World lightest real AC ?

I think I reached 45 kilos on paper !

http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/light-stuff-area/17061-smallest-possible-hyperlite-electric-aeroplane-max-250-lbs-pilots.html

Musculair I was 28 kilos..and flown with father and daughter configuration..with musclepower of course.
Garbrick built a 90 lbs plane for his son and he flew it..a teeenager.
Airy-Plane is the smallest twin ever by Wilbur Staib.

I agree VeeOne !

I have flown an aeroplane model succesfully with monowheel/ski without the rudder control..but tricycle landing gear would need a rudder steering too.

I’ll save few kilos when leaving the pedals away on my monowheel design.

I think also that ac would need to have a feeling that you are protected from the hard slipstream, hails, byrds and possibly engine room slightly warming your hands and feet while flying in a cold weather.

They are lite…but are they air craft ( AC ) ?

How lite could a plane with protection for the pilot from rain and birds be ?

Well paramotors (and paragliders) are technically classed by the CAA as aeroplanes.

But although I fly them myself it is hard to think of them as ‘aeroplanes’. I carry mine in a big bag that probably weighs less than the avionics in a PA28.

I prefer to think of them as aircraft in the same way a basic microlight is one. To me an aeroplane has a door and instruments, and ailerons and an elevator or stabilator. If it don’t have those kittens it isn’t an aeroplane to me.

I learned to fly in the 1970s on Cessnas and Pipers and all these microlite and ultralight aircraft don’t ‘feel’ like real aeroplanes either. But some of them rock!

Luciole MC-30 GT

That has nosewheel and sharply drooped wing tips…I saw a pic somewhere.

here; http://luciole18.over-blog.com/article-mc-30-gt-a-mortagne-85938456.html

That could be the lightest with cockpit and nosewheel.

It is generally 97 kg; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colomban_MC-30_Luciole

Well the Cri-cri came in at about 78kg and that’s a twin that can fly on one engine.
Colomban has also designed the Luciole that’s not a whole lot heavier and a practical single seater.

They are lite…but are they air craft ( AC ) ?

How lite could a plane with protection for the pilot from rain and birds be ?

Paramotors … propulsion unit ~35kg … plus chute ~6kg

Wheeler Scout 49,4 kg empty !

This weight could be hard to beat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skycraft_Scout