2023 New Aeropro Eurofox Microlight

Description

Airframe

The fuselage is designed to provide maximum strength, pilot & passenger comfort, & ease of construction. The canopy frame, engine attach points is enveloped in a high-strength, 4130 Chromoly cage — the same steel used to manufacture rifle barrels — providing an additional layer of security & safety.

Wing of rectangular platform with its own aerofoil section is of frame structure with two spar tubes & the system of diagonal struts & system of ribs. Al-alloy tubes of 63 mm diameter are reinforced in the hinges regions by tubes of corresponding diameter. A system of ribs consists of 14 ribs & of 13 aux. ribs supporting the fabric skin in the front wing area. In the horizontal plane the wing is braced by a system of diagonal steel spar tube. The 2×25,5 l fuel tanks are housed in the wing root part. Tanks are welded from Al-alloy sheet. The leading edge shape is guaranteed by a fiberglass part bonded in front of the spar tube. The trailing edge is fitted with an Al-alloy shaped batten. The wing is covered by synthetic fabric POLY FIBER, with applied stretching lacquer & sprayed by a first-rate exterior enamel. flaperons (Junkers flap) are attached through five hinges to the ribs under the wing trailing edge. The flapperon structure consists of Al-alloy tube & laminate sandwich (foam, epoxy resin, glass) formed in a negative mould. Both wings are attached to the fuselage in the upper part through the main tube hinges & in the bottom part by the hinges of the “V” ‑shaped wing struts. The system of common rear wing hinge & tilt truss axes allows the wing to tilt along the fuselage rear part. This saves a lot of storage place & allows the road transport.

Engine

The Eurofox in it’s standard configuration is powered by Rotax engines 912 ULS 100hp, 912 UL 80hp, 912iS, 915iS & 914 UL. There is also possibilities to install 912STi 154hp 182NM upgrade from Edge performance.

Fuel system

Fuel system has a total capacity of 86 l. It consists of two wing tanks (40 l each) & of an 5 l equalizing tank in the fuselage, connected through the pipes with the fuel cock & filter. Fuel level indicators are part of each tank, the minimum fuel warning light is mounted as standard.

Cockpit

Eurofox has roomy cockpit 112cm — wider than a Cessna 172! Our instrument panel is special in that it allows the use of almost any large-screen GPS (including the iPad or iPad mini!), while most (virtually all) other S‑LSA planes have instrument panels that have sort of boxed themselves in & don’t have room (at least not in the best spot) for a large-screen GPS & panel has a large map pocket. You can access to the luggage area while flying (many planes have luggage compartments that cannot be accessed while inflight).

The aircraft has two upholstered side-by-side. Each is equipped with four-point seatbelt. Luggage compartment with dimension 500 x 300 x 400 mm is situated behind the seats. Is designed for maximum 10 kg. Eurofox has clear polycarbonate gull-wing doors equipped with gas-lift struts & with doors quick-removable (for flying without doors!).

The aeroplane is equipped by dual stick control. Elevator & ailerons are controlled by a system of rods whereas the rudder is cable controlled. The wing flaps are controlled by the lever & rod & through the countershaft is threaded into aileron-flapperon circuit. Trim control is mounted as a standard. All engine controls are placed on the instrument board. Rudder control – pedals of foot control are situated on the floor in front part of cockpit. Moving of pedals is transmitted on the rudder through steel cable. Wing flaps – handle of wing flaps is situated in middle part of cockpit.

Electric system

Electric system is formed single-wire system of cabling with ground connection negative pole. Network supplies alternator with rectifier with 250W power & accumulator 12V / 16Ah. Board network is switched by a switch key of switch box. Individual circuits of appliances are switched by separate switches & protected by a safety limit switch.