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The BackYard Flyer is a high wing single-engine conventional landing gear or tricycle gear aircraft. The aircraft was built to comply with FAA part 103 rules for ultralight aircraft. The fuselage is constructed of welded aluminum tubing.
Ultralight backpacking (sometimes written as UL backpacking) is a style of lightweight backpacking that emphasizes carrying the lightest and least amount of gear. [1] While no technical standards exist, some hikers consider "ultralight" to mean an initial base weight of less than 4.5 kg (9.9 lb). [ 2 ]
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The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 205 lb (93 kg) in its "S" model. It features a cable-braced or optionally a strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit with a small cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1]
The landing gear is of conventional configuration, with bungee-sprung main gear and a steerable tailwheel. [3] [5] The initial engine recommended for the design was the now out-of-production 28 hp (21 kW) Rotax 277. Recommended engines today include 40 hp (30 kW) Rotax 447 and the 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503. Kit options include brakes, an extra 5 ...
AirBorne XT912 Tourer Ultralight trike in Prokhorovka, Belgorod Oblast. 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 ...
The 3X55 Trener (Trainer) and 3X47 Ultra are a family of ultralight aircraft produced in Poland by the 3Xtrim Aircraft Factory. Both are two-seat, high-wing, strut-braced monoplanes with fixed tricycle undercarriage and available only as completed aircraft. There are also 450 Ultra and 495 Ultra Plus sub-variants of the 3X47 Ultra, with gross ...
The Freebird I is an American single-seat, high wing, tricycle gear, single engined pusher configuration ultralight kit aircraft designed for construction by amateur builders by the Freebird Airplane Company of Marshville, North Carolina and later also produced by Pro Sport Aviation of Wingate, North Carolina.