Aerolight Eagle Ultralight

In this short film, Chris, Brian, Dale and Steve of Southern California take a vintage Aerolight Eagle Ultralight through it's paces in the California desert at El Mirage dry lake bed. We all got a chance to fly the aircraft, and when we were done, Brian held the Altitude record amongst us at nearly 5000 feet above sea level (msl), Chris held the longest distance flown at nearly 60 miles.
When the Eagle came to us it was a broken down mess from Brian's Brother. We spent countless hours restoring it and replacing the engine with a Hirth F33 Engine. We replaced the wooden propeller with a carbon fiber 3 bladed model. Even the wing was replaced after we miraculously found one in excellent shape that had been stored for years by another ultralight enthusiast.
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• Ultralight
• Aircraft
• Flying
• Airplane
• Hirth
• Aerolight
• Eagle

[flyguy26]

I'm selling the eagle shown in the video. Any takers please let me know!!!

[CorrectiveMassage]

@flyguy26 Just checking in. Did you get your Eagle sold? I have three of them, all in pieces. I need to get to work & get them in the air! I am short a Prop & a magnito. Would you happen to know where I might find them?

Thank you

correctivemassage@msn.com

[flyguy26]

@CorrectiveMassage .. I sold the one in the video. What motor do you have for the prop you are looking for? I do have the original wooden prop that came with the aerolight as the carbon fiber one was sold with the bird. No idea on the magneto...

[kApEtAnKaP0TaS]

one of the oldest videos on youtube!

[jabfly33]

Anyone still using this site? I see most of the posts are from years ago. Are there newer sites for the eagle I should be looking at? Thanks. jabfly33

[jabfly33]

Had my eagle about 2 years now and love it. Easiest thing in the world to fly. Also have a paraplane pm2 that I love to fly. Here in MN I have floats I want t put on the eagle, but not sure how to attach. Anyone have any ideas for me??? Also, how many eagles out there flying yet?? Thanks for any help.

[jabfly33]

why can't I post a message?

[eaglequebec]

@dave6ix

you right, i got over 200 hrs on the Eagle weight shift with 2 Chrysler 820 of 9 or 10 hp. i tried to stall this machine with full trottle or not and you describe very well what happen. i flew in 1982 to 1985 with the first generation of the Eagle from American Aerolite. nice fly wihtout wind, when it's windy, you better with your windsurf. we restore our Eagle with 2 engines as close than original fabrication, almost like the Wright Brother.

[dave6ix]

Mine had (2) Chrysler Westbend 10HP engines set up so if one quit the other would continue to power the prop. We are at about 3500 feet above sea level here and you need all the power you can get. So no 10 hp is not enough. The one in the video here is a later model with one 28 HP engine, a much better set up than mine was.

[tomterahedrob]

thanks.could it fly on only 10hp?