# Airborne Redback

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Redback General information Type Ultralight trike National origin Australia Manufacturer Airborne Windsports Status In production

The **Airborne Redback** is an Australian two-seat [flying wing](/source/Flying_wing) [ultralight trike](/source/Ultralight_trike) designed and produced by [Airborne Windsports](/source/Airborne_Windsports).[1]

The aircraft is named after the native Australian [Redback spider](/source/Redback_spider).[1]

## Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply with the [Fédération Aéronautique Internationale](/source/F%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_A%C3%A9ronautique_Internationale) [microlight](/source/Microlight) category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg (992 lb). The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 401 kg (884 lb). It features a [cable-braced](/source/Flying_wires) [hang glider](/source/Hang_glider)-style [high-wing](/source/High-wing), weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-[tandem](/source/Tandem) open cockpit, [tricycle landing gear](/source/Tricycle_landing_gear) and a single engine in [pusher configuration](/source/Pusher_configuration).[1]

The aircraft's Wizard model wing is made from bolted-together [aluminium](/source/Aluminium) tubing, with its single surface 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 standard powerplant is the 37 kW (50 hp) [Rotax 503](/source/Rotax_503) twin cylinder, air-cooled, [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke) aircraft engine.[1]

When introduced the Redback was a single configuration model, with no [cockpit fairing](/source/Aircraft_fairing) and no options available. In 2012 the model has evolved and offers [tundra tires](/source/Tundra_tires), intake and exhaust silencer, training bars and an [aero-tow](/source/Aero-tow) system as optional equipment.[1][2]

Reviewers Noel Bertrand et al., writing about the *no-options approach* in 2003 said, "The Red Back only exists in one configuration with no options — an intelligent course of action taken by this Australian manufacturer made possible by the very complete specification...All the right ingredients are there; Australian and American pilots adore them."[1]

## Variants

**Redback Wizard**
- Initial model circa 2003 with 37 kW (50 hp) [Rotax 503](/source/Rotax_503), the Wizard wing and no options available.[1]

**X-Series Redback**
- Later version circa 2012 with 37 kW (50 hp) [Rotax 503](/source/Rotax_503), the Wizard-3 wing and limited options.[2][3]

## Specifications (Redback Wizard)

*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:** 44 litres (9.7 imp gal; 12 US gal)

- **Powerplant:** 1 × [Rotax 503](/source/Rotax_503) twin cylinder, [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke), air-cooled [aircraft engine](/source/Aircraft_engine), 37 kW (50 hp)

**Performance**

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

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

- **Stall speed:** 45 km/h (28 mph, 24 kn)

- **Rate of climb:** 2.9 m/s (570 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) [***e***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-WDLA04_1-7) Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: *World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04*, page 92. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-ABRS_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-ABRS_2-1) [Airborne Windsports](/source/Airborne_Windsports) (2011). ["X-Series Redback"](http://www.airborne.com.au/pages/ml_redback.php). Retrieved 15 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WDLA11_3-0)** Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: *World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12*, page 202. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.airborne.com.au/pages/ml_redback.php)

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