AMS FLIGHT D O O Carat Motorglider

28 000 Euro

The most recent annual was in May 2014. I have all log books, manuals, and the original purchase information.

Cockpit equipment includes a Becker AR4201 communications radio, a Becker AR6201 transponder, Cambridge 302 GPS/variometer, Oudie II moving map display/GPS with updated SeeYou mobile navigation software, Winter mechanical variometer, and a Mountain High Oxygen system. The oxygen bottle is easily accessible behind the seat, and a fuselage-mounted solar panel keeps the battery charged during soaring flight.

Engine time is currently 216 hours and the total time on the airframe is 615 hours, however this continues to increase as I fly on a regular basis. The sailplane has brand new main tires and a new high capacity Odyssey main battery.

Trailer

The trailer is a Cobra specially designed for the Carat. It has all the great features of Cobra trailers and has considerable room in front for storage. (See photos.) It has a metal clamshell top and is in great shape. The fittings make rigging and de-rigging straight-forward and simple. I include the special wing dollies (they were an optional feature) that allow one-person rigging. After the fuselage is pulled out of the trailer, a wing dolly is fitted to the wingtip and walked straight back until the wing is completely at the end of the trailer, then the dolly is set on the ground. You then grasp the wing spar and walk straight back; the dolly wheels are set at a 45 degree angle, causing the wing tip to travel out so that when you reach the fuselage spar receptacle the wing tip is now in the correct position, and you simply rotate the wing and slide the spar into the fuselage. The wings are secured with a single spar pin, like all Discus wings.

The trailer has a solar panel that allows the motorglider battery to be charged while in the trailer. Also mounted on top is a new vent fan.