Take Off Ultraleichtflug GmbH (English: ''Take Off Ultralight Aircraft Limited''), often referred to as just Take Off GmbH, is a German

aircraft manufacturer An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology indust ...

based in Hamm. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of ultralight aircraft in the form of ready-to-fly aircraft. It also builds

aircraft engines An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...

, based upon BMW

motorcycle engine A motorcycle engine is an engine that powers a motorcycle. Motorcycle engines are typically two-stroke or four-stroke internal combustion engines, but other engine types, such as Wankels and electric motors, have been used. Although some moped ...

s.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 223. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 243, 260 and 262-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The

Minimum In mathematical analysis, the maxima and minima (the respective plurals of maximum and minimum) of a function, known collectively as extrema (the plural of extremum), are the largest and smallest value of the function, either within a given r ...

is a

powered hang glider A foot-launched powered hang glider (FLPHG), also called powered harness, nanolight, or hangmotor, is a powered hang gliding, hang glider harness with a internal combustion engine, motor and propeller (aircraft), propeller in pusher configuratio ...

design that was introduced in 1979. This was followed by the

Maximum In mathematical analysis, the maxima and minima (the respective plurals of maximum and minimum) of a function, known collectively as extrema (the plural of extremum), are the largest and smallest value of the function, either within a given r ...

, an

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 ...

, in 1989. The Merlin series of trikes was introduced in 1994. The company also builds aircraft engines based upon BMW motorcycle engines, including the TBM 11 and the TBM 12. The company also builds ground effect vehicles,

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s and propeller-driven

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Aircraft

Summary of aircraft built by Take Off: * Take Off Minimum * Take Off Maximum * Take Off Merlin

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* {{Take Off aircraft Aircraft manufacturers of Germany Ultralight aircraft Ultralight trikes