The next type of sport aircraft to come along in 2005 was the Remos G3 Mirage of which we have had two registered.
The Remos G3 was designed in Germany by Lorenz Kreitmeyer and the prototype first flew in 1997. It is of mainly carbon fibre construction and was built by Remos AG at Pasewalk (which is in the North East of Germany near the Polish border), as a kit or a ready to fly aircraft. It has a pod and tailboom fuselage for efficient aerodynamics and is one of a group of similar light sport aircraft that appeared from various European countries in the late 1990s/early 2000s. It has been superceded by the Remos GX which is an essentially similar aircraft.
Specifications (for the newer GX model) are: length 6.48 metres (21 feet 3 inches) and wingspan of 9.30 metres (30 feet 6 inches) with a wing area of 118 square feet. Empty weight is around 320 Kg (705 pounds) and MAUW is 544 Kg (1,200 pounds). The engine is a Rotax 912ULS of 100 HP which gives a cruise speed of around 107 knots (123 mph), and the stall speed with full flaps is 38 knots (44 mph).
As I said above, we have had two Remos G3NZs (I think the NZ denoted a New Zealand model but I don't know if or how it was different).
Our first Remos G3NZ ZK-REM2 (c/n 0155) was imported by the local agent Ivan Strathern of Hamilton and was first registered to him on 22/3/05. It is photo'd above at the 2006 SAANZ flyin at Tauranga, on 5/2/06. On 12/1/08 it was registered to Ivan Strathern's company Sport Aviation Imports Ltd of Hamilton, and on 21/11/14 ownership changed to John S Wilson of Hamilton who I understand bases the aircraft at Horotiu.
And our second Remos G3NZ ZK-PRH (c/n 228) also lives in the Waikato, being registered to Philip R Hart of Huntly on 13/2/08. It is photo'd above at a flyin at Parakai on 1/3/09.
A shot of the underside on departure from Parakai showing the pod and boom fuselage.
I don't think we are likely to see any more Remos's in New Zealand as I think they are quite expensive.
The Remos G3 was designed in Germany by Lorenz Kreitmeyer and the prototype first flew in 1997. It is of mainly carbon fibre construction and was built by Remos AG at Pasewalk (which is in the North East of Germany near the Polish border), as a kit or a ready to fly aircraft. It has a pod and tailboom fuselage for efficient aerodynamics and is one of a group of similar light sport aircraft that appeared from various European countries in the late 1990s/early 2000s. It has been superceded by the Remos GX which is an essentially similar aircraft.
Specifications (for the newer GX model) are: length 6.48 metres (21 feet 3 inches) and wingspan of 9.30 metres (30 feet 6 inches) with a wing area of 118 square feet. Empty weight is around 320 Kg (705 pounds) and MAUW is 544 Kg (1,200 pounds). The engine is a Rotax 912ULS of 100 HP which gives a cruise speed of around 107 knots (123 mph), and the stall speed with full flaps is 38 knots (44 mph).
As I said above, we have had two Remos G3NZs (I think the NZ denoted a New Zealand model but I don't know if or how it was different).
I don't think we are likely to see any more Remos's in New Zealand as I think they are quite expensive.
I think PRH is based at Ardmore - it spends a lot of time there in any case.
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