Birdman Atlas

Atlas
Role	Ultralight aircraft
National origin	Canada
Manufacturer	Birdman Enterprises
Designer	Bob Lovejoy
Introduction	1980
Status	Production completed
Number built	more than 500
Developed from	Eipper Quicksilver

The Birdman Atlas is a single-seat, high wing, single engine in pusher configuration, ultralight aircraft that was based upon the Eipper Quicksilver design.

The Atlas was introduced to the marketplace in 1980. Production was curtailed in about 1983 as the company concentrated on producing the newer Birdman WT-11 Chinook instead.

The Atlas was a development of the Quicksilver and as such incorporated many of the Quicksilver's features, such as a 6061-T6 aluminum-framed, single-surface Dacron-covered, wire-braced high wing, with the ground wires suspended from a kingpost. The fuselage structure was also built from 6061-T6 aluminum tube.

The early Atlas XC variants used weight shift for control supplemented with a rudder, whereas the later 3-A versions (for 3-Axis) utilized a conventional control system with elevator and rudder, and spoilers for roll control.

Data from Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 1982-83

General characteristics

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