title: HB-Flugtechnik Amigo
text: # HB-Flugtechnik Amigo
  
  The HB-Flugtechnik HB-208 Amigo (English: Friend) is an Austrian ultralight aircraft that was designed by Heino Brditschka and produced by HB-Flugtechnik of Ansfelden. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
  
  The design was the company's first microlight and led to further work in that field.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and amateur-built rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
  
  The fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, the wing built from wood with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 9.0 m (29.5 ft) span wing has an area of 12.6 $m^2$ (136 sq ft) and uses 45° Dornier wingtips. Standard engines are the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL and the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplants. The ultralight version has a maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb), whereas the amateur-built version has a maximum gross weight of 520 kg (1,146 lb).
  
  ## Specifications (Amigo UL)
  
  Data from Bayerl
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Wingspan: 9.0 m (29 ft 6 in)
  * Wing area: 11.8 $m^2$ (127 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 300 kg (661 lb)
  * Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
  * Fuel capacity: 60 litres (13 imp gal; 16 US gal)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
  * Stall speed: 55 km/h (34 mph, 30 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)
  * Wing loading: 38.1 $kg/m^2$ (7.8 lb/sq ft)
  