DTA Evolution
{{Short description|French ultralight trike}}
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The DTA Evolution is a French ultralight trike, designed and produced by DTA sarl of Montélimar. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 98. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X
Design and development
The aircraft was designed as a simple trike, with an exceptional payload, 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|400|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit without 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 its single surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its {{convert|10.30|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span DTA Dynamic 16 wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|50|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 503 engine, with the liquid cooled {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 582, the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912 or {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912S engines optional.{{cite web|url = http://www.dta.fr/FR/Tricycles/Evolution/Evolution.shtml|title = Evolution… simplicité, confort, robustesse|accessdate = 25 June 2013|last = DTA sarl|year = 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121028201326/http://www.dta.fr/FR/Tricycles/Evolution/Evolution.shtml|archive-date = 28 October 2012|url-status = dead}}
With the Rotax 503 and the Dynamic 16 wing, the aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|166|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|400|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|234|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|50|L}} the payload is {{convert|198|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the DTA Dynamic, DTA Diva and the strut-braced DTA Magic.
Operational history
Specifications (Evolution with Dynamic 16 wing)
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.dta.fr/FR/Tricycles/Evolution/Evolution.shtml}}
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