Hummel Ultracruiser


The Hummel Ultracruiser is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Morry Hummel and produced by Hummel Aviation. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or plans for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

Design and development

The Ultracruiser is a development of the heavier Hummel Bird, designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of.
The Ultracruiser features a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat open, or optionally enclosed, cockpit that is wide, fixed conventional landing gear, or optionally tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its span wing employs a Harry Ribblett GA30-618 airfoil and has an area of. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is and standard engines used include the 1/2 VW four-stroke powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is estimated as 420 hours.

Operational history

By December 2011 100 examples had been completed and flown.

Variants

;Ultracruiser
;Ultracruiser Plus

Specifications (Ultracruiser)