The Drachen Studio Kecur EOS 15 is a German double-surface

ultralight trike An ultralight trike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift. These aircraft have a fabric flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fuselage pod driven by a pusher propeller. The pod accommodates either a so ...

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, designed and produced by

Drachen Studio Kecur Drachen Studio Kecur ( en, Dragon Studio Kecur) is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes and wings for them.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Ber ...

Mettmann Mettmann () is a town in the northern part of the Bergisches Land, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district. The town lies east of Düsseldorf ...

.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 208. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The wing is used on their own

Drachen Studio Kecur Royal 912 The Drachen Studio Kecur Royal 912 is a German ultralight trike, designed and produced by Drachen Studio Kecur of Mettmann. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory ...

line of trikes as well as by other

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...

manufacturers.

Design and development

The wing is a cable-braced,

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-equipped

hang glider Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...

-style wing designed as touring wing for two-place trikes. It comes in one size, the EOS 15, named for its metric wing area of . The wing is made from bolted-together

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tubing, with its double surface wing covered in

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sailcloth. The wing's crosstube is enclosed in the double surface. Its span wing uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar and is equipped with spoilers.

Design and development

Applications

Specifications (EOS 15)

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