Aquilair Kid

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.

Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 300 kg. 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 9.9 m 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 50 hp Rotax 503 engine, with the 40 hp Rotax 447 and the 64 hp liquid-cooled Rotax 582  optional.

With the Star 12 wing the aircraft has an empty weight of 132 kg and a gross weight of 300 kg, giving a useful load of 168 kg. With full fuel of 30 L the payload is 146 kg.

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 40 hp Rotax 447 and the 64 hp


 * Kid 503
 * Aircraft with the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 50 hp Rotax 503 engine


 * Kid 582
 * Aircraft with the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp Rotax 582 engine