The Aeros Still is a Ukrainian single-surface

ultralight trike An ultralight trike or paratrike is a type of powered hang glider where flight control is by weight-shift control, weight-shift. These light-sport aircraft, aircraft have a fabric Rogallo wing, flex-wing from which is suspended a tricycle fusel ...

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, designed and produced by

Aeros Aeros is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturer founded by a group of ex-Antonov engineers in the early 1990s to build hang gliders. It is located in Kyiv.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 41. Pag ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. The wing is widely used on Aeros trikes as well as by other

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and Aircraft flight control system, conventional three-a ...

manufacturers.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 198. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The Still wing is a cable-braced, king post-equipped

hang glider Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised, fixed-wing heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...

-style wing designed as a docile beginner and

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wing for two-place trikes. It comes in one size, the Still-17, named for its metric wing area of . The wing is made from bolted-together

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tubing, with its single surface wing covered in

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sailcloth. The wing's crosstube is exposed and is of a floating design. Its span wing has a nose angle of 122°, an

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of 6.1:1 and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar.

Applications

Aeros-2 The Aeros-2 is a Ukraine, Ukrainian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Aeros of Kyiv. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft or as kit for Homebuilt aircraft, amateur construction.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ' ...

Aeros Cross Country The Aeros Cross Country, sometimes called the Aeros Cross-Country, is a Ukrainian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Aeros of Kyiv. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft or as kit for amateur construction.Bert ...

Specifications (Still-17)

References

External links

* {{Aeros aircraft Ultralight trike wings