Английская Википедия:General Aviation Design Bureau T-2 Maverick
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The General Aviation Design Bureau T-2 Maverick is a Ukrainian ultralight trike, designed and produced by the General Aviation Design Bureau of Ukraine, based in Kyiv. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]
Design and development
The T-2 was produced starting in 1995 as a trainer for western markets under subcontract, but is now sold under the General Aviation Design Bureau's own name.[1]
The T-2 Maverick was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of Шаблон:Convert. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of Шаблон:Convert depending on the version. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration open cockpit with two separate cockpit fairings, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]
The aircraft's structure is made from tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its Шаблон:Convert span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. Powerplants available are the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Шаблон:Convert Rotax 503 engine, the liquid-cooled Шаблон:Convert Rotax 582 engine or the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition Шаблон:Convert Rotax 912UL engine.[1]
The aircraft has an empty weight of Шаблон:Convert and a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert depending on the version, giving a useful load of Шаблон:Convert. With full fuel of Шаблон:Convert the payload is Шаблон:Convert.[1]
Two different wings have been supplied as standard, initially the Maverick 14.7 and, since 2000, the larger Maverick II with a wing area of Шаблон:Convert.[1]
Specifications (T-2 with Maverick II wing)
References
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