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The Air Creation Racer is a French single-seat, weight-shift control ultralight trike that was built by Air Creation of Aubenas between 1986 and 2010. It was available in kit form for amateur construction or as a completed aircraft.
Early powered versions consisted simply of a motor added to the foot-launched hang glider version with control by a combination of weight shift for pitch and tip rudders for roll and yaw, with the tip rudders used together as air brakes. Because many pilots could not run fast enough to achieve take-off, wheeled tricycle gear was added.
The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 363 kg (800 lb). In its single-seat configuration and when equipped with a lightweight engine, it complies with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg).
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 pilot and a single passenger.
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 structure. The wing is mounted on a pivot above the trike carriage or hang glider harness ...
Data from Bertrand and P&M Aviation General characteristics Crew: one pilot Capacity: one passenger (100kg pilot and passenger weight capacity) x Wingspan: 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) Wing area: 15.6 m 2 (168 sq ft) Empty weight: 204 kg (450 lb) Gross weight: 409 kg (902 lb) Fuel capacity: 49 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, four-stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW ...
With the Rotax 582 engine the aircraft has an empty weight of 450 lb (204 kg) and a gross weight of 1,060 lb (481 kg), giving a useful load of 610 lb (277 kg). [1] A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the North Wing Apache 3 or the North Wing Quest GT5. The North Wing M-Pulse 2 was formerly the standard wing.
Its 9.8 m (32.2 ft) span Hazard 12S wing is attached by lift struts to its "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The standard powerplant is an air-cooled, four-stroke , 90 hp (67 kW) BMW motorcycle engine.