{{Short description|American ultralight trike}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = Sport X2 | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [[Ultralight trike]] | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = [[United States]] | manufacturer = [[North Wing Design]] | 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 '''North Wing Sport X2''' is an American [[ultralight trike]], designed and produced by [[North Wing Design]] of [[Chelan, Washington]]. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for [[Homebuilt aircraft|amateur construction]] or as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.<ref name="WDLA11">Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 217. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X</ref>
==Design and development== The X2 was designed to comply with the [[Fédération Aéronautique Internationale]] [[microlight]] category and the US [[light-sport aircraft]] rules. It is listed on the [[Federal Aviation Administration]]'s list of accepted SLSAs.<ref name="WDLA11" /><ref name="SLSA">{{cite web|url = http://www.sportpilot.org/learn/slsa/|title = EAA's Listing of Special Light-Sport Aircraft|accessdate = 11 August 2013|last = [[Experimental Aircraft Association]]|year = 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140228070151/http://sportpilot.org/learn/slsa|archive-date = 28 February 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="FAASLSA">{{cite web|url = http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/light_sport/media/SLSA_Directory.xls|title = SLSA Make/Model Directory|accessdate = 11 August 2013|last = [[Federal Aviation Administration]]|date = 15 July 2013}}</ref>
The X2 features a [[strut-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]].<ref name="WDLA11" />
The aircraft is made from bolted-together [[aluminum]] tubing, with its double surface wing covered in [[Dacron]] sailcloth. Its {{convert|9.6|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} span wing is supported by struts and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The SLSA's powerplant is a twin cylinder, liquid-cooled, [[two-stroke]], [[dual-ignition]] {{convert|64|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 582]] engine. Other engines are available for the kit-built versions, including the four cylinder, air and liquid-cooled, [[four-stroke]], [[dual-ignition]] {{convert|80|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Rotax 912UL]] and the {{convert|60|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[HKS 700E]] engine. With the Rotax 582 engine the aircraft has an empty weight of {{convert|450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and a gross weight of {{convert|1060|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, giving a useful load of {{convert|610|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="WDLA11" />
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the [[North Wing Apache 3]] or the [[North Wing Quest GT5]]. The [[North Wing M-Pulse 2]] was formerly the standard wing.<ref name="WDLA11" /> <!-- ==Operational history== -->
==Variants== ;Sport X2 Apache :Fully equipped version<ref name="WDLA11" /> ;Sport X2 Navajo :Minimally equipped version<ref name="WDLA11" /> <!-- ==Aircraft on display== -->
==Specifications (Sport X2 Apache) == {{Aircraft specs |ref=Bayerl<ref name="WDLA11" /> |prime units?=met<!-- imp or kts first for US aircraft, and UK aircraft pre-metrification, met(ric) first for all others. You MUST choose a format, or no specifications will show --> <!-- General characteristics --> |genhide=
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==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|http://northwing.com/northwing-trikes-wings.htm}} {{North Wing Design aircraft}}
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