A very interesting addition to New Zealand's homegrown single seat homebuilt aircraft fleet was registered on 10/12/12, at Hastings. This is registered as an Amateur Built Aircraft (rather that a Class 1 Microlight as most of the other homegrown single seat homebuilts have been)
Gavin Grimmer's own design, the Grimmer Skylux (c/n 1005-2) is a single seat glider towplane powered by a converted Lexus V 8 engine. Gavin has had a lot of experience with automotive engine conversions in homebuilt aircraft with his Maranda ZK-JGR (which has the c/n 1005-1), and it will be interesting to see how his Skylux performs. Thanks to Nick Furmage for the photo.
Look out for it at a gliding club near you?
Look out for it at a gliding club near you?
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