Sun Flightcraft

Sun Flightcraft
Privately held company
Industry Aerospace
Headquarters Innsbruck, Austria
Products Powered parachutes
Owner Herbert Hofbauer
Parent Hofbauer GmbH
Website www.sunflightcraft.com

Sun Flightcraft (formally Pro-Design & Sun Flightcraft) is a former Austrian aircraft manufacturer based in Innsbruck, founded by Herbert Hofbauer. The company at one time specialized in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category.[1][2]

Founded in the early 2000s as a division of Hofbauer GmbH, the company stopped production of its powered parachute design, the Sun Flightcraft Air-Chopper, in about 2008, although it still supplies parts for the design.[3][4]

The Air-Chopper was noted for its innovative use of the contra-rotating Coax-P aircraft propeller design to eliminate torque effects.[1]

The company continues as an aircraft importer for Airborne Windsports ultralight trikes from Australia as well as a dealer for the Aeropro Eurofox, B&F Fk9, B&F Fk14 Polaris, Evektor Eurostar, TL Ultralight TL-2000 Sting and the Flight Design CT series of aircraft designs, in addition to Rotax aircraft engines.[4]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Sun Flightcraft
Model name First flight Number built Type
Sun Flightcraft Air-Chopper circa 2003 Two-seat powered parachute

References

  1. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 87. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ "Sunflightcraft - Contact". sunflightcraft.com. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". archive.org. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Sunflightcraft - Paraplanes - Airchopper". sunflightcraft.com. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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