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Role	Ultralight trike wing
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Air Creation
Status	In production (2013)

The Air Creation Fun is a series of French single-surface ultralight trike wings, designed and produced by Air Création of Aubenas. The wing is widely used on Air Creation trikes as well as by other ultralight aircraft manufacturers.^[1]

Design and development

The series are cable-braced, king post-equipped hang glider-style wings designed as docile beginner and flight training wings for single and two-place trikes. They come in two sizes, the Fun 450, named for its gross weight in kilograms and the Fun 14, named for its metric wing area.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The wings are made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its single surface wing covered in Trilam Dacron sailcloth, with a Mylar leading edge. The wing's crosstube is exposed and is of a floating design. The Fun 14 has a 10.0 m (32.8 ft) span, an aspect ratio of 7.4:1 and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The double surface portion is 40% and the wing folds using an "umbrella" system.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Variants

Fun 14: Wing designed for single-place trikes, with an area of 13.5 m² (145 sq ft).^[1]^[3]
Fun 450: Wing designed for two-place trikes, with a maximum gross weight of 450 kg (990 lb) and an area of 17.4 m² (187 sq ft).^[1]
iFun 13: Second generation trike wing, designed for the Air Creation Pixel trike.^[5]
iFun 16: Second generation trike wing, designed for the Air Creation Skypper trike. Replaces the Fun 450 in the line.^[6]

Applications

Specifications (Fun 14)

Data from Bayerl and Air Creation^[1]^[3]^[4]

General characteristics

Length: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) wing only
Wingspan: 10.0 m (32 ft 10 in)
Aspect ratio: 7.4:1
Empty weight: 38 kg (84 lb) wing weight
Gross weight: 250 kg (551 lb) maximum aircraft gross weight allowed

Performance

Cruise speed: 90 km/h (56 mph, 49 kn)
Stall speed: 40 km/h (25 mph, 22 kn)
Never exceed speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn)
g limits: +4/-2
Rate of sink: 1.6 m/s (310 ft/min)
Wing loading: 25.0 kg/m² (5.1 lb/sq ft) maximum

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 200. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
^ ^a ^b Air Creation (n.d.). "Fun 450". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 9 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Air Creation (n.d.). "Fun 14". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 9 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ ^a ^b Air Creation (August 1997). "Technical File Fun 14" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
^ Air Creation (2018). "The new Air Creation single-seater wing". www.aircreation.fr. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
^ ^a ^b Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 216. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X

External links

[WDLA11-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 200. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

[Fun450-2] Air Creation (n.d.). "Fun 450". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 9 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[Fun14-3] Air Creation (n.d.). "Fun 14". Archived from the original on 2013-04-12. Retrieved 9 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[Fun14specs-4] Air Creation (August 1997). "Technical File Fun 14" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.

[Pixel-5] Air Creation (2018). "The new Air Creation single-seater wing". www.aircreation.fr. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[WDLA15-6] Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 216. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X

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