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Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, that is arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has one or more nose wheels in a single front undercarriage and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle gear aircraft are the easiest for takeoff, landing and taxiing, and ...
The aircraft was developed between 2019 and 2020. The Sling HW is a cantilever high-wing, fixed tricycle gear or conventional landing gear homebuilt aircraft. Construction is predominantly pop riveted aluminium and fibreglass, with the center of the fuselage made from carbon fiber. The main landing gear legs are made from 100 layers of fibreglass.
Development of the Sling 2 commenced in 2006. The Sling is a two-seat, low wing, all metal aircraft with tricycle landing gear made from composites. The aircraft is powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL,100 hp (75 kW), a Rotax 912ULS, or a 912iS engine, or optionally a turbocharged 115 hp (86 kW) Rotax 914 UL, driving a 3-bladed Warp Drive Inc propeller.
It has a fixed tricycle landing gear and is powered by a Lycoming O-235 four-cylinder piston engine with a twin-bladed tractor propeller. The Tomahawk has two front-hinged doors for access to the cabin. The Tomahawk was Piper's attempt at creating an affordable two-place trainer. Before designing the aircraft, Piper widely surveyed flight ...
The GT series features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a tandem-seat, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [ 2 ] The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its double-surface wing covered in Trilam sailcloth.
Floatplane variant, with provisions for Full Lotus inflatable floats [1] Allegro SW European microlight variant with 3.6 ft (1.10 m) shorter rectangular wings to save weight and gross weight limited to 454 kg (1,001 lb). The SW model has a cruise speed that is 6 kn (11 km/h) slower than the taper-winged models with the same power. [1] Allegro 2007
The Quad City Challenger is a family of one and two seats-in-tandem, pusher configuration, tricycle landing gear ultralight aircraft that is designed and produced by Quad City Aircraft Corporation of Moline, Illinois. The Challenger was first introduced in 1983. [1] [2] [3]
The Cessna 162 Skycatcher is an American side-by-side two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced, tricycle gear light-sport aircraft (LSA) that was designed and produced by Cessna between December 2009 and December 2013. Its intended market was flight training and personal use. [4] [5]