Ace Magic
title: "Ace Magic" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["p&m-aviation-aircraft", "2000s-indian-sport-aircraft", "2000s-indian-ultralight-aircraft", "single-engined-pusher-aircraft", "ultralight-trikes"] topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_Magic" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Magic |
| aircraft_type | Ultralight trike |
| national_origin | India |
| manufacturer | Ace Aviation |
| designer | John Penry-Evans |
| status | In production (2013) |
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| name = Magic | logo = | logo_size = | image = | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Ultralight trike | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = India | manufacturer = Ace Aviation | design_group = | designer = John Penry-Evans | 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 Ace Magic is an Indian ultralight trike, designed by John Penry-Evans and produced by Ace Aviation of Tamil Nadu. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly-aircraft.
Design and development
The Magic was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, including the category's maximum gross weight of 450 kg. The aircraft has a maximum gross weight of 245 kg. It also complies with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules when equipped with a 20 L fuel tank.
The Magic features a cable-braced hang glider-style high wing, weight-shift controls, a single-seat open cockpit, tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration.
Designed in the United Kingdom and produced in India, the aircraft is imported into the UK by P&M Aviation.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminium tubing, with its two-surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 9.2 m wingspan is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar. The powerplant is a twin-cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, single-ignition, 40 hp Rotax 447 engine. Optional engines include the 48 hp Simonini Victor 1 Plus and the four-stroke NS.T NS650. A trim system, adjustable leg length and 60 L panniers are all standard equipment. With the Cyclone wing the aircraft has an empty weight of 115 kg and a gross weight of 245 kg, giving a useful load of 130 kg. With a full fuel load of 36 L the payload is 104 kg.
A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the high performance Cyclone, the sport 90% double surface Laser, the intermediate Touch and the beginner Spirit.
Specifications (Magic Cyclone)
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|eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Rotax 447 |eng1 type=twin cylinder, air-cooled, two stroke aircraft engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=40
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Performance
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|max speed kmh=125 |max speed mph= |max speed kts= |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=104 |cruise speed mph= |cruise speed kts= |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh=46 |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=6.5 |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=21.3 |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |avionics=
References
References
- Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 197. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. {{ISSN. 1368-485X
- Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 215. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN. 1368-485X
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