FS2004 Moni Motor Glider Tri-Cycle gear variant

This is the Moni Motor Glider Tri-Cycle gear variant by Monnet Experimental Aircraft Company, produced in kit form during the 1980’s. It was an awesome example of aircraft design that was both futuristic as well as being an excellent ‘powered’ sail plane. It was constructed using all aluminum surfaces with rivet/adhesive bonding. This model depicts the first version of Moni which had a single main gear covered with a rudder looking skirt and featured small wing tip wheels and a tail wheel. Later versions of the Moni featured a tail dragger with two main gears, and a final tri-cycle version sporting nice wheel fairings. The Moni basically fit the ‘Ultralight’ market nitch in that its weight was in the range of 260 pounds, but the speed which could get up to 120 MPH was over the 86 knot limit. (Note that in Gliders, speed is referenced in MPH instead of knots. The airspeed indicator fitted within this Moni flight model uses the Schweizer glider air speed indicator which is in MPH). The Moni was originally set up with the KFM engine, which was a superb and powerful little 2 cylinder opposed engine.