Alpaero Exel
ALPAERO Noin Aéronautique · France · first flew 1998 · light aircraft
The Alpaero Exel is a French single-seat, single-engine pusher pod-and-boom kit-built ultralight motor glider.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, fuselage-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 5.9 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | T-tail |
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Spot it by:
- Pusher engine on a pod-and-boom layout
- Single-seat mid-wing motor glider of 13.74 m span
- Propeller that folds rearwards for unpowered flight
A JPX D-320 flat-twin two-stroke drives a carbon-fibre propeller that folds rearwards with the blades parallel for unpowered flight.
Specifications
- The Alpaero Exel has a length of 5.9 m (19 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 13.74 m (45 ft).
- Typical crew: 1.
Figures are for the representative variant described above; marks differ. See how AircraftIQ sources figures.
History
It was designed by Claude Noin and first flew in September 1998.
Variants
About 10 had been produced by 2005: nine kits were delivered by the end of 2005 plus the prototype.
Where you'll see it
It was sold as a kit by ALPAERO Noin Aéronautique of Châteauvieux, Hautes-Alpes.
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