| Outback | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Ultralight trike |
| National origin | Australia |
| Manufacturer | Airborne Windsports |
| Status | Production completed |
| History | |
| Variant | Airborne XT |
The Airborne Outback is an Australian two-seat flying wing ultralight trike that was designed and produced by Airborne Windsports in the mid-2000s. [1]
The Outback was developed as an off-airport aircraft, with a carriage that lacks a fairing and other encumbrances to "all-terrain" operations. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seat, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1]
The aircraft single surface Wizard model wing is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 9.96 m (32.7 ft) span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. The landing gear has optional tundra tires. The standard engine factory-supplied was the Rotax 582 liquid-cooled two-stroke powerplant of 48 kW (64 hp). The aircraft has demonstrated operations from sand dunes. [1]
The basic Outback model was later developed into the Airborne XT series that still dominates the company's product line in 2012.
Data from Bertrand [1]
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