M4 Sport

The anticipated M4 Sport is the most recent offering of style, safety and performance from Airborne. Designed and manufactured in Australia the M4 Sport has added to the long tested performance of the Rotax 80HP or optional Rotax 100HP engines. Improvements across comfort, flight stability, economy and electronics, give the M4 Sport world leading performance.

 

Features

 

Cockpit - New Design

  • Seat design: Seats have been redesigned for function, comfort and wear. Increased leg room and improved footrests make for a more comfortable flight.
  • Soft Sides: Redesigned to allow for full enclosure of the storage area, increased storage area and improved aerodynamics.
  • Cockpit internal: Wider more spacious cockpit for improved comfort and storage.
  • Cockpit External: improved aerodynamics for a more comfortable ride with improved protection against wind buffeting. Windscreen is now easily removable with quarter turn fasteners for quicker cleaning.
 

Dash

  • Simplified layout for a neater stylish finish.
  • Instrument options allowing from the Amptronic GX2 instrument to a 8.5 inch MGL EFIS colour instrument with integrated GPS.
 

Electrical

  • General Improvements: The electrical systems have been overhauled to reduce complexity and EMI (noise). The wiring has been simplified and made easier to maintain.
  • Strobe Lights: Allowance for fitting of optional strobe light.
  • Fuel Level Sender: An inclusion to allow for real time information on fuel use and levels has been included to work with both instruments.
  • Battery: The fuel tank has been modified allowing for easier access to the battery and new transponder / radio position.
 

80HP Rotax Engine

  • Installation: Thrust line has been offset (yaw) by 1.8 degrees and rotated forward (pitch) by 3 degrees significantly reducing engine torque effect at all power settings.
  • Engine cowling
 

100HP Rotax Engine (optional)

  • Installation: Thrust line has been offset (yaw) by 1.8 degrees and rotated forward (pitch) by 3 degrees significantly reducing engine torque effect at all power settings.
  • Engine cowling standard
 

Adjustable Front-end

  • The control pedals are now adjustable for taller microlight pilots
 

Wheel Spats

  • The rear wheel spat has been modified to improved tracking.
 

Wing Ends

  • Newly designs wing ends give greater stability, wing efficiency and flying performance.


Wing and Stability

XRS Wing: Winglets custom designed to improve stability and wing efficiency. Underside sail area increased, and tip struts modified for a more rigged winglet mounting. These changes have resulted in improved tracking, stability, and better handling.