Sunair Magic Explained

The Sunair Magic is a German electric or petrol motor ultralight trike designed and produced by Sunair UG of Scheidegg, Bavaria. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.[1]

Design and development

The Magic was designed as a simple and inexpensive trike, to comply with the German 120 kg class and the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules. The aircraft has an empty weight of 1200NaN0.[1]

The aircraft design features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit without a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single surface Icaro RX2 hang glider wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The design can accommodate any small 27to piston engine or an electric motor of 160NaN0. Designed for soaring flight, it has a folding, two-bladed composite propeller.[1]

It is designed to be quickly disassembled for ground transport by automobile.[1]

A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the Icaro Relax 18, Aeros 15T, Aeros Fox T and the ATOS VQ 190.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 242. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
  2. Web site: Maximale Zuladung bei verschiedenen Flächen und Motoren für das Magic Trike. 6 March 2018. DULV. www.sun-air.eu.