Flying your own Gaz’aile 2
With our heads in the clouds, we are pleased to introduce today Mr. Audinet’s Gaz’aile 2.
This project is aimed at all enthusiasts of small impromptu air shows, as well as parachuting, gliders, and biplanes performing spectacular aerobatics. Who has never dreamed of flying on their own wings? Mr. Audinet made that dream come true!
Designed by Mr. Serge Pennec and built around a small Citroën AX or Peugeot 106 engine, this two-seat ultralight (ULM) aircraft must be as light as possible. What better choice than composite materials to reduce weight!
The cockpit is made using a combined HR 3K carbon and aramid fabric, plain weave, 168 g/m². This allows for excellent lightness while providing very high resistance to potential impacts that the cockpit may be subjected to.
The fuselage consists of wooden frames connected by stringers, clad in plywood and covered with carbon fiber and SR 1500 / SD 2505 epoxy resin.
The wings are made of laminated wood spars and 193 g/m² carbon fabric coated with SR 1700 / SD 7825 epoxy resin, along with ribs made of PET foam covered with a plywood–glass fabric–epoxy composite.
For the construction of the main landing gear, Mr. Audinet used unidirectional woven glass fiber fabrics (UD Glass 300 g/m²) to achieve lightness and very good elongation during future landings of his Gaz’aile.
