Sabre 340
American ultralight trike
title: "Sabre 340" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1990s-united-states-ultralight-aircraft", "single-engined-pusher-aircraft", "ultralight-trikes", "vehicles-introduced-in-1991"] description: "American ultralight trike" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_340" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary American ultralight trike ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 340 |
| image | File:Sabre 340 Trike.JPG |
| aircraft_type | Ultralight trike |
| national_origin | United States |
| manufacturer | Sabre Aircraft |
| status | Production completed |
| introduction | 1991 |
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| name = 340 | logo = | logo_size = | image = File:Sabre 340 Trike.JPG | alt = | caption = | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Ultralight trike | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = United States | manufacturer = Sabre Aircraft | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Production completed | 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 = 1991 | retired = | first_flight = | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = The Sabre 340 is an American ultralight trike that was designed and produced by Sabre Aircraft of Buckeye, Arizona. The aircraft was supplied fully assembled.
The 340 was introduced in 1991. Sabre Aircraft ceased operations in 2008.
Design and development
The aircraft was designed with a focus on low cost, to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 215 lb with the Sabre 14 wing. It 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.
The aircraft is made from tubing, with its single-surface Sabre 14 wing covered in Dacron sailcloth. Its 34 ft span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame control bar. As a budget design the basic aircraft has no cockpit fairing or windshield, but does feature nosewheel suspension and heavy-duty main landing gear struts as standard equipment. The standard engine supplied was the twin cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled Kawasaki 340 snowmobile engine, which produces 30 hp. Available factory options included a fiberglass cockpit fairing, nosewheel brakes, wheel pants, ballistic parachute and an aero-tow kit. Optional engines included the 40 hp Rotax 447 and the 50 hp Rotax 503. The standard wing supplied was Sabre Aircraft's own Sabre 14 single-surface wing, with the double-surface Ukrainian-built Aeros Stranger 15 wing optional.
The design achieved a very low price point and in its basic configuration sold for US$6,000, complete and ready to fly, in the late 1990s. It was the least expensive complete aircraft available at that time.
Specifications (340)
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|crew=one |capacity= |length m= |length ft=10 |length in= |length note= |span m= |span ft=34 |span in= |span note=with Sabre 14 wing |height m= |height ft=13 |height in= |height note= |wing area sqm= |wing area sqft=148 |wing area note= |aspect ratio= |airfoil= |empty weight kg= |empty weight lb=215 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg= |gross weight lb=600 |gross weight note= |fuel capacity=5 u.s.gal |more general= Powerplant
|eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=Kawasaki 340 |eng1 type=twin cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled snowmobile engine |eng1 kw= |eng1 hp=30
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Performance
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References
References
- Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page C-20. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN. 0-9680628-1-4
- Downey, Julia: ''2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 48. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
- [[Sabre Aircraft]]. (2008). "Welcome to Sabre Aircraft".
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