ULBI Wild Thing

{{Short description|German Ultralight aircraft}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Wild Thing | logo = | logo_size = | image = ULBI Wild Thing WT-01 D-MONT.jpg | alt = | caption = WT 01 Wild Thing | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Ultralight aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Germany | manufacturer = Air-Max GmbH<br />ULBI | design_group = | designer = R. Kurtz | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed (2014) | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 75 (1998) | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1996 | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} thumb|right|WT 01 Wild Thing thumb|right|WT 01 Wild Thing thumb|Wild Thing WT-02 Jabiru 3300 The '''ULBI Wild Thing''' is a German ultralight aircraft, designed by R. Kurtz and produced by Ultraleicht Bau International (ULBI), of Hassfurt. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 83. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref name="WDLA15">Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 86. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}</ref><ref name="Aerocrafter">Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 104. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. {{ISBN|0-9636409-4-1}}</ref>

In the 1990s the aircraft was marketed by Air-Max GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The aircraft was introduced in 1996 and production ended when ULBI went out of business in 2014.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref>{{cite web|url= https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.ulbi-ultraleichtflugzeuge.de/ |title=ULBI Ultraleichtflugzeuge |website=Internet Archive Wayback Machine|access-date=11 September 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Design and development== The aircraft was designed specifically for touring in Africa. It was intended to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit with doors for access, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/><ref name="Aerocrafter" />

The aircraft is made from sheet aluminum. Its {{convert|9.15|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing has an area of {{convert|13.88|m2|sqft|abbr=on}} and flaps. Standard engines available are the {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS, {{convert|85|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Jabiru 2200 and the {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplants.<ref name="WDLA11"/><ref name="WDLA15"/> The {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Hirth F-30, {{convert|75|to|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Limbach L2000 and the {{convert|180|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Lycoming O-360 have also been fitted.<ref name="Aerocrafter" />

==Variants== ;WT 01 :Conventional landing gear-equipped model<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/> ;WT 02 :Tricycle landing gear-equipped model<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/>

==Specifications (WT 02) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl and Tacke<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="WDLA15"/> |prime units?=met  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m=6.49 |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m=9.15 |span ft= |span in= |span note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm=13.88 |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=290 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=472.5 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|80|L}} in two {{convert|40|L}} wing tanks |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Jabiru 3300 |eng1 type=six cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=120

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|max speed kmh= |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=170 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=58 |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh=200 |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms=6 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2=34.0 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==See also== ;Similar aircraft *Murphy Rebel

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.ulbi-ultraleichtflugzeuge.de/}}

Category:1990s German ultralight aircraft Category:Homebuilt aircraft Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft