Ehroflug Coach II S

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Coach II S
Role	Ultralight aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Switzerland
Manufacturer	Ehroflug
Designer	Egon Scheibe
Introduction	1989
Status	In production
Produced	1989-present
Number built	15 (1998)

The Ehroflug Coach II S is a Swiss ultralight aircraft, designed by Egon Scheibe and produced by Ehroflug of Altnau. It was introduced in 1989. The aircraft is supplied as plans, as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Design and development

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with the wing built from aluminium tubing with wooden ribs. The airframe is covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 11.34 m (37.2 ft) span wing has an area of 15 m² (160 sq ft) and is supported by cabane struts, V-struts and jury struts. The wings are quickly detachable for storage. Standard engines available are the 70 hp (52 kW) Sauer 2.1 four-stroke Volkswagen air-cooled engine and the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplant.^[1]^[2]^[3]

While still in production in 2015, the aircraft was only built on request.^[2]

Data from Bayerl and Purdy^[1]^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Capacity: one passenger
Wingspan: 11.34 m (37 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 15 m² (160 sq ft)
Empty weight: 230 kg (507 lb)
Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb)
Fuel capacity: 45 litres (9.9 imp gal; 12 US gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Sauer 2.1 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 70 kW (94 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden

Performance

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 44. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 44. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 149. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1

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