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The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 250 lb (113 kg). It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high wing, weight-shift controls, an open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1] The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single-surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth.
AirBorne XT912 Tourer Ultralight trike in Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast. An ultralight trike or paratrike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. [1] These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a solo pilot, or a ...
The ATF is a nanotrike intended for use as a motorglider, taking off under power and then shutting down the engine for soaring flight. [1] [2] [3] The aircraft was designed to comply with US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg). The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 186 lb (84 ...
The T-Lite was designed as both a cross country powered aircraft and self-launching motor glider for soaring.The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category as well as the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules.
The Lookout Mountain SkyCycle, also marketed as The Freedom Machine, is an American ultralight trike that was designed by Matt Taber, produced by Lookout Mountain Flight Park of Rising Fawn, Georgia and introduced in 1997. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction and also as plans. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US light-sport aircraft rules. [2] [3] It features a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, retractable wheeled tricycle landing gear and dual floats and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The Monotrace was conceived as a soaring trike with retractable main landing gear. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 180 kg (397 lb).
An ultralight trike showing the triangular control bar used in weight shift control. Weight-shift control as a means of aircraft flight control is widely used in hang gliders, powered hang gliders, and ultralight trikes. Control is usually by the pilot using their weight against a triangular control bar that is rigidly attached to the wing ...