The DTA Alizés ( en, Tradewind) is a French

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 ...

that was designed by Michel Guaiguant and is produced by

DTA sarl DTA sarl (Delta Trikes Aviation) is a French aircraft manufacturer based in Montélimar. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight trikes.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2 ...

Montélimar Montélimar (; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Montelaimar'' ; la, Acumum) is a town in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in north Provence, Southeastern France. It is the second-largest city in the department after Valence. In 2018 ...

.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 La société Ellipse 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 Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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

FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles Ultralight aircraft in the United States are much smaller and lighter than ultralight aircraft as defined by all other countries. In the United States, ultralights are described as "ultralight vehicles" and not as aircraft. They are not req ...

rules. The Alizés features a cable-braced Ellipse Fuji

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-style

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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 pusher configuration. The Alizés is a very simple

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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

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and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a single cylinder, air-cooled,

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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 La société Ellipse, with either the Fuji or

Ellipse Titan CX The Ellipse Titan is a French high-wing, single-place, hang glider designed and produced by La société Ellipse of Étuz, introduced in 2002.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 43. Pagefast ...

strut-braced 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

strut-braced wing and powered by a Cors-Air engine, or starting in 2014, a Swissauto motor.

Specifications (Alizés)

References

External links

Official DTA websiteOfficial Ellipse website
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