Aero & Tech Nexth

The Aero & Tech Nexth (or sometimes Next-H ) is an Italian ultralight aircraft designed by Morelli Luca and produced by Aero & Tech of Fossato di Vico. Introduced at the Aero show held in Friedrichshafen in 2011, the aircraft is intended to be supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

Design and development
The Nexth complies with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules. A later version will comply with US light-sport aircraft rules.

The design features a cantilever mid-wing, two seats in side-by-side configuration, retractable tricycle landing gear made from titanium and a single 100 hp Rotax 912ULS four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke engine in tractor configuration. Cockpit access is by two gull wing doors hinged at the top. The aircraft was designed to meet aerobatic category requirements, including +9 and -4.5 g.

The aircraft fuselage is an aluminium sheet covered steel space frame, based on Formula One racing construction techniques. Its 7.90 m span wing employs winglets and flaps. Fuel is carried in a single fuselage tank and totals 130 L, giving a range of over 1700 km.

Marino Boric, writing in the World Directory of Leisure Aviation notes that the Nexth fuselage is an unusual multi-faceted shape reminiscent of stealth fighter design. The prototype was painted black, which adds to the resemblance.