• Gross weight: 650 lb (300 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen automotive engine , 40 hp (30 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 90 mph (145 km/h, 78 kn)
• Range: 175 mi (282 km, 152 nmi)
• Rate of climb: 600 ft/min (3.0 m/s)

See also

Related development

• Ace Scooter

References

1. Air Progress: 51. November 1971.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. Air Trails: 76. Winter 1971.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. "Inside the scooter". Air Trails Sport Aircraft. Winter 1969.

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 392.
• Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1977-78. London: Jane's Yearbooks. pp. 539–41.