Raisner Graffiti
The Raisner Graffiti is an American ultralight trike that was designed by Bill Raisner and produced by Raisner Aircraft Depot, a division of Leading Edge Air Foils of Peyton, Colorado and introduced about 1997. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.
By 2014 the aircraft was no longer offered for sale by Leading Edge Air Foils.Design and development
The Graffiti was designed with the goals of maximizing safety, performance and simplicity of construction. It was intended to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, as a two-seat trainer. It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and 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 span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost, uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar and has a wing area of. The acceptable power range is and the standard powerplant used is a de-rated twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine, optimized for quiet operation.
The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of.
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a engine is and the landing roll is.
