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You have to love to build aircraft, have the special skills to pull it off and the funds to buy the kit, motor, prop and electronics..................total cost for the project was $65,000 and 2 years of construction. It was my 6th aircraft after building an RV-4, RV-6, -7, -7A and another -7A. The engine is the UL Power 130 hp UL350is, fuel injected direct drive 3.5 liter 4 cylinder with a Prince Carbon fiber prop. the aircraft weighs in at a very light 645 pounds.

sorry about the bad focus. The motor is light and powerful...perfect for an aircraft.....

@@carleldridge8317 impressive speed!

Thank you! I have enjoyed the little bird for 4 years now and have almost 200 hours of flight time. Sonex really did a great job designing the airframe and folding wings......congrats to their engineering staff!!

The UL 350is is the 130 hp @3,300 Rpm. The Prince Prop is a carbon over maple P-tip with 54 inch dia and 64 inch pitch which really hooks up in climd and indicates 3150 rpm for a quick and short take-off. The rudder had to be extended by 3 inches to handle the big P-factor, right rudder on take off is big!

Here’s a video with a demonstration of the wing hold towards the end; ruclips.net/video/GZalu19U-18/видео.htmlsi=DTnQOKkIACcZ3wl0

Ok, the fuel burn is 6 GPH so if you do the math that's a 2 hour endurance on the 16 gallon tank. so at 165 mph the range comes out to 300 mile with reserve. You gotta look for a fuel stop every two hours....

I am retired and am an experience builder having built 6 Van's Aircraft Types, so I was taxi testing at 12 months and flying in 13 months. Pop rivets are easy and the kit is very well designed and complete.

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. The Dynon panel was $10 K and the Ul Power Engine was a very costly $24 k Prop by Prince $1,500 dual Lithium Ion batteries $700 Actually lost count of the total expense during construction and then did a $4,500 paint job....yep airplanes are not cheap....

Yes, I did not show the baggage compartment rated at 30 lb The floor of the baggage compartment is actually a nylon window net required by SCCA and Nascar racing, a great way to keep the weight off of the fuselage bottom a really light as a bonus. When I went to Oshkosh I took a sleeping bag and travel bag, no problem.

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​@@FingerJam12What's so funny? It's a valid question.

@@la_old_salt2241 nothing i replied to wrong comment

Nope technically No...........way too fast. One reason I bought the ONEX was the aircraft has a never exceed of 215 mph, that is the engineering rating by Sonex Aircraft.. still can't believe that little thing has that rating

Ul Power UL350is 130 HP at 3,300 rpm. Prince Carbon/ Maple prop, 4 into 1 tuned exhaust no muffler burning 100 LL.............aircarft weight is 670 so power to weight ration5 lb per horsepower

The trailing edge of the landing gear is were you glue the plastic 1/4 inch brake using hot melt glue. Then epoxy micro ballon putty is applied and left to cure,then is sanded to cover and hide the brake line in an aerodynamic trailing edge. This is then over laid with a single ply of fiber glass for protection then painted. A very trouble free an beautiful solution.

Yep, when I saw that rating I was sold and built the aircraft in 12 months, an easy build and flies like a little fighter plane..................fun stuff!

174kts is 200mph

Multiply by 1.15 to covert to Mile per hour. We often use mph instead of knots

Thanks Mike, A Paint shop in Texas, Top Gun Aircraft Paint from Mason, Tx did the paint. A really talented guy, PPG base coat clear coat. I have really enjoyed the comments while at Oshkosh and Sun and Fun. The inspiration for the paint was, the top stripes on a black and white Skunk, a cool appearance for Nature itself!

Thank you, Carl

The vortex generator is by Stolspeed, the spacing is 2.5 inches and located 3.5 inches back at 7% of the cord of the wing. They seem to have no effect on cruise speed. They lowered the stall speed from 54 mph to 49 mph. The biggest benefit was the landing characteristic change. When you raised the nose for the landing flare, the ONEX would drop hard to the runway before the installation of the VG's , after the VG's were install the ONEX now very gently settles onto the runway smoothly. This was an unexpected flight performance improvement!!

@@carleldridge8317 Thanks for the information.

Thanks Don. I appreciate your comment. It's been a fun experience.

Thank you, Stephen. I have enjoyed the little ONEX and the construction was very simple, all pop rivets and great assembly manual. Build time was 12 months Started in November completed in November and flown in January.

If you are pilot and love to fly you can not go wrong with the ONEX, small light and fast. If you want to take a passenger consider the Sonex. If you get started and need a little advice or encouragement let me know .......I would be happy to help.