North Wing Maverick

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Maverick
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North Wing Maverick Legend
Role Ultralight trike
National origin United States
Manufacturer North Wing Design
Status In production
Number built 10 (February 2000)
Unit cost
US$$17,500 (2012 price, Maverick 2 Legend model)

The North Wing Maverick is an American single-seat flying wing ultralight trike designed and produced by North Wing Design of East Wenatchee, Washington. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Flying wing tailless fixed-wing aircraft with no definite fuselage

A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft that has no definite fuselage. The crew, payload, fuel, and equipment are typically housed inside the main wing structure, although a flying wing may have various small protuberances such as pods, nacelles, blisters, booms, or vertical stabilizers.

Ultralight trike powered hang glider with a Rogallo wing and a three-wheeled undercarriage

An ultralight trike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a solo pilot, or a pilot and a single passenger. Trikes grant affordable, accessible and exciting flying, and have been popular since the 1980s.

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Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb (115 kg). The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 252 lb (114 kg). It features a "top-less" strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1] [4]

Tricycle landing gear aircraft undercarriage arranged with main gear under the wing or fuselage and a third set under the nose

Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in the front, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle gear aircraft are the easiest to take-off, land and taxi, and consequently the configuration is the most widely used on aircraft.

Pusher configuration arrangement of propellers on an aircraft to face rearward

In a vehicle with a pusher configuration, the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). According to British aviation author Bill Gunston, a "pusher propeller" is one mounted behind the engine, so that the drive shaft is in compression.

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 31.5 ft (9.6 m) span wing is supported by streamlined struts, in place of the more commonly used cables and kingpost. The Maverick is controlled with a conventional weight-shift "A" frame control bar. In 2008 the aircraft was improved with a folding wing pylon and increased baggage space. In 2009 it received a higher gross weight from 550 to 650 lb (249 to 295 kg). [1] [4]

The strut-braced wing provides a number of advantages over the traditional cable braced wing, including reduced overall height for hangaring, reduced drag and improved appearance. [1]

Older Maverick models may be brought up to Maverick 2 standards with a factory-supplied conversion kit. [5]

Variants

Maverick 103
Model with Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke powerplant of 40 hp (30 kW), cockpit fairing, gross weight of 550 lb (249 kg), designed for the US FAR 103 Ultralight vehicles category, circa 2000. [2]
Maverick Mustang
Model with Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke powerplant of 40 hp (30 kW), cockpit fairing, Mustang wing, gross weight of 550 lb (249 kg), designed for the US FAR 103 Ultralight vehicles category, circa 2003. [3]
Maverick 2 Legend
Model with Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke powerplant of 40 hp (30 kW), cockpit fairing, improved stowage space, spring-assisted mast raising/lowering, Maverick 3 14.9M wing and gross weight of 600 lb (272 kg). The empty weight of this model exceeds US ultralight category weights. Optional engines include the Kawasaki 340 and the Verner JCV-360. [6]
Maverick 2 RT
Model with Rotax 447 twin cylinder, two-stroke powerplant of 40 hp (30 kW), Maverick 2 14.9M wing, but with no cockpit fairing. The empty weight of this model meets US ultralight category requirements. Optional engines include the Kawasaki 340 and the Verner JCV-360. [6]

Specifications (Maverick 103)

Data from Kitplanes [2]

General characteristics

The Rotax 447 is a 41.6 hp (31 kW), inline 2-cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine, built by BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG of Austria for use in ultralight aircraft.

Aircraft engine Engine designed for use in powered aircraft

An aircraft engine is a component of the propulsion system for an aircraft that generates mechanical power. Aircraft engines are almost always either lightweight piston engines or gas turbines, except for small multicopter UAVs which are almost always electric aircraft.

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 45 mph (72 km/h; 39 kn)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cliche, Andre: Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide 8th Edition, page C-15. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. ISBN   0-9680628-1-4
  2. 1 2 3 Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 47. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. 1 2 Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 105. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
  4. 1 2 3 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 216. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  5. ↑ North Wing Design (2010). "Maverick Retrofit Kit" . Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  6. 1 2 North Wing Design (2011). "North Wing Range of weight shift control Light Sport Trikes, Ultralight Trikes and Wings for Trikes" . Retrieved 17 January 2012.
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