Fixed wing light aircraft

A fixed wing powered light aircraft characterized by:

• a fuselage including two elongated spaced apart tubular booms extending from a forward end of said fuselage to an aft end and interconnected by spaced apart laterally extending brace members;
• a pylon structure secured to said booms and constructed for supporting a propulsion engine and propeller means drivenly connected to said propulsion engine, said pylon structure comprising a tubular frame and including engine mount means secured to said frame for supporting said engine;
• a cockpit disposed forward of said pylon structure including a pilot seat wherein said seat is mounted on said fuselage by seat support means for supporting said seat in a selected one of at least two positions, said seat support means including an eccentric arm assembly pivotally mounted on said fuselage and connected to opposed elongated seat support rails, said seat support rails being secured to said seat and pivotally connected to said arm assembly for pivotal movement about a transverse axis with respect to the longitudinal central axis of said aircraft, and a seat lock member pivotally secured to support means on said pylon structure and adapted to be connected to a backrest of said seat in a selected one of at least two positions of said lock member relative to said seat for positioning said seat in a selected one of said positions;
• horizontal and vertical stabilizer means supported on said fuselage at said aft end;
• a streamlined cockpit enclosure including a nose cowl portion and opposed fuselage side panels extending to a point rearward of said pylon structure and including respective curved portions formed to minimize airflow turbulence approaching said stabilizer means;
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• opposed wing sections connected to said fuselage adjacent to and on opposite sides of said cockpit.

A fixed wing powered light aircraft characterized by:

• a fuselage including two elongated spaced apart tubular booms extending from a forward end of said fuselage to an aft end and interconnected by spaced apart lateral brace members;
• a pylon structure connected to said booms and comprising a tubular frame including means for supporting opposed port and starboard wing sections, and means for supporting opposed landing gear struts, means for supporting a propulsion engine, means for supporting a fuel tank, and
• a cockpit disposed forward of said pylon structure including pilot seat, a seat support means for supporting said rest in a selected one of at least two positions, said seat support means comprising support members connected to said pylon structure, and to said booms, respectively;
• said seat support means including an eccentric arm assembly pivotally mounted on said fuselage and connected to opposed elongated seat support rails, said seat support rails being secured to said seat and pivotally connected to said arm assembly for pivotal movement about a transverse axis with respect to the longitudinal central axis of said aircraft, and a seat lock member pivotally secured to a support member on said pylon structure and adapted to be connected to the back of said seat in a selected one of at least two positions of said lock member relative to said seat for positioning said seat in a selected one of said positions.

A fixed wing powered light aircraft comprising a fuselage, port and starboard wing sections secured to said fuselage, said wing sections each including a frame and surface coverings forming an airfoil, and at least one missile support and launch tube supported on the underside of each of said wing sections by respective support means, said support means comprising a forward tube support bracket depending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, a rear tube support bracket depending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, and means for adjusting said rear support bracket for aiming said tube at a target point forward of said aircraft, and at least a second missile support and launch tube supported on the underside of said wing section and spaced from said first tube, and support means for said second tube including a forward tube support bracket for said second tube depending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section, and a rear support bracket for said second tube depending from and supported by a frame member of said wing section and means for adjusting said rear support bracket for said second tube for aiming said second tube at a target point forward of said aircraft, said rear support brackets for said first and second tubes including an elongated beam and at least two support links pivotally connected to said beam and to means secured to said frame member of said wing section, means for adjusting the length of the beam, and means for adjusting the length of each of said links so that said first and second tubes can be aimed independently of each other at a target point forward of said aircraft.