Aero Designs Pulsar

The Aero Designs Pulsar is an American two-seat, low wing, ultralight and homebuilt aircraft that was designed by Mark Brown and first produced by Aero Designs of San Antonio, Texas, introduced in 1985. When it was available the Pulsar was supplied as a ready-to-fly aircraft and as a kitplane for amateur construction.
The aircraft was later produced by Skystar Aircraft of Nampa, Idaho and then by Pulsar Aircraft of El Monte, California. Each subsequent manufacturer introduced new variants.
Design and development.
The Pulsar was a development of the Star-Lite Aircraft Star Lite and features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration open cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear or optionally conventional landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from composites. Its span wing employs a NASA MS(1)-0313 mod airfoil, mounts flaps and has a wing area of . The cabin width is . The acceptable power range is and the standard engines used are the Rotax 532 two-stroke, the BMW R1100S or the Rotax 912ULS or the Rotax 914 turbocharged powerplant.
The Pulsar Series II has a typical empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for the pilot, passengers and baggage is .
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is .
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 1000 hours.
Operational history.
In March 2014 130 examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although a total of 195 had been registered at one time. In March 2014 five were registered with Transport Canada and 29 with the CAA in the United Kingdom.