Air Creation Pixel
{{Short description|French ultralight trike}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
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The Air Creation Pixel is a French ultralight trike, designed and produced by Air Creation of Aubenas. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly or as a kit for amateur construction.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 218. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The Pixel was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules and the German 120 kg class. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of {{convert|95|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
The aircraft design features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit without a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its {{convert|8.8|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span iFun 13 wing has an area of {{convert|13|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}, is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a single-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition {{convert|36|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Polini Thor 250 engine.
The aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|95|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|250|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|155|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|16|L}} the payload is {{convert|144|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} for pilot and baggage.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, although the purpose-designed iFun 13 is standard. That wing is available as a "short pack" with optional rigid struts to facilitate hangar storage folded with the wing remaining on the trike carriage. The iFun 13 has a speed range of {{convert|41|to|110|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.aircreation.fr/en-us/products/complete-u-l-m/ifun-pixel|title = iFun Pixel|accessdate = 19 January 2018|author=Air Creation|work = www.aircreation.fr |year=2018}}
The Pixel is available in the XC model, which includes a windshield, instrument panel, electric starter, hand throttle, canvas siding and baggage storage compartment. A pneumatic ballistic parachute is optional and adds {{convert|4|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} to the empty weight.
Specifications (iFun 13 Pixel XC)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|www.aircreation.fr/en-us/products/complete-u-l-m/ifun-pixel}}
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