UL Power Aircraft Engines for experimental amateurbuilt kit aircraft.

[@felixcat9318]

Good to see a knowledgeable and enthusiastic person being interviewed. This engine manufacturer is very supportive of owners and their 'Engineer In Your Pocket' PDF system is truly outstanding and unequalled. Fresh thinking and insight means that buyers have a greater range of options and a wider choice of engine producers to choose from. Someone may even decide to design and build an engine that cherry picks the best, most desirable features found on light engines and incorporate them all into a new range...

[@brianmorrison1344]

That is a very exciting engine!!..

[@adrianelliott3126]

Leave it to a British Navy Captain to pitch the UL. lol I love it.

[@twistedhippie7608]

Any word on a turbo version for the 520? I want one with an electric constant speed prop and hub. Cheers!

[@PhilipFly11]

The 520 turbo is producing 220 HP at 2,700 rpm at sea-level and should produce 180 HP at FL100. It will be shown at Aero 2020 and Sun n Fun 2020 with engines being delivered about 6 months later. ulpower.news/ulpower-aero-engines-present-at-sun-n-fun-and-aero-friedrichshafen

[@andreweverts4291]

"Captain Yaw" and Dan, thanks for a great interview! Any idea how many are flying in the US market? What ELSAs do we find this on?

[@ultralightnews]

They will not be found on ELSA - as they start out at LSA - which have to be ASTM compliant. I have flown them in Zenith Aircraft, Just Aircraft, RANS. Robert Helm the U.S. distributor can give you the count on how many in the U.S. The Ultralight Flyer

[@tenlittleindians]

Even their smallest engine weighs 160 pounds. Not exactly light!

[@ultralightnews]

Compared to what? It is one of the lightest engines on the market, for the two seat kit plane market. The Ultralight Flyer

[@tenlittleindians]

@@ultralightnews I have a two seat Avid Flyer and it's too heavy for that. Before that I flew a two seat Mitchell Wing, too heavy for that. I have friends with two place Challengers. Too heavy for those.

[@ultralightnews]

I have flown the UL Power engine on a Kitfox, and have seen it flying on a Just Aircraft Highlander, both designs based on Dean Wilson's Avid. Since the Challenger now uses the Rotax 582, with exhaust, carbs, radiator, fluids, drive and electric start. it should come in pretty close. I would hazard a guess that it will easily fit onto 90% of todays, two seat amateurbuilt kit planes. But I would NOT recommend it on a Mitchell or Challenger! Even the Quicksilver and MSquared two seat kit aircraft are now powered by 4 stroke engines of similar weight. The Ultralight Flyer