The Aeros Combat is a family of Ukrainian

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, single-place,

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s, designed and produced by

Aeros Aeros is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer founded by a group of ex-Antonov engineers in the early 1990s to build hang gliders. It is located in Kyiv.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 41. Pag ...

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and introduced in 2000.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 41. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The Combat series was conceived as a single-place competition hang glider and as such has gone through successive updates to keep it competitive. Typical of the line, the Combat 2 13 model is made from

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tubing, with the wing covered in

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sailcloth. Its span wing is cable braced, but without a kingpost and upper rigging. The nose angle is 131° and the

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is 7.95:1. The wing is also used on the Aeros ANT nanotrike, as well as the Flylight Libelle and Flylight Motorfloater,

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s, in its Combat T configuration.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 212. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 215. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Operational history

In 2005 Oleg Bodnarchuk was the Hang Gliding World Champion, flying a Combat L.

Variants

;Combat :Initial model introduced in 2000. ;Combat 2 13 :Improved model introduced in 2001, with wing span of , area of and aspect ratio of 7.95:1, with a pilot hook-in weight range of . ;Combat 2 14 :Model with wing span of , area of and aspect ratio of 8.05:1, with a pilot hook-in weight range of . German DHV 3 certified. ;Combat 2 15 :Model with wing span of , area of and aspect ratio of 7.85:1, with a pilot hook-in weight range of . ;Combat L :Improved model introduced in 2003, with lower weight and higher performance. ;Combat L 2006 :Improved model introduced in 2006, with higher performance. ;Combat L 12 :Improved model introduced in 2006 for lighter pilots, with higher performance. ;Combat L 07 12 :Improved model introduced in 2007 with an oval crossbeam, stiffer sprogs and sail design, smaller wing area. ;Combat L 07 13 :Improved model introduced in 2007 with an oval crossbeam, stiffer sprogs and sail design, mid wing area. ;Combat L 07 14 :Improved model introduced in 2007 with an oval crossbeam, stiffer sprogs and sail design, larger wing area. ;Combat 09 13 :Re-designed glider with new sail shape, batten profiles, stiffer

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and a stiffer and lighter keel. Wing area of ;Combat 09 13.2 :Re-designed glider with new sail shape, batten profiles, stiffer leading edge and a stiffer and lighter keel. Wing area of ;Combat 09 13.5 GT :Version of the Combat 09 with greater aspect ratio of 8.5:1. Wing span of and wing area of and a horizontal

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mounted to the keel.

Specifications (Combat 2 15)

References

External links

* {{Aeros aircraft Hang gliders

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