Aviation Products Star Trike

The Star Trike was designed in 1980 has been in production ever since. It fits the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category. The design features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat or a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single or double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 10 m (32.8 ft) span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. A range of powerplants can be fitted, including the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine and the twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 60 hp (45 kW) HKS 700E engine.[1]

In its single seat agricultural version the aircraft has an empty weight of 170 kg (375 lb) and a gross weight of 472.5 kg (1,042 lb), giving a useful load of 302.5 kg (667 lb). With full fuel of 44 litres (9.7 imp gal; 12 US gal) the payload is 271 kg (597 lb).[1]

A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the Air Creation XP 15.[1]

Star Trike Agrar

Single seat agricultural aircraft version.[1]

Star Trike DS

Dual seat version.[1]

Data from Bayerl[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 15.5 m² (167 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 170 kg (375 lb)
• Gross weight: 472.5 kg (1,042 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 44 litres (9.7 imp gal; 12 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 582 twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two stroke aircraft engine, 48 kW (64 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
• Cruise speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
• Stall speed: 47 km/h (29 mph, 25 kn)
• Rate of climb: 6.5 m/s (1,280 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 30.5 kg/m² (6.2 lb/sq ft)

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