Sunward ST explained

The Sunward ST is a Chinese ultralight trike designed and produced by Sunward Tech (Hunan Sunward Science & Technologies Company Limited) of Zhuzhou. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.[1]

Design and development

The ST 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.[1]

The aircraft design features a strut-braced topless hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing and composites. It uses a double surface Grif Hazard wing, made by the Italian company Grif Italia. The 10.381NaN1 span wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is an Austrian-made twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 640NaN0 Rotax 582 engine or four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 800NaN0 Rotax 912UL engine.[1]

The Rotax 582-equipped model has an empty weight of 1980NaN0 and a gross weight of 4500NaN0, giving a useful load of 2520NaN0. With full fuel of the payload is 2090NaN0.[1]

Variants

ST582
  • Model powered by a Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplant. Designed for flight training and aerial work, an agricultural aircraft version was introduced in 2012 with crop-spraying gear. This includes a 1200NaN0-capacity tank that can cover 13.340NaN0.[1]
    ST912
  • Model powered by a Rotax 912UL four-stroke powerplant.[1]

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    Notes and References

    1. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 242. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.