Air Creation Tanarg

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The Tanarg was designed as a long-range cruising trike to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of {{convert|472.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} with a ballistic parachute. It is also an accepted Special Light-Sport Aircraft in the United States. The Tanarg features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.{{cite web|url = http://www.aircreation.fr/en/catalog/tricycles/tanarg_240|title = Tanarg|accessdate = 28 February 2013|last = Air Creation|date = n.d.}}{{cite web|url=http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |title=SLSA Make/Model Directory |accessdate=28 February 2013 |last=Federal Aviation Administration |date=7 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516004527/http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls |archivedate=16 May 2013 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.sportpilot.org/learn/slsa/|title = EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft|accessdate = 28 February 2013|last = Experimental Aircraft Association|date = 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228070151/http://sportpilot.org/learn/slsa|archive-date = 28 February 2014|url-status = dead|df = dmy-all}}

The aircraft is made from mixed constriction, with bolted-together aluminium tubing, composites and carbon fibre panels, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. With the BioniX wing it has a {{convert|9.85|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span that is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant options include the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 582 engine and the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912UL and {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS engines. With the 912 engine the aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|249|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|472.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|223.5|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|70|L}} the payload is {{convert|183|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.

A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic trike, including the Air Creation iXess, Air Creation Nuvix, Air Creation Fun and Air Creation BioniX.

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{{reflist}}

{{Commons category|Air Creation Tanarg}}

• {{Official website|http://www.aircreation.fr/en/catalog/tricycles/tanarg_240}}

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