Apollo Jet Star

The Apollo Jet Star is a Hungarian ultralight trike, designed and produced by Apollo Ultralight Aircraft of Eger. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.^[1]

Jet Star
Role	Ultralight trike
National origin	Hungary
Manufacturer	Apollo Ultralight Aircraft
Status	In production (2013)

Design and development

The Jet Star was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category as well as the US light-sport aircraft category. It features a cable-braced or strut-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem, open cockpit, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.^[1]

The Jet Star is accepted in the United States as both an Experimental and Special Light-sport aircraft.^[2]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. The aircraft uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The main landing gear uses strut-type suspension, rather than the leaf-type suspension used on the Apollo Delta Jet series. The powerplant options include the twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 64 hp (48 kW) Rotax 582 engine, the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, four-stroke, dual-ignition 80 hp (60 kW) Rotax 912 or 100 hp (75 kW) Rotax 912S engine.^[1]

The aircraft has an empty weight of 180 kg (397 lb) and a gross weight of 430 kg (948 lb), giving a useful load of 250 kg (551 lb). With full fuel of 45 litres (9.9 imp gal; 12 US gal) the payload is 218 kg (481 lb).^[1]

A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the cable-braced Aeros Profi, the cable-braced Air Creation iXess, the strut-braced Aeros Profi TL or the strut-braced Gibbogear Manta Ray 12.5.^[1]

Specifications (Jet Star)

Data from Bayerl^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 15 m² (160 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 180 kg (397 lb)
• Gross weight: 430 kg (948 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 45 litres (9.9 imp gal; 12 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 912UL four cylinder, liquid and air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
• Propellers: 3-bladed composite

Performance

• Maximum speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)
• Cruise speed: 110 km/h (68 mph, 59 kn)
• Stall speed: 55 km/h (34 mph, 30 kn)
• Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min)
• Wing loading: 28.7 kg/m² (5.9 lb/sq ft)