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The Cyclone AX2000 is a British built three axis microlight, first flown in the 1990s. ... Wing area: 15.77 m 2 (169.7 sq ft) [1] Empty weight: 201 kg (443 lb) notional;
Huntair Pathfinder Mark 1 ultralight. 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".
Spartan Microlights is an American aircraft manufacturer based in Astoria, New York. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of powered parachutes , ultralight trikes and powered paragliders in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft in the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and kits for the US Experimental - Amateur-built category.
The main landing gear has no suspension and the tailwheel is attached to, and steered by, the rudder directly. The controls are conventional three-axis. [1] The Gypsy was put into production in 2000 as a kit aircraft by Endeavor Aircraft & Automation of Paw Paw, Michigan at a price of US$6,900 for a complete kit. Production was completed in the ...
Skyranger Original model, introduced 1990. [2]Skyranger Vfun Renamed original model for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class. Standard engines available are the 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 two-stroke, the 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL, the 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912ULS, 85 hp (63 kW) Jabiru 2200, the 60 to 80 hp (45 to 60 kW) VW and the 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E four-stroke ...
Types past and present include microlights (Ultralight or ULM), including the Calypso, two-seat trainers and recreational aircraft (J120/J160/ J170/J230) and four-seat aircraft (J400/J430/J450). The aircraft are built largely of composite materials and are conventional high-wing monoplanes with typically tricycle undercarriage .
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 .
With the BioniX wing it has a 9.85 m (32.3 ft) span that is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant options include the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke , dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine and the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke , dual-ignition ...