Orel VH2 Streamline

The Orel VH2 Streamline is a French ultralight aircraft that was designed by Jean-Francois Boudet and is under development by Orel Aircraft of Selles-Saint-Denis, introduced at the AERO Friedrichshafen show in 2015. The aircraft will be supplied complete and ready-to-fly.

Design and development
The VH2 Streamline was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, low-mounted tailplane, an enclosed cockpit with two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from carbon fibre. Its 9.0 m span elliptical wing has an area of 9.6 m2 and mounts flaps. It has an electrically-operated canopy and a side-stick controller. The cockpit width is 110 cm. The standard engine used is the 100 hp ULPower UL260i four-stroke powerplant.

As of 2015 the company was looking for a partner to bring the aircraft to production.

Variants

 * VH2 Streamline
 * Model with fixed landing gear, 100 hp ULPower UL260i engine, 472.5 kg gross weight, first flown in 2014. To be sold complete and ready to fly.


 * VH2X Streamline
 * Proposed model with retractable landing gear, 200 hp engine, 650 kg gross weight, not yet flown. To be sold as a quick-build kit for amateur construction.