The Rossi Shuttle Quik is an Italian

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that was designed by Paolo Rossi and produced by Rossi Soavi Paolo of

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. When it was available the aircraft was supplied as custom-built, ready-to-fly-aircraft.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 220. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The company appears to be out of business and production of the design completed.

Design and development

The Shuttle Quik was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

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category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . Each Rossi aircraft was built to order, but a typical Shuttle Quik has a maximum gross weight of . It features a cable-braced P&M Quik

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-style

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, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-

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open cockpit with a

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with

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and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft is made from bolted-together

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tubing, with its double 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 four-stroke, RM engine or a four-cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke,

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engine. P&M Aviation do not normally supply wings to other manufacturers, but they had a longstanding relationship with Rossi that made them confident to do so in his case. With the RM powerplant, the Shuttle Quik may be the most powerful ultralight trike flown.

Specifications (Shuttle Quik)

References

External links

Archives of the company website
on

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