Atlas | |
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Role | Ultralight aircraft |
National origin | Canada |
Manufacturer | Birdman Enterprises |
Designer | Bob Lovejoy |
Introduction | 1980 [1] |
Status | Production completed |
Number built | more than 500 [2] |
Developed from | Eipper Quicksilver |
The Birdman Atlas is a single-seat, high wing, single engine in pusher configuration, ultralight aircraft that was based upon the Eipper Quicksilver design. [1] [3]
The Atlas was introduced to the marketplace in 1980. Production was curtailed in about 1983 as the company concentrated on producing the newer Birdman WT-11 Chinook instead. [1]
The Atlas was a development of the Quicksilver and as such incorporated many of the Quicksilver's features, such as a 6061-T6 aluminum-framed, single-surface Dacron-covered, wire-braced high wing, with the ground wires suspended from a kingpost. The fuselage structure was also built from 6061-T6 aluminum tube. [3]
The early Atlas XC variants used weight shift for control supplemented with a rudder, whereas the later 3-A versions (for 3-Axis) utilized a conventional control system with elevator and rudder, and spoilers for roll control. [3]
Data from Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 1982-83 [3]
General characteristics
Performance
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Atlas | |
---|---|
Role | Ultralight aircraft |
National origin | Canada |
Manufacturer | Birdman Enterprises |
Designer | Bob Lovejoy |
Introduction | 1980 [1] |
Status | Production completed |
Number built | more than 500 [2] |
Developed from | Eipper Quicksilver |
The Birdman Atlas is a single-seat, high wing, single engine in pusher configuration, ultralight aircraft that was based upon the Eipper Quicksilver design. [1] [3]
The Atlas was introduced to the marketplace in 1980. Production was curtailed in about 1983 as the company concentrated on producing the newer Birdman WT-11 Chinook instead. [1]
The Atlas was a development of the Quicksilver and as such incorporated many of the Quicksilver's features, such as a 6061-T6 aluminum-framed, single-surface Dacron-covered, wire-braced high wing, with the ground wires suspended from a kingpost. The fuselage structure was also built from 6061-T6 aluminum tube. [3]
The early Atlas XC variants used weight shift for control supplemented with a rudder, whereas the later 3-A versions (for 3-Axis) utilized a conventional control system with elevator and rudder, and spoilers for roll control. [3]
Data from Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 1982-83 [3]
General characteristics
Performance
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era