General Aviation Design Bureau T-32 Maverick
{{Short description|Ukrainian ultralight trike}}
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The General Aviation Design Bureau T-32 Maverick is a Ukrainian ultralight trike under development by the General Aviation Design Bureau of Ukraine, based in Kyiv. The aircraft is intended to be 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 213. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
The company has constructed trike designs for other manufacturers under contract in the past, but the T-32 is their own design.
Design and development
As a three-seat trike the T-32 Maverick does not comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight or the US light-sport aircraft categories, which are both limited to two seats, but may fit some country's amateur-built aircraft rules.
The T-32 Maverick features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a three-seat open cockpit, with the pilot sitting in front and a two-seat bench in the back, with a cockpit fairing. It can be mounted on tricycle landing gear or floats and has a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its {{convert|10.2|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The aircraft has many powerplant options, including the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 582 engine, the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912UL or {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 912ULS engine and the turbocharged {{convert|115|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} Rotax 914. Automotive conversion engines of {{convert|60|to|110|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} can also be fitted.
The aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|280|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|640|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|360|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|60|L}} the payload is {{convert|316|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.
Specifications (T-32 Maverick)
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References
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