A very special aircraft: SKY-MAXX
September 14, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
Aircraft Manufactory Voigt and Partners presents a new and very spectaculary aircraft. This aircraft combines all advantages from helicopters and aircrafts.The main advantage will be shown by a presentation in December 2005:
Landing on a helicopter platform on a ship !
There are no more aircrafts in the world which are able to land on a heli-platform on a ship. We will do this.
Sky-MAXX, the ideal aircraft for pilots desiring the higher cruise speeds available with aircraft in the Light Sports Aircraft (LSA/SLA) or ultralight category, whilst still maintaining the short field capabilities of the traditional microlight. Of aluminium alloy construction, the Sky-MAXX is a conventional, three axis, non-strut-braced monoplane. It's high lift wing, incorporating leading edge slats and electrical flaps, produces unsurpassed short take-off and landing (STOL) performance, whilst maintaining 103 kts (200 km/h) cruise.
Sky-MAXX in comparison to conventional ultralights
Many ultralight-manufactors don't built their airplanes for (long-)distance-flights but they built them mainly up on nostalgia-reproductions and fun-appliances. Compared with these models, the Sky-MAXX distinguishes itself through his robust full-aluminum-construction and highest quality-standards, that are far over the usual standards in the ultralight-norm. So, electric flaps and trimming are offered by many manufacturers not even as special-provisions, for example. By the Sky-MAXX, these belong to the series-provisions.
Individual provision-variations (different tails, different undercarriage systems), motor-selection, varnishing as well as further avionic-accessoires are criterions, that don't offer most other ul-manufactors.Conventional ultralights can be flown usually only by one pilot. The Sky-MAXX can be flown by 2 pilots. The view-field in the Sky-MAXX amounts approximately 270° and corresponds that of a helicopter.
And, last but not least: Sky-MAXX is able to fly a low stall speed and is able to fly a high vmax.
Sky-MAXX in comparison to helicopters
The extremely outstanding speed of the Sky-MAXX allows vibration-free flights (for observation or photo-flights). The Sky-MAXX cannot replace the helicopter if it is necessary to start or to land vertically, but as soon as however, a start and runway of 30-50 meters (professionell pilots need only 10-15 meters) is available, the use of Sky-MAXX is more advantageous in every case:
A small helicopter starts approximately in the purchase at 450,000.00 USD, Sky-MAXX starts approximately in the basic-configuration at 100,000.00 USD (ready for fly) or 49,500.00 USD (for a 120 hrs-kit). A flight-hour in a helicopter is to calculate at minimum 400 USD, Sky-MAXX costs approximately 60 USD per hour. The essentially higher education-costs of the pilots are not taken into account on that occasion at the helicopter.
Sky-MAXX is the perfect solution for
control and observation flights,
farmer and forest inspectors,
coastguard and police,
photography and animal watching and
for all pilots who take care of good quality and special performance.
If you need further informations feel free to contact us at anytime (info@sky-maxx.com).
Sky-Maxx-Manufactory Voigt & Partners
Ralf Voigt
Chairman
EU-Office: Meisenweg 35, D-50389 Wesseling
Phone (Germany): +49.2236.3826.834 / Mobile (Germany): +49.160.9736.3027
Fax (Germany): +49.2236.3826.835 / Fax (Germany): +49.1805.0603.480.3571
www.sky-maxx.com