Airborne Redback

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Redback
Role Ultralight trike
National originAustralia
Manufacturer Airborne Windsports
StatusIn production

The Airborne Redback is an Australian two-seat flying wing ultralight trike designed and produced by Airborne Windsports. [1]

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The aircraft is named for the native Australian Redback spider. [1]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 401 kg (884 lb). It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1]

The aircraft's Wizard model wing is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its single surface 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 standard powerplant is the 37 kW (50 hp) Rotax 503 twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke aircraft engine. [1]

When introduced the Redback was a single configuration model, with no cockpit fairing and no options available. In 2012 the model has evolved and offers tundra tires, intake and exhaust silencer, training bars and an aero-tow system as optional equipment. [1] [2]

Reviewers Noel Bertrand et al., writing about the no-options approach in 2003 said, "The Red Back only exists in one configuration with no options — an intelligent course of action taken by this Australian manufacturer made possible by the very complete specification...All the right ingredients are there; Australian and American pilots adore them." [1]

Variants

Redback Wizard
Initial model circa 2003 with 37 kW (50 hp) Rotax 503, the Wizard wing and no options available. [1]
X-Series Redback
Later version circa 2012 with 37 kW (50 hp) Rotax 503, the Wizard-3 wing and limited options. [2] [3]

Specifications (Redback Wizard)

Data from Bertrand [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 92. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. 1 2 Airborne Windsports (2011). "X-Series Redback" . Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  3. ↑ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 202. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
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