The Electro Trike prototype was introduced at the first Green Aviation Airshow at Le Bourget in June 2008.[4]
The Electro Trike was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules. It was first developed by taking the existing DTA Alizés carriage and its Ellipse Fuji wing and replacing the internal combustion engine with an electric motor.
The aircraft features a cable-braced hang glider-style high wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single 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. The powerplant is an Electravia GMPE 102 electric motor, producing 260NaN0. With a single Lithium polymer battery pack the aircraft has an empty weight of 850NaN0 and a gross weight of 1930NaN0, giving a useful load of 1080NaN0.
The single battery pack gives a flight endurance of one hour, while the addition of a second battery pack allows flights of hours.[2]
