# Personal Flight Sky-Tender

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American ultralight trike flying boat

Sky-Tender General information Type Ultralight trike flying boat National origin United States Manufacturer Personal Flight Status Production completed

The **Personal Flight Sky-Tender** is an American [ultralight trike](/source/Ultralight_trike) [flying boat](/source/Flying_boat) that was designed and produced by [Personal Flight](/source/Personal_Flight) of [Chelan, Washington](/source/Chelan%2C_Washington). Production is complete and the aircraft is no longer available.[1][2]

## Design and development

The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 380 lb (172 kg). 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, a hull made from an inflatable boat and a single engine in [pusher configuration](/source/Pusher_configuration).[1]

The aircraft is made from bolted-together [aluminum](/source/Aluminum) tubing, with its large area 206 sq ft (19.1 m2) single surface wing covered in [Dacron](/source/Dacron) sailcloth. Its 32 ft (9.8 m) span wing is supported by a single tube-type [kingpost](/source/Kingpost) and uses an "A" frame control bar. An off-the-shelf commercial inflatable boat hull is used. A water [rudder](/source/Rudder) is fitted at the rear of the boat hull. The standard engine supplied was the twin cylinder, [two-stroke](/source/Two-stroke), liquid-cooled [Rotax 582](/source/Rotax_582) of 64 hp (48 kW), including an electric starter.[1]

The large wing area was employed to keep the [stall speed](/source/Stall_speed) low to avoid porpoising problems while conducting water operations. The weight shift nature of the wing means that hull pitch angle cannot be controlled and loss of control is a risk when higher take-off and landing speeds are required.[1]

The Sky-Tender was assembled in the [United States](/source/United_States) by Personal Flight from aircraft and marine components from [Italy](/source/Italy), [France](/source/France) and [Austria](/source/Austria). The price in 2000 was [US$](/source/US%24)20,000.[1][2]

## Specifications (Sky-Tender)

*Data from* Cliche[1]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** one

- **Capacity:** one passenger

- **Wingspan:** 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)

- **Wing area:** 206 sq ft (19.1 m2)

- **Empty weight:** 380 lb (172 kg)

- **Gross weight:** 580 lb (263 kg)

- **Fuel capacity:** 10 U.S. gallons (38 L; 8.3 imp gal)

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

**Performance**

- **Cruise speed:** 55 mph (89 km/h, 48 kn)

- **Rate of climb:** 500 ft/min (2.5 m/s)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Cliche_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Cliche_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Cliche_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Cliche_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-Cliche_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-Cliche_1-5) Cliche, Andre: *Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide* 8th Edition, page C-26. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-9680628-1-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9680628-1-4)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Johnson_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Johnson_2-1) Johnson, Dan (March 2002). ["American trikes"](http://www.bydanjohnson.com/?b=3&m=4&i=28). Retrieved January 26, 2012.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

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