The DTA Voyageur is a French
ultralight trike, designed by Jean-Michel Dizier and produced by
DTA sarl of
Montélimar. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.
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Design and development
The aircraft was initially designed as an
agricultural aircraft to comply with the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The Voyageur is intended as a
bush aircraft for flying from unprepared surfaces and as such mounts heavy duty landing gear,
tundra tires
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A common variant of tundra tire is the bushwheel brand. These tires include an integral inner tube with the valve man ...
and lacks a
cockpit fairing and a front wing strut.
The Voyageur has a maximum gross weight of , depending on the wing fitted. It features a
cable-braced hang glider-style
high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-
tandem open cockpit,
tricycle landing gear without
wheel pants and a single engine in
pusher configuration
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.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together
aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in
Dacron sailcloth. When fitted with a
DTA Dynamic 450 wing it has a span of , supported by a single tube-type
kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled,
two-stroke,
dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine or the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled,
four-stroke
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,
dual-ignition Rotax 912S engine.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the DTA Dynamic 450, the
DTA Dynamic 15/430 DTA Magic and
DTA Diva.
The Voyageur II model is accepted as a
light-sport aircraft
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in the
United States.
Variants
;Voyageur 582 Dynamic 15
:Model with a
Rotax 582 engine and
DTA Dynamic 15 wing. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
;Voyageur 912 S Dynamic 450
:Model with a
Rotax 912S engine and
DTA Dynamic 450 wing. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
;Voyageur II 582 Dynamic 15/430
:Improved model with a
Rotax 582 engine and
DTA Dynamic 15/430 wing. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
;Voyageur II 912 S Dynamic 450
: Improved model with a
Rotax 912S engine and
DTA Dynamic 450 wing. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
Specifications (Voyageur II 912 S Dynamic 450)
References
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Voyageur
1990s French sport aircraft
1990s French ultralight aircraft
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Ultralight trikes
High-wing aircraft