Air Creation NuviX explained

The Air Creation NuviX is a French double-surface ultralight trike wing, designed and produced by Air Creation of Aubenas. The wing is widely used on Air Creation trikes.^[1]

Design and development

The wing is a cable-braced, king post-equipped hang glider-style wing that was designed as an advanced, top-of-the-line wing for the Air Creation Skypper two-place trike, although it can also be fitted on the earlier Air Creation GT series of trikes as well. It comes in one size, with a wing area of 15.2m2.^{[2] [3]}

The wing is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. It has a span of 9.551NaN1 span wing, a nose angle of 130°, an aspect ratio of 6.0:1 and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. Like the similar Air Creation BioniX wing, the NuviX incorporates a unique "corset" system that allows the pilot to adjust the wing's trailing edge geometry in flight to optimize performance. This results in a large speed range and good handling characteristics in turbulence, without heavy roll control.^[4]

Applications

• Air Creation GT
• Air Creation Skypper

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: NuviX. 11 March 2013. Air Creation. n.d..
3. Web site: Technical Characteristics & Performance. 11 March 2013. Air Creation. 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20130228191631/http://www.aircreation.fr/produits/tricyles/skypper/ctp_skypper_en_2012.pdf. 2013-02-28. dead.
4. Web site: Corset. 24 February 2013. Air Creation. n.d.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160509164234/http://www.aircreation.fr/produits/ailes/bionix/corset_2010_gb_light.pdf. 9 May 2016. dead. dmy-all.