The DTA Alizés () is a French

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that was designed by Michel Guaiguant and is produced by DTA sarl of

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.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 98. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485XBayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 211. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The aircraft is a joint venture with wing manufacturer

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who market it as the Ellipse Alizé. It is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.

Design and development

The Alizés was designed to comply with the

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category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft also fits the US

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rules. The Alizés features a cable-braced

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, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit with no

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without

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and a single engine in

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. The Alizés is a very simple nanotrike and is made from bolted-together

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tubing, with its single surface wing covered in

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sailcloth. Its span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a single cylinder, air-cooled,

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, Zenoah G25 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 . Due to its single seat configuration and "niche appeal", the aircraft has not sold in large numbers.

Variants

;Ellipse Alizé :Model sold in the early 2010s by wing manufacturer

, with either the Fuji or Ellipse Titan CX

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wing and powered by a Cors-Air engine. ;Ellipse Fuji 16 Alizé :Model sold in the mid-2010s by wing manufacturer La société Ellipse, with the Fuji 16 cable-braced wing and powered by a Cors-Air engine. Reviewer Dimitri Delemarle described it as "a versatile wing, easy for a new pilot to handle yet rewarding to fly".Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 229-230. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ;Ellipse Titan CX Alizé :Model sold in the mid-2010s by wing manufacturer La société Ellipse, with the Ellipse Titan CX strut-braced wing and powered by a Cors-Air engine, or starting in 2014, a

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motor.

Specifications (Alizés)

References

External links

Official DTA websiteOfficial Ellipse website
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