Houde Speedmax

The Houde Speedmax is a French racing ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by Patrice Houde of Reichshoffen. The aircraft is supplied as plans, as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft, certified under JAR-VLA.

Design and development

The Speedmax features a cantilever low-wing, a single seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The aircraft is made from wood, with some parts fabricated from carbon fibre. The standard engine available is the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplant. Two 25 litres (5.5 imp gal; 6.6 US gal) fuel tanks are fitted. The aircraft was designed for aerobatics and stressed to +6 and -5g.

Specifications (Speedmax)

Data from Bayerl

General characteristics