The Aeros del Sur Manta is an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
ultralight trike, designed and produced by
Aeros del Sur
Aeros is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer founded by a group of ex-Antonov engineers in the early 1990s to build hang gliders. It is located in Kyiv.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 41. Pag ...
. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 198. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
Aeros del Sur is the importer of
Aeros products for Argentina. The Manta was designed by mating the
Aeros Profi trike wing with a new, locally designed carriage. The Manta was designed to comply with the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of , with a
ballistic parachute. The Manta 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,
tricycle landing gear with
wheel pants and a single engine in
pusher configuration
In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...
.
The aircraft is made from a mix of bolted-together
aluminum and steel tubing, with its double surface 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 standard powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled,
two-stroke,
dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine, but the
HKS 700E four-stroke
A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...
,
dual-ignition engine is optional, as are
Hirth and
Simonini
Simonini Racing S.r.l. is an Italian automotive and aircraft engine manufacturer based in San Dalmazio di Serramazzoni. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of small engines and racing conversion kits for motorcycles and mic ...
powerplants.
Specifications (Manta)
References
External links
*{{Official website, https://web.archive.org/web/20130522032529/http://aerosdelsur.com.ar/
2000s Argentine ultralight aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Ultralight trikes