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Our light aircraft experience goes back to the early 1970's when Wayne Ison designed and sold kits for a small aircraft called the P.D.Q. This was actually an ultralight ahead of its time and was licensed in the Experimental category. Originally powered by a two-cycle engine, it weighed only 220 lbs.
Among many of Wayne's designs were aircraft such as the FP-202, the first of the "Cub" style ultralights. This was followed by the FP-303, a folding wing aircraft with lines of a "military trainer." Building on these early successes, ISON Aircraft was formed to market kit airframes in the $4,000 range. Through the efforts of a team of talented individuals such designs are being engineered, built and tested.
Our method is to use the latest computer design technology and FAR regulations to develop TRUE AIRCRAFT which also qualify as FAR-103 legal ultralights by use of lower HP engines.
Construction techniques
are of the old-fashioned, tried and true wood truss and plywood gusset
method. It is very simple, and builds quickly.
If you have ever built
a balsa-wood model airplane, you have the experience required to build
this "full-scale" model! While construction time will vary from
builder to builder, approximately 300 hours is the average.
The "Ultralight" designs
are available in the configurations shown below. Click on the link
below to see specifications and kit prices for the "MAX 103" and the original Mini-MAX 1100F.
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