The Boorabee was an ultralight which could be built in either single-seat or two-seat form. It was of composite construction and had an enclosed cabin. It was a high-wing monoplane with a pusher engine mounted on the wing. It basically used the rear fuselage of a Maxair Drifter with a purpose-designed wing and an enclosed cockpit capable of seating two. The Mk1 Boorabees flew with a Rotax 503and the first aircraft has had at least 3 different engines including an HKS fitted in 2010. The original fuselage pod mould for the Boorabee was made from the two halves taken from a crashed Rotec Panther, then modified by making the front more pointed and taking the aft section up to the wing. The Boorabee’s wing used fibreglass/Kevlar ribs with a glass/Kevlar leading edge. The main spar caps are 40 x 1.6mm drawn alloy tubes with 1.2mm sheet web plates; the rear spar is a 44 x 1.6mm tube. Two variants were produced: the Mk 1 having a 9.14 m (30 ft) wingspan and the Mk 2 having an 8.83 m (29 ft) wingspan, a re-designed lengthened fuselage pod, alloy shear plates to simplify construction of the wing, and flaperons. Kevlar was used extensively in the design. The first examples of the Mks 1 and 2 were registered in 1993. The specifications below are for the Mk I with the HKS motor fitted.
