The Veleria Dedalo Strike-T is an Italian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Veleria Dedalo of Gradara. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 244. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Design and development

The Strike-T is a minimalist trike, designed for engine-off

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. It was designed to comply with the German 120 kg class and the US

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rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of . The aircraft design features a cable-braced

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-style

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, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit without a

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and a single engine in

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. The aircraft is made predominantly from

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tubing, with the landing gear legs from Ergal. Its double surface wing is covered in

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sailcloth, supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The nosewheel is fitted with a

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. The powerplant is a single cylinder, air-cooled,

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, single-ignition Cisco C-Max engine. The aircraft, without the wing fitted, has an empty weight of . Designed to fold for ground transport by

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, it can be rigged for flight in 3 minutes. A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the

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rigid wing.

Variants

;Strike-T :Model made from titanium tubing. ;Strike-S :Model made from

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tubing. It is heavier, but significantly cheaper.

Specifications (Strike-T)

References

External links

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