Sunair Sunlight

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Sunlight
Role Ultralight trike electric aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Sunair UG
Introductioncirca 2010
StatusIn production (2013)
Producedcirca 2010-present

The Sunair Sunlight is a German ultralight trike electric aircraft, designed and produced by Sunair UG of Scheidegg, Bavaria. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft. [1]

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Design and development

The Sunlight was designed as an electric powered, self-launching motorglider for the German 120 kg (265 lb) class. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit with the pilot accommodated in recumbent position fabric zip-up pod, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. [1]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a 15 kW (20 hp) Elektromotor electric motor, recharged in flight by small solar cells. [1] [2]

Specifications (Sunlight)

Data from Bayerl [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 222. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ Sunair UG. "Sunlight" . Retrieved 6 March 2018.
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