Skyrider Sonic
The Skyrider Sonic is a German ultralight trike, designed and produced by Skyrider Flugschule. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Design and development
The Sonic 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 strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from square welded stainless steel tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span Hazard 12 wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a four stroke turbocharged Smart Car automotive conversion engine or, optionally, a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 aircraft engine.
With the Smart car engine the Sonic has an empty weight of and a gross weight of, giving a useful load of. With full fuel of the payload is.
The Sonic's trike structure is also incorporated in the Ramphos Trident amphibious trike.Specifications (Sonic)
