Twin Electric | |
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Role | Ultralight trike |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Icaro 2000 |
Designer | Manfred Ruhmer |
Status | Under development (2015) |
Number built | at least one |
The Icaro Twin Electric is an Italian electric ultralight trike that was designed by World Hang Glider Champion pilot Manfred Ruhmer and under development by Icaro 2000 of Sangiano. [1]
As of 2018 the aircraft was not advertised on the manufacturer's website and it is likely that it did not progress beyond one flying prototype. [1] [2]
The Twin Electric design 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 and twin electric motors mounted on lateral booms, in pusher configuration. [1]
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its single surface Rx Bip bi-place wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. Power is supplied by two electric motors mounted on booms, one each side of the trike frame, each driving a pusher propeller. [1]
The Rx Bip wing was selected to allow STOL capabilities. [1]
The Twin Electric was reported as being flight tested in 2015. [1]
Data from Tacke [1]
General characteristics