Czech ultralight trike
The TL Ultralight TL-22 Duo is a Czech ultralight trike that was designed and produced by TL Ultralight of Hradec Králové. Production has been completed, but when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft or as a kit for amateur construction.
Design and development.
The aircraft was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of . The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of . It features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with a fibreglass cockpit fairing and its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost, uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar and has a wing area of . The standard powerplant used is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition Rotax 582 engine. The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is .
Operational history.
By 1998 the company reported that 50 aircraft were flying.
Specifications (TL-22 Duo).
"Data from" AeroCrafterGeneral characteristics* Crew: one* Capacity: one passenger* Propellers: 3-bladed ground adjustable composite
Performance
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