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The RMT Bateleur (named for the bird species) is a German ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed by Andre von Schoenebeck and produced by RMT Aviation of Bad Bocklet. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.〔Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 73. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X〕 ==Design and development== The aircraft was designed by von Schoenebeck as his first full-sized aircraft after a career of designing competition model gliders. The Bateleur was intended to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules. The company also plans to type certify it to FAR 23 standards.〔 The Bateleur features a delta wing layout with a canard. The wing is a cantilever low-wing design. The aircraft also features two-seats-in-tandem under separate bubble canopies, fixed or optionally retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. The light-sport version will have fixed landing gear as that category's rules require and a gross weight of .〔 The aircraft is made from composites. Its span wing has an area of and flaps mounted on the main and canard wings. Standard engines available are the Rotax 912ULS and the turbocharged, Rotax 914 four-stroke powerplants.〔 Production was initially established in South Africa, but then moved back to Germany, home of the designer.〔 As of August 2012, the design does not appear on the Federal Aviation Administration's list of approved special light-sport aircraft. 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「RMT Bateleur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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