This document describes the design and construction of a one-man powered hang glider. It consists of a lightweight trike frame, wings made of fabric stretched over an aluminum skeleton, and a 125cc rear-mounted engine. The total cost to build the hang glider was Rs. 46,952 (approximately $650). Pictures show the various construction steps, including fabricating the trike frame, assembling the wing skeleton, attaching the wings, and test flights of the completed aircraft.

2. O N E M A N N E D A E R I A L
C R A F T / P O W E R E D
H A N G G L I D E R

3. I N T R O D U C T I O N
• It is a small light weight aircraft which consists of three
wheel trike, the wing and a engine is mounted on rear
side of the trike.
• The propellor is connected to the engine which gives
some velocity to move the entire body.
• The wing is attached to the trike which is manually
controlled by the pilot.

4. M A T E R I A L S U S E D
• Aluminium Alloy T6-6063
• Light weight Fabric similar to sail cloth
• Mild steel square hollow tubes for making trike
• Steel wire of dia. 4mm
• Nuts and Bolts
• Tools like drilling machine, hammer, spanners etc.
• Seat for trike
• 125cc Suzuki Engine, petrol tank.
• Battery, Spark Plug, wires, etc

5. S K E L E T O N O F T H E W I N G S .

8. W I N G S O V E R T H E S K E L E T O N

9. C O M P O N E N T S O F T H E
A I R C R A F T
• Wooden Clock-Wise Propellor
• Engine to power the aircraft
• Trike
• Control Bar
• Wings

10. E N G I N E S P E C I F I C A T I O N S
• Engine Speed- 7000 rpm
• Engine Power- 7 kw @7000 rpm
• Engine Torque- 10 Nm @5000 rpm
• No of cylinder- single cylinder
• Stroke type- 4 stroke engine
• Fuel type- Petrol

11. W O R K I N G P R I N C I P L E
• The first and most impotent principle on which this
unusual aircraft works is the weight to surface area
ratio.
• Bernoulli’s principle is always in play .
• This aircraft dose not fly only by the force produced
by the engine it only needs enough speed to keep
the velocity constant and then it just glides .

12. S P E C I F I C A T I O N S O F T H E
A I R C R A F T
• Wing edge to edge span - 36.08 feet
• Edge pipe length- 21.64 feet
• Centre pipe length- 11.2 feet
• Kingpost length from nose- 4 feet
• Nose angle -112 degree
• Control bar angle- 45 degree
• Propellor Length- 3.10 feet
• Surface area of the wings- 48 sq.m
• Height from the wing from ground- 7 feet
• Engine transmission height from the ground- 4 feet

13. C O N C L U S I O N
• Standard One Manned Aerial Craft or powered hang
glider is very costly. The minimum cost one can buy is
around Rs.25 lacks.
• The project we have made is cost effective, and one
can build their aircraft within Rs. 50 thousand.
• The main advantage over flying a hang glider is one
does not require license to fly the aircraft.

14. T O T A L E X P E N D I T U R E O F T H E
P R O J E C T
• Rs. 46,952/- (Forty six thousand nine hundred fifty
two)

15. R A W
M A T E R I A L
S
Nose Housing
Drilling Operation

16. S K E L E T O N O F T H E W I N G S

17. W I N G O F T H E H A N G G L I D E R

18. wings
propellor
cutting operations

19. Trike in making
Aluminium welding
Drilling
Operation

20. sewing of
wings
the wings
Assembling

21. Trike
wings skeleton
painting

22. T R I A L 1 S T

23. T R I A L 2 N D

24. T R I A L 3 R D

25. THANK YOU