The Tomark Skyper GT9 is a
Slovakia
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ultralight
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and
light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by
Tomark of
Prešov, introduced in 2014. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 85. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Design and development
The Skyper GT9 was designed to comply with the
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules and US light-sport aircraft rules and complies with the
Czech
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UL2-1 and ELSA as well as German LTF-UL rules. It was designed for the
flight training and touring roles. It features a
strut-braced high-wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing co ...
, an enclosed cabin with two-seats-in-
side-by-side configuration
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accessed by doors, fixed
tricycle landing gear
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and a single engine in
tractor configuration
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.
The aircraft is made from
aluminum
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sheet and has a round
fuselage
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profile. Its span wing has an area of and mounts
flaps. Standard engines available are the
Rotax 912ULS
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and 912iS
four-stroke powerplants.
The design is offered in a European UL version with a gross weight and a US LSA version with a gross weight of .
As of March 2017, the design does not appear on the
Federal Aviation Administration
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's list of approved special light-sport aircraft.
Operational history
Reviewer Marino Boric described the design in a 2015 review as "ideal for cross country travel".
Specifications (Skyper GT9 UL)
See also
*
Tomark Viper
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://tomarkaero.com/en/aircraft/skyper-gt9
Skyper
2010s Slovak ultralight aircraft
Light-sport aircraft
Single-engined tractor aircraft
High-wing aircraft