Quander Airpfeil
The Quander Airpfeil is a German ultralight trike that was designed and produced by UL Flugzeugbau Quander of Petershagen. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready to fly.
Design and development
The Airpfeil was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of. 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 and a single engine in pusher configuration.The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface Vento wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The wing is supported by a three-tube tetrahedral structure, which is no longer common on modern trikes, but provides good strength at light weight. The powerplant is a twin-cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 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.