Ultralight trike

An ultralight trike or paratrike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift.^[1] These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a solo pilot, or a pilot and a single passenger. Trikes grant affordable, accessible, and exciting flying, and have been popular since the 1980s.

Trikes^[a] are classified as microlights in Europe, and as light-sport aircraft in the United States. The aircraft are also known by other names, including 2-axis microlights, flex-wing trikes, microlight trikes, deltatrikes^[2] or motorized deltaplanes.^[3] In the United States, they are formally recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as weight-shift-control aircraft.^[4]

^ FAA-H-8083-5: Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook (and Addendum). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 2008.
^ Deltacat ULM AVIATION: deltatrike
^ Motorized Delta plane term
^ 14 CFR § 1.1: General definitions.

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[1] FAA-H-8083-5: Weight-Shift Control Aircraft Flying Handbook (and Addendum). Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). 2008.

[3] Deltacat ULM AVIATION: deltatrike

[4] Motorized Delta plane term

[5] 14 CFR § 1.1: General definitions.

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