Design and Development
The Cri-crifeatures a cantilever low-wing, a single-seat enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a twin engines mounted on pylons to the nose of the aircraft in tractor configuration. The aircraft is made from aluminum sheet glued to Klegecell foam. Its 4.9 m (16.1 ft) span wing employs a Wortmann 21.7% mod airfoil, has an area of 3.1 m2 (33 sq ft). The aircraft is also capable of aerobatics within the limitations of twin-engined aircraft..
Kits for homebuilding have been sold by Zenair of Canada as the Zenair Cricket
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