To create the H-5’s wing, the UltraCruiser’s span was shortened by 30 inches.

Back in the 1970s, he wanted an all-metal light plane, so he built one and flew it to Oshkosh. “Got to cut off about that much of the prop,” he said. The glass cockpit of Neil Byers’ trigear Hummel H-5, which features an MGL Enigma EFIS and engine monitor. Controls were free, the spring trim tension was in neutral, both ignition systems were operating, the oil temperature was coming up, and the canopy latches were secure.

Columnist Jim Weir sounds off on an all-purpose beeper that will work for most anything you want to call attention to in the cockpit.

The sheet metal used in the H-5 is .020- and .025-inch 6061 aluminum, up from .016 in the UltraCruiser, with 2024 aluminum used in high-stress areas such as the big 10-inch-deep wingspar and the engine bay. After his Air Force stint, he became an air traffic controller, working as a TRACON controller until the infamous PATCO strike of 1981.

The number of ribs was increased, the thickness of the skin was reduced, and the skins get even thinner toward the tips. Hot oil circulates around the Zenith carburetor to preclude icing, and the demo plane had dual ignition, with a Slick mag firing the top set of plugs and a Hall-effect trigger directing an electronic set of sparks for the bottom plugs. It’s become known mostly by reputation and word of mouth, not media blitz or blazing brochures—all of which seems appropriate. The wingspars will be complete, all welded parts will be furnished, along with the pre-bent formed parts and skins with 80% of the rivet holes drilled. “Leave out the sulfur, and you have a bomb!” he chuckled. Fuselage: The plans state that a builder can increase the width and/or height of the bulkheads in an effort to make the fuselage more hospitable for larger pilots. You have entered an incorrect email address!

Some airplanes just kind of grow on you. Sweet.

Custom paint colors are available.

“You know what this is? After three decades, his dedication to his craft is firmly established.

One that starts at the seat back and tapers to the back bulkhead and another that tapers forward of the seat back to the firewall.

T-shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, phone cases, clocks, and more are options (you can see some examples at PreferredAltitude.com. The Hummel Ultracruiser (also variously called the Ultra Cruiser and UltraCruiser) is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed by Morry Hummel and produced by Hummel Aviation. It turns a custom-made Hummel prop, of 54-inch diameter and 28-inch pitch, without the complexity of a reduction drive.

Further information can be had by calling 419/877-5557 or by visiting.

“I could carve propellers for the other guys,” he said. The horizontal stabilizer attach construction was redesigned.

Some builders have moved it to the leading edges of the wings. The skins are riveted to the spars leaving no bump where the one piece ribs previously pushed the skin up where it crossed the spar.

Recovery was prompt and straightforward.

The original Hummel Bird remains popular, with 120 or so flying and many more under construction, and the UltraCruiser will be gaining in number as more completed airplanes join the 30 already flying.

Alternative engines include the more powerful but heavier four-cylinder VW engine, the two-stroke Rotax 447, and even the McCulloch 0-100-1 drone engine popular with the early gyrocopter builders. 16288 County Road DBryan, OH 43506Phone: (419) 636-6700Email: Sales@flyhummel.com, “When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.”, Hummel Aviation Podcast with Preferred Altitude, Sun ‘n Fun 2018 – April 10th-15th, Booth # LP024. Just to be safe, I kept a little more speed in the bank while landing, which once again proved unnecessary.

Hummel uses a custom-built hub to secure the mountain bike brake rotor to the maingear wheel.

Note the three-blade lamination in the background (left). With 3000 rpm set, the airspeed indicated a steady 100 mph, and when I rapped it out to 3400 rpm for a short speed run the needle promptly went into the yellow arc to show 130 mph. What would you like to see for Hummel apparel and gear? In the unpredictable, often complex world of building airplane propellers, Prince Aircraft’s products have been earning the respect of homebuilders for 30 years.

The H-5 uses electrically actuated flaps, drooping to 37°.

Controls should be responsive; too many airplanes fly like trucks. The dihedral break on the Windwagon was in the middle; Morry made the center wing section straight and put the dihedral break at the point where the outer wing panels bolt to the center section. Freedom!”. Prince starts with top-quality hard maple lumber, which is carefully arranged and glued into a lamination of several plies. During a visit we made to the factory, Prince showed us around the shop, located in downtown Whitehouse, Ohio. It didn’t seem to matter much whether the flaps were up or down, or if power was on or off; the H-5 paid off at about the same point every time. Examples have been built for less than $4,000 with extensive "scrounging", but with all new material and a pre-built engine, a more likely figure would be $8,000–$10,000. After waiting for the day’s wind and turbulence to subside, we undertook an evening test flight in the new H-5. In Canada it does meet the requirements for a Basic Ultralight Aeroplane. I leveled off outside the pattern and set up 3000 rpm, which yielded an even 85 mph. The big 2400cc engine uses 92-octane car gas or 100LL avgas. While taxiing, I took a few minutes to find the instruments and adjust to the heel brakes. Local builder Neil Byers had just test-flown his trigear H-5 the week before, and he had a nice Stratomaster Enigma glass panel installed, including angle-of-attack sensor, four-way CHT and EGT and flight instruments. The seat back was raised 5 inches so a shoulder harness could be added, and the instrument panel was raised 2 inches, increasing fuel capacity and leg room.

With the upper cowling removed, the clean 85-hp VW installation in the H-5 is fully visible.

He finished the Eagle by working from a wheelchair, and he’s not done tweaking it.

There really isn’t much to verify at the run-up area. Hummel Gathering July 6th, 2019 Have you ever wanted to get a close and personal look at the UltraCruiser, H5, or HummelBird, have some questions that you would like to ask, have you ever wanted to see one fly, or maybe you just want to have a good day with the family? As expected, the huge ailerons were capable of banging my head against the canopy if I slammed them hard over. The ribs are now a two piece design with one in front of the spar(nose rib) and one between the spars(main rib).

The airfoil is a Harry Riblet GA-30-618 section, with its maximum thickness at 18% chord.

He finished his project in July 1980. Morry Hummel’s little Hummel Bird, a name that he attributes to writer Jack Cox, has lasted long enough to attain iconic status some 30 years after he first flew it to Oshkosh.

One of those builders was Bill Spring. All flight controls are pushrod driven, including the balanced rudder, so there’s no slack anywhere, just smooth, light action. Morry Hummel is slight of stature, so it wasn’t long before larger pilots wanted something that would fit more loosely. Empty weight of the prototype H-5 came in at 457 pounds, so the engine’s 85 hp promised sensational performance.

The engine package is a separate kit, and instrumentation and radios are not included. “Few of the local population know what we do here,” he said. Patrick Webb from Preferred Altitude sits down with Terry Hallett and they discuss the Ultra Cruiser, Hummel Bird, and H5. I lined up with about 3000 feet of runway ahead and unleashed the 85 VW ponies, which accelerated 700 pounds of airplane like a catapult launch.

The elevator forces are light, but they increase properly with deflection and off-trim speed change, and the rudder responded to the mere weight of my number elevens on the pedals, the slip ball reminding me to keep my feet equalized. Back at the field, the great visibility made scanning the traffic pattern a comfortable task.

With an identical cockpit, the transition was transparent. When you move the stick, you want something to happen.

For the scratchbuilder, constructing a Hummel Bird or its follow-on, the UltraCruiser, is still one of the cheapest ways to get into the air. All proceeds benefit cadet flight training. Despite the misconception, the Hummel Bird is not an ultralight aircraft in the US.

Building an H5? This increases the effective diameter, adds thrust and lowers noise. Last year it was so hot, we thought we would try a fall event. Predictability at low speed is a good thing. Stay tuned and subscribe to our Youtube channel for tips, tricks, updates, and instructional videos for Hummel products. “My planes turn without rudder,” he explained. The 45-hp half-VW cranked right up and rolled us along with a different exhaust note; thanks to a thicker seat cushion, the sight picture was slightly improved. The Hummel Bird spar is built up of 1/8 6061-t6 aluminum angle spar caps, with a .040, 2024-t3 spar web.

The basic art of propeller making hasn’t changed appreciably over the century or so of powered flight. Hummel Gathering 2020 will be held Oct 10th.

The yellow object on top of the engine aft of the spinner is the sensor for the secondary ignition system. This proved very difficult. Lonnie Prince starting making props as a part-time endeavor back in 1979 and, like a lot of hobbies that have spun out of control, his distinctive airscrews eventually turned into a full-time business. As with all over-powered light airplanes, the angle of climb is more exhilarating than the actual rate, which I roughly timed at around 1600 fpm. The UltraCruiser’s liftoff felt much like the H-5’s, with slightly slower acceleration, but the climb was more sedate, probably about 600 fpm. An engineer by profession, Spring took a great many photos and consulted with Morry Hummel until he had the complete design. He has definite ideas about how airplanes should fly after a lifetime in aviation. We lifted off at 30 mph in about 200 feet of runway and the H-5 “Rocket,” as Hummel test pilot Dewayne Evans dubs it, kept right on accelerating in the climb. Watch us walk through the kit now on Youtube. Then, anything that doesn’t look like a propeller is carved away, using templates traced with a pantograph, with initial assistance from a CNC cutter. Everyone is welcome. The seat adjusts for leg length by moving the lower cushion to one of three settings, and the cross-brace supporting the seat back can go into one of seven holes, allowing for a recline angle as desired.

We strongly recommend Canadian builder Bill Spring’s DVD set ($85), showing step-by-step construction of a Hummel Bird, most of which applies to the larger Hummels. There were other changes as well, compromising a significant improvement over the wind wagon.

Lonnie Prince compares a just-finished propeller to a previous design (left), and shows a CNC cutter used to form the basic blade pattern (right).

It ignited with a touch of the starter button and quickly settled into the characteristic rump-rump VW idle as soon as I flipped on the electronic ignition and pushed the choke off.

His follow-on UltraCruiser design retained the half-VW two-cylinder engine of the Hummel Bird, but with some lightening to slip it into the Part 103 ultralight category.

Picking up readings of something bigger and newer from the Hummel Aviation works located in Bryan, Ohio, we decided to go stalking the dainty Bird’s nest.

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