The Take Off Merlin is a German ultralight trike, designed and produced by Take Off GmbH of Hamm.
The aircraft features a cable-braced hang glider-style high-wing, weight-shift controls, a two-seats-in-tandem open cockpit with a cockpit fairing, tricycle landing gear with wheel pants and a single engine in pusher configuration.
[1] The aircraft is made from welded stainless steel tubing, with its double surface wing covered in Dacron sailcloth.
Its 10 m (32.8 ft) span wing is supported by a single tube-type kingpost and uses an "A" frame weight-shift control bar.
[1] A number of different wings can be fitted to the basic carriage, including the Drachen Studio Avent and Air Creation iXess .