Airborne XT

The Airborne XT is an Australian series of two-seat flying wing ultralight trikes designed and produced by Airborne Windsports and introduced in 2003.

Design and development
The XT series features an XT carriage and a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.

The wing is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 9.9 m span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. A number of different wings are available for the series. The XT was the first carriage used by Airborne that incorporated landing gear shock absorbers. It also uses a gas strut to lower and raise the wing for rigging it. Powerplants include the 80 hp Rotax 912 four cylinder, four stroke, horizontally-opposed aircraft engine and the 64 hp Rotax 582 twin cylinder, two stroke, inline engine.

Variants

 * XT-912 Streak 2
 * Initial version with 60 kW Rotax 912 engine, Streak 2 wing and cockpit fairing, introduced in 2003.


 * XT912-SST Tundra
 * Model with 60 kW Rotax 912 engine and SST strut-braced wing, cockpit fairing and tundra tires for off-airport operations.


 * XT-912 Tundra
 * Model with 60 kW Rotax 912 engine and Streak or Cruze model wing, cockpit fairing and tundra tires for off-airport operations.


 * XT-912 Tourer
 * Model with 60 kW Rotax 912 engine and Streak or Cruze model wing and cockpit fairing.


 * XT-912 Outback
 * Development of the Airborne Outback model with 60 kW Rotax 912 engine tundra wheels, 70 L fuel tank and GX instrument package and no cockpit fairing.


 * XT-582 Tourer
 * Model with 48 kW Rotax 582 engine, Cruze model wing and cockpit fairing.


 * XT-582 Tundra
 * Model with 48 kW Rotax 582 engine, tundra tires and cockpit fairing.


 * XT-582 Outback
 * Development of the Airborne Outback model with 48 kW Rotax 582 engine, tundra tires and no fairing.