Английская Википедия:Direct Fly Alto
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The Direct Fly Alto (Шаблон:Lang-en) is a Czech ultralight and light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Direct Fly sro of Hluk. The aircraft is supplied as a standard or quick-build kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1][2][3]
Design and development
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight class and US light-sport aircraft rules. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear or optionally conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[1][2]
The aircraft is constructed from aluminum sheet, with a wing that has a span of Шаблон:Convert and an area of Шаблон:Convert. Standard engines available are the Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912UL, the Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912ULS and the Шаблон:Convert Jabiru 3300 four-stroke powerplants.[1][2]
A Magnum 501 rocket powered parachute system is under development for the aircraft.[4][5]
The Alto TG design was issued a Czech type certificate on 15 July 2008 and produced until 2022. The Alto NG replaced the original model in production in 2022.[6][7][8]
In 2011 the design was accepted as a Federal Aviation Administration approved special light-sport aircraft.[2][9]
The Alto NG replaced the original TG model in production in 2022.[6][8]
Operational history
The aircraft was introduced to the US light sport market at the 2010 Sun 'n Fun airshow.[10]
In July 2022 there were five Altos registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration.[11]
Variants
- Alto TG
- Tricycle landing gear version with a Шаблон:Convert gross weight.[12]
- Alto TW
- Tailwheel (conventional gear) model.[12]
- Alto 100
- Version for the American light sport aircraft market.
- Alto NG
- Improved "New Generation" version introduced in 2022. This model has a Шаблон:Convert gross weight, strengthened nosewheel landing gear leg and fuselage, longer engine mount and cowling for the Rotax 912 ULS engine, plus uses push-pull tubes in place of control cables.[8]
Specifications (Alto TG European ultralight)
See also
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 40. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 42. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. Шаблон:ISSN
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