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Phoenix two place ultralight trainer

It is interesting that a bowl of soup ordered at a restaurant in one state can taste completely different in another. The chefs add "their own secret ingredients" to take something that is good and make it into something that is even better for that region. For example pea soup sold in Quebec is to me the best pea soup in the world. What has pea soup got to do with ultralights?

Well when you start out with soup you start out with a good basic recipe and then add to it to give it it's special flavor - and The venerable Quicksilver MX has been around for many years, and has proven itself to be a good solid design, a lot like a good bowl of soup.

But as it came from the factory it just didn't "taste right" to everyone. Two manufacturers have taken the MX design and added their own "ingredients" to make it more palatable, South Mississippi ultralights with their MX squared series and Innovative Engineering with their MX mod kit. At Oshkosh another manufacturer has added yet another "flavor" with the introduction of the Phoenix.

The Phoenix is proposed to be an assembly kit taking about 80 hours to build. The craft at the show had a 70 HP 2 si engine on it. It featured strut bracing, similar to that used on the TEAM tandem air bike. The seating area was exceptionally wide and had lots of room for two big pilots. It also comes with a steerable nosewheel and brakes. The designer had access to a retired NASA engineer who ran the plane through the computer with stress limits in the 6 G range.

For more info contact
American Aero Inc.
Edinburg Illinois 

Phoenix two place ultralight trainer

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