Flight manual
MD3
RIDER
Page 1-2
1.4.
Aircraft basic description
MD-3 Rider is an all metal design, light high-wing ultralight airplane
with glued and riveted aluminum alloy airframe, welded cockpit cage
and aerodynamic shaped composite fuselage canopy and fairings.
The aircraft is equipped with 100HP Rotax 912 ULS engine (80HP
Rotax 912 UL as an option for MD-3 UL model) and Woodcomp SR
200 B 3-blade on ground adjustable propeller (other propeller are
optional – see Supplement 2)
Wing span
9,0 m
Length
5,9 m
Height
2,3 m
Wing area
9,9 m
2
MAC length
1,15 m
Forward swept wing
3°
Existing aircraft versions, approved by calculations and proofs coveres
installations of engines Rotax 912ULS
(standard)
, Rotax 912
UL
,
Rotax
914
, using of folded wings (
FW
), and has a lot of option
( for
exmple standard UL version has light struts from aluminum alloy tubes, hand operated
flaps , not reinforced rear fuselage part without tailbump and aerodynamic areas in
Alclad)
Version SportRider is not covered by this manual because of all
another limits in LSA requirements!
Marking of specific aircraft version is shown in titul page 2 and its
extract definition is here :
