# Airborne Outback

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Outback General information Type Ultralight trike National origin Australia Manufacturer Airborne Windsports Status Production completed History Variant Airborne XT

The **Airborne Outback** is an Australian two-seat [flying wing](/source/Flying_wing) [ultralight trike](/source/Ultralight_trike) that was designed and produced by [Airborne Windsports](/source/Airborne_Windsports) in the mid-2000s.[1]

## Design and development

The Outback was developed as an off-airport aircraft, with a carriage that lacks a [fairing](/source/Aircraft_fairing) and other encumbrances to "all-terrain" operations. It features a [cable-braced](/source/Flying_wires) [hang glider](/source/Hang_glider)-style [high-wing](/source/High-wing), weight-shift controls, a two-seat, open cockpit, [tricycle landing gear](/source/Tricycle_landing_gear) and a single engine in [pusher configuration](/source/Pusher_configuration).[1]

The aircraft single surface Wizard model wing is made from bolted-together [aluminium](/source/Aluminium) tubing, covered in [Dacron](/source/Dacron) sailcloth. Its 9.96 m (32.7 ft) span wing is supported by a single tube-type [kingpost](/source/Kingpost) and uses an "A" frame control bar. The [landing gear](/source/Landing_gear) has optional [tundra tires](/source/Tundra_tire). The standard engine factory-supplied was the [Rotax 582](/source/Rotax_582) liquid-cooled [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke) powerplant of 48 kW (64 hp). The aircraft has demonstrated operations from sand dunes.[1]

The basic Outback model was later developed into the [Airborne XT](/source/Airborne_XT) series that still dominates the company's product line in 2012.

## Specifications (Outback)

*Data from* Bertrand[1]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** one

- **Capacity:** one passenger

- **Wingspan:** 9.96 m (32 ft 8 in)

- **Wing area:** 17.6 m2 (189 sq ft)

- **Empty weight:** 165 kg (364 lb)

- **Gross weight:** 401 kg (884 lb)

- **Fuel capacity:** 48 litres (11 imp gal; 13 US gal)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × [Rotax 582](/source/Rotax_582) twin cylinder, [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke), liquid-cooled [aircraft engine](/source/Aircraft_engine), 48 kW (64 hp)

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 93 km/h (58 mph, 50 kn)

- **Cruise speed:** 67 km/h (42 mph, 36 kn)

- **Stall speed:** 52 km/h (32 mph, 28 kn)

- **Rate of climb:** 4 m/s (790 ft/min)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-3) Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: *World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04*, pages 22-23. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

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