Best Off Skyranger
# Best Off Skyranger

The Best Off Skyranger is a French-designed two-seat ultralight utility aircraft, produced by Best Off, of Toulouse. It is a high-wing conventional monoplane with tricycle undercarriage, and of fabric-covered tubular construction.

The Skyranger is also manufactured under licence by Aero Bravo in Brazil, SkyRanger Aircraft in the United States (as a kit), Aeros in Ukraine and at least 150 were built by Synairgie in France, too.

Some 900 are flying throughout the world.

## Variants

### Skyranger

    Original model, introduced 1990.

### Skyranger Vfun

    Renamed original model for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class. Standard engines available are the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200, the 60 to 80 hp (45 to 60 kW) VW and the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke powerplants. The aircraft has also been equipped with the JLT Motors Ecoyota engine.

### Skyranger Vmax

    Improved model for United Kingdom BCAR Section "S" certification, with ventral fin. Standard engines available are the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200, the 60 to 80 hp (45 to 60 kW) VW and the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke powerplants.

### Skyranger Swift

    Improved model based on the Vmax for the US light-sport aircraft market, with reduced wingspan.

## Specifications (Skyranger)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004

General characteristics

* Crew: one pilot
* Capacity: one passenger
* Length: 5.50 m (18 ft 1 in)
* Wingspan: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
* Height: 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
* Wing area: 14.10 $m^2$ (151.8 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
* Fuel capacity: 50 L (13 US gal; 11 imp gal)
* Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL flat-four, 59.6 kW (79.9 hp)

Performance

* Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn) (max cruise)
* Stall speed: 64 km/h (40 mph, 35 kn) (flaps down)
* Never exceed speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
* Rate of climb: 4.6 m/s (900 ft/min)
