Büttner Propeller
{{Short description|German aircraft and propeller manufacturer}}
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| type = Privately held company
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| hq_location_city = Obernkirchen
| hq_location_country = Germany
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| key_people = Gerald Büttner
| industry = Aerospace
| products = Powered parachutes, paramotors, aircraft propellers
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Büttner Propeller, also known as Gerald Büttner - Obernkirchen, is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Obernkirchen and founded by Gerald Büttner. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes, paramotors and aircraft propellers. The aircraft are ready-to-fly designs for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and {{convert|120|kg|abbr=on}} categories.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, pages 66 and 80. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
The company has a line of paramotors (Rucksackmotoren) called the Büttner Crazy Plane and a line of powered parachutes (Gleitschirm Trikes) called the Büttner Crazy Flyer. At one time it also produced the Büttner Easy Plane.
Büttner also builds two-bladed carved wooden and two, three and four bladed plastic ultralight aircraft propellers.{{cite web|url=http://www.crazy-plane.de/luftsportgeraete/ul-propeller.html|title=UL-Propeller|author=Büttner Propeller|work=crazy-plane.de|accessdate=4 June 2015}}
Aircraft
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+ align=center style="background:#BFD7FF"| Summary of aircraft built by Büttner Propeller |
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align=left| Büttner Crazy Plane
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| paramotor |
align=left| Büttner Crazy Flyer
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| single and two seat powered parachutes |
align=left| Büttner Easy Plane
|align=center| |align=center| |align=left| single seat powered parachutes |
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.crazy-plane.de/}}
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