BB Microlight 103


The BB Microlight 103 is a Hungarian ultralight trike, designed and produced by BB Microlight of Baja, Hungary. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span 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 Rotax 447 engine. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. With full fuel of the payload is.
The carriage comes with brakes, full suspension and a cockpit fairing, but is also available in nanotrike form without the fairings.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the BB Microlight BB-03 Trya and the US-made 40% double surface Manta RST. The Manta RST comes in four sizes, graded by wing area:,, and.
In the United States the aircraft is imported by Manta Aircraft and fitted with the Manta RST wing.