Ultralite Soaring Wizard

{{Short description|American ultralight airplane}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Wizard | logo = | logo_size = | image = Ultralite Soaring Wizard J-3 (6-17-2025).jpg | alt = | caption = Wizard J-3 on display at the [[Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum]] | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight aircraft]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[United States]] | manufacturer = [[Ultralite Soaring Inc]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = [[Eipper Quicksilver E]] | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Ultralite Soaring Wizard''' is an American [[ultralight aircraft]] that was designed and produced by [[Ultralite Soaring Inc]]. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]].<ref name="Cliche">Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page E-44 and E-45. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}</ref><ref name="VUM">{{Cite web|url = http://virtualultralightmuseum.com/uz.htm#wizard|title = Wizard|accessdate = 4 January 2012|last = Virtual Ultralight Museum|date = n.d.}}</ref>

==Design and development== Developed from the [[Eipper Quicksilver E]], the Wizard was designed before the introduction of the US [[FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles]] rules, but complies with them, including the category's maximum empty weight of {{convert|254|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. The W1 model has a standard empty weight of {{convert|167|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. It features a [[Flying wires|cable-braced]] [[high-wing]], a single-seat, open cockpit, [[tricycle landing gear]] and a single engine in [[pusher configuration]]. It differs from the Quicksilver primarily in the configuration of the tail boom tubes and the use of drooped [[wing tip]]s.<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="VUM" />

The Wizard is made from bolted-together [[aluminum]] tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in [[Dacron]] sailcloth. Its single-surface {{convert|32.3|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} span wing has its cabling supported by a single tube style [[kingpost]]. The [[landing gear]] uses tube flexing for suspension and features a fixed nose wheel. On the early models the pilot is accommodated on a sling seat suspended from the main wing keel tube, to allow weight-shift control. The standard engine supplied was the single cylinder, [[two-stroke]] [[Yamaha KT-100S]] of {{convert|15|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}, although a [[Kawasaki 440]] [[snowmobile]] engine producing {{convert|38|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} was optional.<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="VUM" />

The Wizard was commercially successful and a large number were completed and flown.<ref name="Cliche" /> Construction time from the supplied assembly kit is about 100 hours.<ref name="VUM" />

==Variants== ;Wizard W1 :Initial model with a weight-shift control system and no aerodynamic controls.<ref name="Cliche" /> ;Wizard J2 :Improved model with a hybrid control system, utilizing weight-shift plus [[Spoiler (aeronautics)|spoilers]] for roll control and an [[Elevator (aircraft)|elevator]] for pitch control.<ref name="Cliche" /> ;Wizard J-3 :Three axis control version with elevator, rudder and spoilers. Standard powerplant supplied was the [[Kawasaki 440]] snowmobile engine producing {{convert|38|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. This model introduced a fixed seat, steerable nose wheel and brakes. Empty weight {{convert|250|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, gross weight {{convert|550|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}. Very similar to the [[Eipper Quicksilver MX]].<ref name="Cliche" /> ;Wizard J-3 Magnum :Three axis control version with elevator, rudder and [[aileron]]s. Standard powerplant supplied was the [[Kawasaki 440]] snowmobile engine producing {{convert|38|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Cliche" /> ;Wizard T3 :Two seat model.<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="T3">{{Cite web|url = http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1146425/|title = Ultralight Soaring T-3 Wizard, Museo de Aeronautica Y Astronautica|accessdate = 4 January 2012|last = Wickenden|first = John|date = 5 December 2008|archive-date = March 4, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203219/http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1146425/|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Aircraft on display== *[[Museo del Aire (Madrid)|Museo del Aire]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] - T3 two seat model<ref name="T3" />

==Specifications (Wizard W1) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Cliche and the Virtual Ultralight Museum<ref name="Cliche" /><ref name="VUM" /> |prime units?=imp  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity= |length m= |length ft=17 |length in= |length note= |span m= |span ft=32 |span in=4 |span note= |height m= |height ft=10.2 |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft=162 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=167 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=450 |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|3.2|u.s.gal}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Yamaha KT-100S]] |eng1 type=single cylinder, [[two-stroke]] [[kart racing|kart]] engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=15

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|max speed kmh= |max speed mph=42 |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh= |cruise speed mph=35 |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph=17 |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |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=12500 |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio=9:1 |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin=300 |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==See also== *[[Laron Wizard]], a different aircraft with the same model name

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Ultralite Soaring Wizard}} *[http://virtualultralightmuseum.com/wizardw1-200cc.jpg Photo of a Wizard W1 in flight] *[http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1146425/ Photo of a Wizard T3 in the Museo de Aeronautica Y Astronautica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304203219/http://www.abpic.co.uk/photo/1146425/ |date=March 4, 2016 }}

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