Idea Hydropteron
{{Short description|Hungarian flying boat}}
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The Idea Hydropteron ({{langx|en|Water Wing}}) is a Hungarian light-sport aircraft and kit aircraft amphibious flying boat, under development by Idea Aircraft, of Miskolc. The Hydropteron was first flown on 25 November 2009 and introduced to the public at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2010. The aircraft is intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 60. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 62. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules in its two-seat version and amateur-built rules as a three seater. It features a cantilever high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, with a third seat optional, a cruciform tail, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from composites. Its {{convert|10.9|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing, has an area of {{convert|12.47|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and flaps. The standard engine is the {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 914 four-stroke turbocharged powerplant, but engines of up to {{convert|140|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} may be fitted. No wingtip floats are fitted and the aircraft relies on fuselage-mounted sponsons for water stability.
Production was originally scheduled for 2011, but as of early-2017 only prototypes appear to have been flown.{{cite web|url = http://www.ideaaircraft.eu/index.php?menu=howtobuy|title = How to buy|accessdate = 2 March 2017|last = Idea Aircraft|year = 2017}}
Specifications (Hydropteron LSA)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.ideaaircraft.eu/}}