M-Squared Breese
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The M-Squared Breese is a large family of high-wing, strut-braced, pusher configuration
Pusher configuration
In a craft with a pusher configuration the propeller are mounted behind their respective engine. According to Bill Gunston, a "pusher propeller" is one mounted behind engine so that drive shaft is in compression...
, tricycle gear
Tricycle gear
Tricycle gear describes an aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one wheel in the front, called the nose wheel, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity...
, ultralight aircraft produced by M-Squared Aircraft of St. Elmo, Alabama
St. Elmo, Alabama
St. Elmo is an unincorporated community in Mobile County, Alabama, United States located approximately 7 miles due north of Bayou La Batre and the Mississippi Sound and approximately 10 miles east of Grand Bay, Alabama.-Geography:...
in kit form, for amateur construction
Homebuilt aircraft
Also known as amateur-built aircraft or kit planes, homebuilt aircraft are constructed by persons for whom this is not a professional activity. These aircraft may be constructed from "scratch," from plans, or from assembly kits.-Overview:...
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Design and development
The M-Squared line of aircraft was started in 1996 when a former Quicksilver ManufacturingQuicksilver Manufacturing
Quicksilver Manufacturing is an American manufacturer of ultralight and light aircraft. Founded in 1972 as Eipper Formance and later Eipper Aircraft, the company today claims to be the leading manufacturer of ultralight aircraft in the United States, with the Quicksilver type ultralight being used...
employee, Paul Mather, decided to offer retrofit kits to convert the Quicksilver II from cable-braced wings to a strut-braced with jury strut
Jury strut
The jury struts on a monoplane are small subsidiary struts that join the main wing struts to the wing.Jury struts are installed to eliminate unwanted resonance and vibration from the main wing struts and also to prevent main strut compression buckling under negative 'g' loads in the case of...
s configuration. The kits proved popular and Mather expanded to market complete aircraft based on the basic Quicksilver layout. The first two aircraft in the series were the two seat double surface wing Sport 1000 and the two seat single surface wing Sprint 1000.
The series all share similar construction featuring a bolted aluminium
Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a silvery white member of the boron group of chemical elements. It has the symbol Al, and its atomic number is 13. It is not soluble in water under normal circumstances....
tube structure with the flying surfaces covered in pre-sewn Dacron sailcloth envelopes. All models are open cockpit, but some have optional streamlined pods available. All models use tricycle landing gear and steerable nose-wheels.
Variants
Sport 1000- Two seats in side-by-side configuration, double surface sailcloth wing, based on the Quicksilver MX Sport II. The construction time from the assembly kit is reported as 75 hours. Standard engine is the 64 hp Rotax 582Rotax 582|-Specifications :-External links:*...
, with the 80 hp Rotax 912 optional. The now out-of-production 74 hp Rotax 618 was at one time an optional engine, as well. Other options include streamlined cockpit pod, wheel pants and extra fuel tankage. In production.
Sprint 1000 FP
- Two seat amphibious floatplane designed for the US experimental amateur-built category, 100 hp Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, 1400 lb (635 kg) gross weight, single surface sailcloth wing, 1650 Full Lotus floats. In production.
Sprint 1000
- Two seats in side-by-side configuration, designed for the US experimental amateur-built category, 640 hp Rotax 582Rotax 582|-Specifications :-External links:*...
two-stroke powerplant, 1400 lb (635 kg) gross weight, single surface sailcloth wing. In production.
Sprint 1000 FP
- Two seat amphibious floatplane designed for the US experimental amateur-built category, 100 hp Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant, 1400 lb (635 kg) gross weight, single surface sailcloth wing, 1650 Full Lotus floats. In production.
Breese XL
- Single seat aircraft designed for the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles category, 28 hp Hirth F33 two-stroke or the 35 hp Revolution Rotary 301 powerplant, 550 lb (249 kg) gross weight, single surface sailcloth wing. In production.
Breese 2 SS
- Two seat aircraft designed for the US light-sport aircraftLight-sport AircraftA Light-sport aircraft, also known as light sport aircraft or LSA, is a small aircraft that is simple to fly and which meets certain regulations set by a National aviation authority restricting weight and performance...
category, 64 hp Rotax 582Rotax 582|-Specifications :-External links:*...
two-stroke powerplant, 1320 lb (599 kg) gross weight, single surface sailcloth wing. In production.
Breese 2 DS
- Two seat aircraft designed for the US light-sport aircraft category, 64 hp Rotax 582Rotax 582|-Specifications :-External links:*...
two-stroke powerplant, 1320 lb (599 kg) gross weight, double surface sailcloth wing. In production.
Breese DS
- Single seat aircraft designed for the US experimental amateur-built aircraft category, 40 hp Rotax 447Rotax 447|-Specifications :...
or 50 hp Rotax 503Rotax 503|-Specifications :...
two-stroke powerplant, 650 lb (295 kg) gross weight, double surface sailcloth wing. In production.
Breese SS
- Single seat aircraft designed for the US experimental amateur-built aircraft category, 40 hp Rotax 447Rotax 447|-Specifications :...
or 50 hp Rotax 503Rotax 503|-Specifications :...
two-stroke powerplant, 650 lb (295 kg) gross weight, double surface sailcloth wing. In production.
Ultra-X
- Single seat aircraft designed for the US experimental amateur-built aircraft category, 80 hp Rotax 680 two-stroke powerplant, 900 lb (408 kg) gross weight, double surface sailcloth wing, with a symmetrical airfoil. In production.
American Tugz
- Single seat aircraft designed for the US experimental amateur-built aircraft category, 80 hp Rotax 680 two-stroke powerplant, 900 lb (408 kg) gross weight, single surface sailcloth wing, designed for towing hang gliders aloft. In production.