Air Creation Fun Explained

The Air Creation Fun is a series of French single-surface ultralight trike wings, designed and produced by Air Création of Aubenas. The wing is widely used on Air Creation trikes as well as by other ultralight aircraft manufacturers.[1]

Design and development

The series are cable-braced, king post-equipped hang glider-style wings designed as docile beginner and flight training wings for single and two-place trikes. They come in two sizes, the Fun 450, named for its gross weight in kilograms and the Fun 14, named for its metric wing area.[2] [3]

The wings are made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its single surface wing covered in Trilam Dacron sailcloth, with a Mylar leading edge. The wing's crosstube is exposed and is of a floating design. The Fun 14 has a 101NaN1 span, an aspect ratio of 7.4:1 and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The double surface portion is 40% and the wing folds using an "umbrella" system.[4]

Variants

Fun 14
  • Wing designed for single-place trikes, with an area of 13.5m2.[1] [3]
    Fun 450
  • Wing designed for two-place trikes, with a maximum gross weight of 450kg (990lb) and an area of 17.4m2.[1]
    iFun 13
  • Second generation trike wing, designed for the Air Creation Pixel trike.[5]
    iFun 16
  • Second generation trike wing, designed for the Air Creation Skypper trike. Replaces the Fun 450 in the line.[6]

    Applications

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 200. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
    2. Web site: Fun 450. 9 March 2013. Air Creation. n.d.. https://archive.today/20130412170054/http://www.aircreation.fr/en/catalog/wings/fun_450_233. 2013-04-12. dead.
    3. Web site: Fun 14. 9 March 2013. Air Creation. n.d.. https://archive.today/20130412164925/http://www.aircreation.fr/en/catalog/wings/fun_14_148. 2013-04-12. dead.
    4. Web site: Technical File Fun 14. 25 December 2016. Air Creation. August 1997. https://web.archive.org/web/20161226145908/http://www.aircreation.fr/produits/ailes/fun-14/d-tech_gb_fun_14.pdf. 26 December 2016. dead. dmy-all.
    5. Web site: The new Air Creation single-seater wing . 12 July 2018. Air Creation. www.aircreation.fr . 2018.
    6. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 216. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

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