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The aircraft are also known by other names, including 2-axis microlights, flex-wing trikes, microlight trikes, deltatrikes [2] or motorized deltaplanes. [3] In the United States, they are formally recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as weight-shift-control aircraft .
Apollo Ultralight Aircraft is a Hungarian aircraft manufacturer based in Eger.The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft, gyroplanes and ultralight trikes, in the form of kits for amateur construction and ready-to-fly aircraft for the European Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight and the American light-sport aircraft categories.
Ikarus C42, a German microlight. The school aircraft available for training are as follows; Fixed wing: Ikarus C42; Snowbird (3-Axis modified to be fully flown with hand controls) [9] Pegasus Quantum 145-912 microlight trike P and M Aviation Quik GT450 microlight. Flex wing: Quantum 912; GT450 (Flex-wing)
The aircraft was designed to comply with the British BCAR Section "S" and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. It features a strut-braced high-wing , a two-seats-in- side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration .
The Tiger Cub Developments (TCD) Sherwood Ranger is a single engine, tandem two seat biplane microlight designed and built in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s. Kits were originally produced by TCD; later, design rights were acquired by The Light Aircraft Company Ltd (TLAC) who resumed kit production in 2009.
The wing can be trimmed from 55 to 82 mph (89 to 132 km/h). The aircraft is equipped with a 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL or optionally a 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS , both with electric starters, and a 65 L (14 imp gal; 17 US gal) polyethylene fuel tank mounted under the seat.
The Quantum was intended as an up-scale touring trike for long distance flying. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). It is also certified to comply with UK BCAR Section "S" and German DULV microlight certification.
Its 10.3 m (33.8 ft) span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a single cylinder, air-cooled four-stroke , 22 hp (16 kW) Bailey V4 200 engine, with the single cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke 33 hp (25 kW) Simonini Mini-3 or 33 hp (25 kW) Simonini Mini-2 engines optional.