The Ramphos Trident is an Italian amphibious ultralight trike, designed and produced by Ramphos of Fontanafredda. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.[1]
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth and its boat hull made from either fibreglass or carbon fibre and Kevlar. Its 10.5 m (34.4 ft) span Hazard wing has struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine or a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912UL engine or a 78 hp (58 kW) converted Smart Car four stroke turbocharged engine. All engines are fitted with a clutch that stops the propeller from turning when the engine is at idle to permit water handling. The boat hull features a water rudder.[1]
Starting in 2005 the frame and wing portion of the aircraft was taken from the Skyrider Sonic ultralight trike, built by Skyrider Flugschule.[1]
Variantsedit
Hydro
Initial flying boat model that lacks wheeled landing gear. Introduced in 1998 and in production in 2013.[1]
Trident
Amphibious model with fibreglass boat hull, in production in 2013.[1]
C
Amphibious model with carbon fibre/Kevlar boat hull and lexan windows in the bottom of the hull to allow visibility downwards. In production in 2013.[1]
ramphos, trident, italian, amphibious, ultralight, trike, designed, produced, ramphos, fontanafredda, aircraft, supplied, amateur, construction, complete, ready, aircraft, trident, role, ultralight, trike, national, origin, italy, manufacturer, ramphos, introd. The Ramphos Trident is an Italian amphibious ultralight trike designed and produced by Ramphos of Fontanafredda The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready to fly aircraft 1 Trident Ramphos Trident Role Ultralight trike National origin Italy Manufacturer Ramphos Introduction 1998 Status In production 2013 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Variants 3 Specifications Trident 4 References 5 External linksDesign and development editThe Trident was designed to comply with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale microlight category including the category s maximum gross weight of 450 kg 992 lb The Trident features a strut braced hang glider style high wing weight shift controls a two seats in tandem open cockpit with a rigid boat hull retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration 1 The aircraft is made from bolted together aluminum tubing with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth and its boat hull made from either fibreglass or carbon fibre and Kevlar Its 10 5 m 34 4 ft span Hazard wing has struts and uses an A frame weight shift control bar The powerplant is a twin cylinder liquid cooled two stroke dual ignition 64 hp 48 kW Rotax 582 engine or a four cylinder air and liquid cooled four stroke dual ignition 80 hp 60 kW Rotax 912UL engine or a 78 hp 58 kW converted Smart Car four stroke turbocharged engine All engines are fitted with a clutch that stops the propeller from turning when the engine is at idle to permit water handling The boat hull features a water rudder 1 Starting in 2005 the frame and wing portion of the aircraft was taken from the Skyrider Sonic ultralight trike built by Skyrider Flugschule 1 Variants editHydro Initial flying boat model that lacks wheeled landing gear Introduced in 1998 and in production in 2013 1 Trident Amphibious model with fibreglass boat hull in production in 2013 1 C Amphibious model with carbon fibre Kevlar boat hull and lexan windows in the bottom of the hull to allow visibility downwards In production in 2013 1 Specifications Trident editData from Bayerl 1 General characteristicsCrew one Capacity one passenger Wingspan 10 5 m 34 ft 5 in Wing area 15 m2 160 sq ft Empty weight 200 kg 441 lb Powerplant 1 Rotax 912UL four cylinder liquid and air cooled four stroke aircraft engine 60 kW 80 hp Propellers 2 bladed compositeReferences edit a b c d e f g h Bayerl Robby Martin Berkemeier et al World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011 12 page 220 WDLA UK Lancaster UK 2011 ISSN 1368 485XExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ramphos Trident Official website Portals nbsp Italy nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ramphos Trident amp oldid 1126687705, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
