N98KJ - 2005 SILHOUETTE MOTORGLIDER

2005

SILHOUETTE

MOTORGLIDER

N98KJ

Used

15.0

Rotax 447 fan cooled, dual carb (42 hp). Engine and airframe have fewer than 15 hours total time. Powerfin composite ground adjustable prop. Pull start from cockpit. Electric back-up fuel pump. Electric fuel monitor system. Electric elevator trim. Wingtip integrated position/strobe lights. GPS/Com (Garmin) with GPS antenna. Com antenna integrated into empenage. Headphone jacks in cockpit. Panel instruments include: Airspeed, altimeter, tach, compass, dual EGT/CHT, slip indicator, ball bank, primer, and fuel gauge. Rotax 447, 2.5 gph @ 120 mph. Powerfin composite ground adjustable prop. Pull start from cockpit. PRICE REDUCED!

The Silhouette is a single-place low wing composite sport aircraft. It's wing span is 32'. Glide ratio is 18:1. It is powered by a 42 h.p. Rotax 447 fan-cooled dual carb engine with a 2.58:1 type B reduction unit. Engine was taken out of original crate in August of 1997 and taken to Green Sky Aviation and completed up-dated. N.O.S. ignition and fuel systems were also replaced with new. Cruise speed is to be 120-125 mph. Power on stall speed 48mph, power off, 50. I bought the kit in April of 1993. I built the aircraft on and off over the next 13 years. FAA sign-off was in July of 2004. Total build time was 969 hours. It has been taxi tested and has flown over the runway on 6 occasions. Last "flown" in August of 2006. Total time on engine and airframe is less than 15 hours. Since I, like so many builders, did not do a lot of flying during the building process (especially during the latter years), I did not feel comfortable in taking the aircraft through it's paces. My orginial plan was to finish the plane within 4 years of kit purchase, fly it for a few years and transition to an ultra light. I am now retired and have acquired an ultra light and the transition has begun, albeit late. So, sadly, I am now selling my "surrogate child". I'm ready for low and slow :^)