Airtrike Eagle 5 Explained

The Airtrike Eagle 5 is a German ultralight trike, that was designed and produced by Airtrike of Berlin. When it was in production the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]

The manufacturer entered liquidation on 1 January 2017.[2]

Design and development

The Eagle was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 4500NaN0. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 4500NaN0. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its fuselage made predominately from composites and with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 9.81NaN1 span Hazard 12S wing is attached by lift struts to its "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The standard powerplant is an air-cooled, four-stroke, 900NaN0 BMW motorcycle engine. Optional powerplants include the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 800NaN0 Rotax 912 engine and the in-house designed Airtrike 850ti 1200NaN0 engine. The aircraft has an empty weight of 2150NaN0 and with its gross weight of 4500NaN0 has a useful load of 2350NaN0. With full fuel of the payload is 1680NaN0.

A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the strut-braced Hazard 12S and several Aeros wings.

Notes and References

  1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 203. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. Web site: Impressum. 11 March 2018. AirTrike GmbH i.L. . airtrikeberlin.de. 1 January 2017.