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The PowerTrike Light is a German ultralight trike and powered parachute, designed and produced by PowerTrike of Mackenbach. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 219. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕 The same basic airframe is used to mount either a hang glider or paraglider wing and is known as the Light-Delta and Light-Para, respectively, in those configurations.〔 As of 2014 the design is no longer indicated as available on the company website. ==Design and development== The aircraft was designed as an easy to pack nanotrike to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category and the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of . It 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.〔 The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span Bautek Pico L wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is the single cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, Hirth F33 engine or the Briggs & Stratton twin cylinder, air-cooled, four-stroke engine. With the Briggs & Stratton engine and Pico L wing the aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .〔 A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the standard area Bautek Bico and the area Bautek Pico L, which is only used with the higher output Briggs & Stratton powerplant. Any hang glider wing with a sufficient gross weight capacity can also be used. The aircraft can easily be dissembled and folded to fit inside an automobile, with the wing carried on a roof rack.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PowerTrike Light」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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