Apollo Racer GT
{{Short description|Hungarian ultralight trike}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2022}}
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The Apollo Racer GT is a Hungarian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Apollo Ultralight Aircraft of Eger. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al.: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 205. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
Design and development
The Racer GT is a simplified and lighter derivative of the Apollo Jet Star, with a simplified cockpit fairing and no engine cowling. It was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category. It 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. The main landing gear uses strut-type suspension, rather than the leaf-type suspension used on the Apollo Delta Jet series. A nose wheel brake is standard equipment.{{cite web|url = http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php?kat_nev=Apollo%20Racer%20GT|title = Apollo Racer GT|accessdate = 17 April 2013|last = Apollo Ultralight Aircraft|date = n.d.}}
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The aircraft 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 912 engine.
The aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|140|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|430|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|290|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|55|L}} the payload is {{convert|250|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
A number of different Apollo wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the C-15, C-15TN, C-17 and CXMD. Te Racer GT is the only aircraft built by Apollo that is approved to be fitted with floats. Optional equipment includes instructor training pedals, a hang glider towing system, ballistic parachute, windshield and main wheel brakes .
Specifications (Racer GT)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.halley.hu/apollo.php}}
{{Apollo Ultralight Aircraft}}
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