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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.
Medway Microlights factory, in Rochester, Kent. Medway Microlights is a British aircraft manufacturer, specializing in the manufacture of ultralight trikes and fixed wing microlight aircraft . The company is located in Rochester, Kent .
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 school offers the widest range of disabled free flight facilities of any school in the UK, using specially modified equipment to fly hang gliders, paragliders, and microlight aircraft. The school has close links with the Aerobility (formerly the British Disabled Flying Association) and Flyability – charities offering support, advice and ...
The smaller wing also gives improved turbulence resistance, but at the cost of a higher stall speed. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb) and is certified to the British BCAR Section "S" standard.
Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailerons , elevator and rudder , calling the former "microlight" and the latter "ultralight".
The aircraft complies with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and UK certified under BCAR Section "S". It features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit accessed via doors, fixed tricycle landing gear or conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.