LiteWing Aircraft LiteWing explained

The LiteWing Aircraft LiteWing, also called the Lite Wing Trike, is an American ultralight trike that was designed and produced by LiteWing Aircraft of Caryville, Tennessee in the late 1990s. The aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.^{[1] [2]}

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to be a US homebuilt aircraft as its empty weight exceeds the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, which imposes a category maximum empty weight of 2540NaN0. The LiteWing has a standard empty weight of 2800NaN0. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat, open cockpit with a three-piece fiberglass cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft is made from welded and bolted 6061-T6 aluminum tubing, with its NorthWing 157 wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 321NaN1 span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. The engine factory supplied was the 400NaN0 Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled aircraft engine. The aircraft can accept engines of 40to. Brakes on the main wheels are standard equipment.

Twenty examples had been completed and flown by February 2000.

Notes and References

1. Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-13. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001.
2. Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 46. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851