Aeros Combat

The Aeros Combat is a family of Ukrainian high-wing, single-place, hang gliders, designed and produced by Aeros of Kyiv and introduced in 2000.

Design and development
The Combat series was conceived as a single-place competition hang glider and as such has gone through successive updates to keep it competitive.

Typical of the line, the Combat 2 13 model is made from aluminium tubing, with the wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10.35 m span wing is cable braced, but without a kingpost and upper rigging. The nose angle is 131° and the aspect ratio is 7.95:1.

The wing is also used on the Aeros ANT nanotrike, as well as the Flylight Libelle and Flylight Motorfloater, British ultralight trikes, in its Combat T configuration.

Operational history
In 2005 Oleg Bodnarchuk was the Hang Gliding World Champion, flying a Combat L.

Variants

 * Combat
 * Initial model introduced in 2000.


 * Combat 2 13
 * Improved model introduced in 2001, with wing span of 10.35 m, area of 13.5 m2 and aspect ratio of 7.95:1, with a pilot hook-in weight range of 65 to 90 kg.


 * Combat 2 14
 * Model with wing span of 10.7 m, area of 14.2 m2 and aspect ratio of 8.05:1, with a pilot hook-in weight range of 75 to 105 kg. German DHV 3 certified.


 * Combat 2 15
 * Model with wing span of 10.7 m, area of 14.8 m2 and aspect ratio of 7.85:1, with a pilot hook-in weight range of 80 to 110 kg.


 * Combat L
 * Improved model introduced in 2003, with lower weight and higher performance.


 * Combat L 2006
 * Improved model introduced in 2006, with higher performance.


 * Combat L 12
 * Improved model introduced in 2006 for lighter pilots, with higher performance.


 * Combat L 07 12
 * Improved model introduced in 2007 with an oval crossbeam, stiffer sprogs and sail design, smaller wing area.


 * Combat L 07 13
 * Improved model introduced in 2007 with an oval crossbeam, stiffer sprogs and sail design, mid wing area.


 * Combat L 07 14
 * Improved model introduced in 2007 with an oval crossbeam, stiffer sprogs and sail design, larger wing area.


 * Combat 09 13
 * Re-designed glider with new sail shape, batten profiles, stiffer leading edge and a stiffer and lighter keel. Wing area of 13.7 m2


 * Combat 09 13.2
 * Re-designed glider with new sail shape, batten profiles, stiffer leading edge and a stiffer and lighter keel. Wing area of 13.2 m2


 * Combat 09 13.5 GT
 * Version of the Combat 09 with greater aspect ratio of 8.5:1. Wing span of 10.7 m and wing area of 13.5 m2 and a horizontal tailplane mounted to the keel.