Aviation Products Star Trike Explained

The Aviation Products Star Trike is a German ultralight trike that was designed by Klaus Wisch and is produced by Aviation Products Ltd of Bitburg.[1]

Design and development

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.

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single or double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 101NaN1 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 640NaN0 Rotax 582 engine and the twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 600NaN0 HKS 700E engine.

In its single seat agricultural version the aircraft has an empty weight of 1700NaN0 and a gross weight of 472.50NaN0, giving a useful load of 302.50NaN0. With full fuel of the payload is 2710NaN0.

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

Variants

Star Trike Agrar
  • Single seat agricultural aircraft version.
    Star Trike DS
  • Dual seat version.

    Notes and References

    1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 206. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X