Sunward ST

The Sunward ST is a Chinese ultralight trike designed and produced by Sunward Tech (Hunan Sunward Science & Technologies Company Limited) of Zhuzhou. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 242. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development The ST 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 .

The aircraft design features a strut-braced topless hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing and composites. It uses a double surface Grif Hazard wing, made by the Italian company Grif Italia. The span wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is an Austrian-made twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine or four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 912UL engine.

The Rotax 582-equipped model has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .

Variants ST582 Model powered by a Rotax 582 two-stroke powerplant. Designed for flight training and aerial work, an agricultural aircraft version was introduced in 2012 with crop-spraying gear. This includes a -capacity tank that can cover . ST912 Model powered by a Rotax 912UL four-stroke powerplant.

Specifications (ST582)

Sunward ST

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