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A closer look at the Mini
Me...
The Mini Me was designed by Steve Thomas with the help and advice of
several other homebuilders and designers and built in Steves garage.
The first ten hours of flight-testing has determined the wing to be
used on the flight to be the Thunderbolt E-310. The 310 elliptical
wing combined with the large prop on the tiny single cylinder engine
flies along at 27 mph airspeed at a gross weight of 450 pounds and
burns less than 1.5 gph of fuel.
Specifications
The Mini Me weighs 220 pounds dry and 250 pounds full of fuel,
including accessories.
The propeller is a 2-blade 68 ground adjustable model.
The engine is a Hirth F-33, 28 hp electric start with a belt drive.
The fuel tank is removable for times when fuel will need to be
obtained away from the landing site.
Front wheel disc brake.
Landing lights.
Adjustable spreader bar for infinite C/G fine-tuning and torque
correction.
Full instrumentation including fuse panel, switches for engine
magnetos, key switch, switches for strobe light and landing lights,
main power switch, EGT and CHT gauges, volt meter, aviation GPS, Tiny
Tach and aviation radio.
   
       
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