DTA Feeling

{{Short description|French ultralight trike}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2022}}  {{Infobox aircraft | name = Feeling | logo = | logo_size = | image = Aerosport 2013 (Igualada) EC-GE2 (aircraft).JPG | alt = | caption = DTA Feeling at the [[Aerosport air show]] in 2013 | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight trike]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[France]] | manufacturer = [[DTA sarl]] | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = In production (2013) | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''DTA Feeling''' is a French [[ultralight trike]], designed and produced by [[DTA sarl]] of [[Montélimar]]. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 210. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>

==Design and development== The aircraft has a great deal of parts commonality with the [[DTA Evolution]], but includes a [[cockpit fairing]], windshield, panniers, and a standard instrumentation package. The Feeling was designed to comply with the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] [[microlight]] category, including the category's maximum gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. It features a [[Flying wires|cable-braced]] [[hang glider]]-style [[DTA Diva]] [[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]].<ref name="WDLA11" />

The aircraft is made from bolted-together [[aluminum]] tubing, with its double surface wing covered in [[Dacron]] sailcloth. Its {{convert|9.40|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing is supported by a single tube-type [[kingpost]] and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, [[two-stroke]], [[dual-ignition]] {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] engine, with the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, [[four-stroke]], [[dual-ignition]] {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912]] or {{convert|100|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912S]] engines optional.<ref name="WDLA11" />

With the Rotax 582 engine, the aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|200|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|450|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|250|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}. With full fuel of {{convert|75|L}} the payload is {{convert|196|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WDLA11" />

A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage as well as the Diva wing, including the [[DTA Dynamic]], and the [[strut-braced]] [[DTA Magic]].<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dta.fr/FR/Tricycles/Feeling/Feeling.shtml |title=DTA - Tricycles - Feeling |publisher=Dta.fr |date= |accessdate=2013-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628061039/http://www.dta.fr/FR/Tricycles/Feeling/Feeling.shtml |archive-date=2013-06-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Specifications (Feeling 582 Diva) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl<ref name="WDLA11" /> |prime units?=met  |genhide=

|crew=one |capacity=one passenger |length m= |length ft= |length in= |length note= |span m= |span ft= |span in= |span note= |height m= |height ft= |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm=12.0 |wing area sqft= |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=200 |empty weight lb= |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=450 |gross weight lb= |gross weight note= |fuel capacity={{convert|75|L}} |more general=  |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[[Rotax 582]] |eng1 type=twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, [[two stroke]] [[aircraft engine]] |eng1 kw=48 |eng1 hp=

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|max speed kmh=140 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=100 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=60 |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |endurance= |ceiling m= |ceiling ft= |ceiling note= |g limits= |roll rate= |glide ratio= |climb rate ms=4 |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |sink rate ms= |sink rate ftmin= |sink rate note= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2=37.5 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics= }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category}} *{{Official website|http://www.dta.fr/FR/Tricycles/Feeling/Feeling.shtml}} {{DTA aircraft}}

[[Category:DTA aircraft|Felling]] [[Category:2000s French sport aircraft]] [[Category:2000s French ultralight aircraft]] [[Category:Single-engined pusher aircraft]] [[Category:Ultralight trikes]]