A Sad Announcement

    We regret to inform aircraft enthusiasts everywhere that one of aviations biggest fans of homebuilding has taken wing to the world beyond this one. Morry Hummel died at his home on February 4, 2010. He is preceded in death by his wife Myra, who passed on December 30, 2009. Our prayers are with them and their family.

 SAVE 7 LBS. ON YOUR ULTRACRUISER - SEE DETAILS BELOW 

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    The online store is in the process of being replaced and while that is happening you will not be able to pay for any orders with a credit card thru the online store. Please call 419-636-6700 to pay with a credit card. Paypal may also be used. You may also email us for a quote that includes shipping at sales@flyhummel.com.

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 THE NEW H5 

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 You can see the H5 in the September, 2009 issue of Kitplanes magazine. The plans are available and cost $350.00. We are currently working on developing a kit for the H5. This will most likely happen in stages with the fuselage being the first component kitted. The fuselage kit should be available in December. The welded parts, bulkheads, ribs and misc. other parts are available now for scratch builders. The mylar/vellum plans will also be available for the H5 in the near future.

 The H5 is basically a slightly modified Ultracruiser Plus which has been around for a few years. The major difference is the style of the canopy, turtle deck and dorsal fin area. It is now like the Hummelbird. We also wanted to get away from the name Ultracruiser Plus because of the confusion it caused since we had a plane called the Ultracruiser. People thought the Plus was an Ultracruiser with some option added as opposed to a completely different airplane.

• Airfoil is a Harry Ribblett GA30-618
• Horse power range is 60 to 85
• Wing span is 22.5 feet (optionally 25 feet)
• Wing area is 100 sq. ft. for 22.5 ft. wing.
• Wing loading at 850 lbs. gross is 8.5 lbs./sq. ft.
• Fuselage length is 17 ft.
• Empty weight is 457 lbs.
• Gross weight is 850 lbs.
• G-rating is 3.8 plus/minus
• VNE is 150 mph
• Cruise speed @ 75% power 120 mph
• Stall is 46 mph
• Take of distance is 300 feet.
• Landing roll is 600 feet.
• Fuel capacity ranges from 9 to 21 gallons depending on use of optional wing tanks.
• Fuel consumption is 5 gallons per hour for the 85 Hp engine.

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 New Developments

EXCITING NEWS FOR ULTRACRUISER BUILDERS AND OWNERS (7 LBS. SAVINGS)

   A while back we had built an Ultracruiser for a gentleman that wanted a clipped wing so he could have a faster roll rate. The wing was 30 inches shorter overall. In otherwords we left the last "bay" off of both outer panels. He also wanted the 45 hp engine. The plane flew 95 mph but stalled about 32 mph. The other interesting thing is that taking out the 30 inches knocked a little over 7 pounds off the weight of the plane. So we got to thinking about how to get the stall speed down. We recalled that other builders that had not set their ailerons correctly could not get the top speed that others were getting. As you know you need to set the apex of the trailing edge of the aileron about 3/8" above a straight edge that runs from the bottom spar to the aft edge of the bottom skin. If you set the aileron so its bottom surface is flat on that straight edge you are effectively flying around with the "flaps" down. Which turned out to be the result for the guys not getting the desired top speed. Once they set there ailerons correctly they picked up 5 to 6 mph. We had not tested the stall speed of a plane that had the ailerons set like that but figured it would lower the stall speed. Well today (4/9/09) we had a chance to test it and we were right. With the clipped wing and the ailerons "drooped" the stall speed is 28 mph. It did also lower the top speed to 90 mph instead of 95 mph.

WE ARE NOW AN AIRCRAFT SPRUCE DEALER

    This means that we may be able to pass on some savings to you. Since we are a dealer we get a discount on various items (not all items) and the discount amount varies from one item to another. So if you were going to place an order to Aircraft Spruce that was a few hundred dollars you may want to give us a call. If we can we will pass some savings on to you. Doing a back of the envelope calculation it appears it may be viable for larger orders, meaning low hundreds and higher. Also, the items would be dropped shipped right from Aircraft Spruce. So if you can wait to get a quote from us it may save you some money.

NEW BUILDING METHOD FOR ULTRACRUISERS

    We currently have the fuselage skins set up so that they can be printed on mylar film. Mylar unlike paper is dimensionally stable. So what this means is that we can print the kit parts (the laser cut parts) full size on mylar. So you could place the mylar patterns on a blank sheet of aluminum and cut it out and drill the holes in the sheet based on the mylar pattern. You would then essentially end up with a kit part. What this means is that you would not have to build the beam and mount the bulkheads on the beam. Because like the kit parts the holes are in the skins, the build up of the fuselage is based on the already drilled and proved out holes that are in the skins. The other advantage to building this way, is that if you should in the future suffer damage to the aircraft you could reproduce the damaged part by unrolling your mylar prints and making a new part. There is one thing to consider to build this way. The skin patterns were produce using our bulkhead form blocks. So if you still want to build your own bulkheads you would have to extend the fuselage skin edges and develop your own hole layouts for the overlap area on the bottom of the fuselage. In other words if you buy our bulkhead set you just make the skins to the pattern. If you make your own bulkheads the above mentioned method is needed because your formblocks may be 1/8" larger in circumference which would mean the predrilled skin holes may not line up on the bottom. We plan to extend this mylar method to the wing skins also. Mylar fuselage patterns are $250.00. If you have any questions give us a call.

We are located at the Williams County Airport. For more information on the Williams Count Airport, visit them online at www.williamscountyairport.com

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