The Aquilair Kid is a French ultralight trike designed and produced by Aquilair of Theizé. 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 205. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
Design and development The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of . It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from metal tubing, with its wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span Star 12 wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The standard powerplant is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 503 engine, with the Rotax 447 and the liquid-cooled Rotax 582 optional.
With the Star 12 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 .
The aircraft is supplied in modular form, with the chassis, engine, reduction drive and propeller all available separately. A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, but the Star 12 was formerly the standard wing offered. The chassis incorporates an under-seat pivot system that allows the wing to be mounted and then raised into position.
Variants Kid 447 Aircraft with the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition Rotax 447 and the Kid 503 Aircraft with the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 503 engine Kid 582 Aircraft with the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine
Specifications (Kid 503 with Star 12 wing)
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