The Strike-T is a minimalist trike, designed for engine-off soaring. It was designed to comply with the German 120 kg class and the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 2540NaN0.[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 predominantly from titanium tubing, with the landing gear legs from Ergal. Its double surface wing is covered in Dacron sailcloth, supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The nosewheel is fitted with a drum brake. The powerplant is a single cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition 270NaN0 Cisco C-Max engine.[1]
The aircraft, without the wing fitted, has an empty weight of 250NaN0. Designed to fold for ground transport by automobile, it can be rigged for flight in 3 minutes.[1]
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the A-I-R Atos rigid wing.[1] [2]