Antares A-10 Solo
{{Short description|Ukrainian ultralight trike}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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The Antares A-10 Solo is a Ukrainian ultralight trike designed and produced by Antares Aircraft. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 222. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
Design and development
The A-10 Solo is a single-seat derivative of the two-seat Antares MA-32. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. The A-10 is distributed as a kit in the United States where it is approved for the Experimental - Amateur-built category.
The aircraft design features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with a single-piece composite mainwheel spring system and a titanium front wheel fork for off-airport landings. The double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its {{convert|10|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. Optionally a "topless" wing, lacking the kingpost, can be fitted. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 503 engine or optionally a {{convert|40|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 447 engine.
The aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|170|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|280|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|19|L}} the payload is {{convert|266|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the standard Aeros Stranger 2, or Aeros Still 17. Optional wings include the Aeros Stranger 2M, Aeros Stream 16 or Aeros Profi
Specifications (A-10 Solo)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.antares-us.com/1-7-a-10r503-solo/}}
Category:1990s Ukrainian sport aircraft
Category:1990s Ukrainian ultralight aircraft