Take Off GmbH

Take Off GmbH
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Foundedmid-1970s
Headquarters
Hamm
,
Germany
ProductsUltralight aircraft, aircraft engines
Websitewww.takeoff-ul.de

Take Off Ultraleichtflug GmbH (English: Take Off Ultralight Aircraft Limited), not to confuse with Take Off GmbH (Black Forest), is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Hamm. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. It also builds aircraft engines, based upon BMW motorcycle engines.[1][2]

The Minimum is a powered hang glider design that was introduced in 1979. This was followed by the Maximum, an ultralight trike, in 1989. The Merlin series of trikes was introduced in 1994.[1][2][3]

The company also builds aircraft engines based upon BMW motorcycle engines, including the 98 hp (73 kW) TBM 11 and the 115 hp (86 kW) TBM 12.[4][5]

The company also builds ground effect vehicles, airboats and propeller-driven snowmobiles.[6]

Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Take Off:

References

  1. ^ a b Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 223. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ a b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 243, 260 and 262-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ^ Take Off GmbH (2006). "Trikes". Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  4. ^ Take Off GmbH. "Motoren". takeoff-ul.de. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  5. ^ Take Off GmbH (2006). "two-cylinder four-stroke engine with spur gear and centrifugal clutch" (PDF). takeoff-ul.de. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  6. ^ Take Off GmbH. "Boote". takeoff-ul.de. Retrieved 19 April 2018.