Spartan BP Parawing

The BP Parawing is an American paramotor/powered parachute designed and produced by Spartan Microlights.^[1]^[2]

Design and development

The aircraft was designed to comply the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules. It features a paraglider-style high-wing, single-place or optionally two-place-in-tandem accommodation and a single 28 hp (21 kW) Hirth F-33, 15 hp (11 kW) Hirth F-36 or 14 hp (10 kW) Radne Raket 120 engine in pusher configuration. As is the case with all paramotors, take-off and landing is accomplished by foot, although this aircraft can also fit optional wheels.^[1]^[2]

BP Parawing 115: Version with the 15 hp (11 kW) Hirth F-36 powerplant.^[2]
BP Parawing 95: Version with the 15 hp (11 kW) Hirth F-36 powerplant.^[2]
BP Parawing Carbon: Version with the 14 hp (10 kW) Radne Raket 120 powerplant.^[2]
BP Parawing Super Light: Version with the 14 hp (10 kW) Radne Raket 120 powerplant.^[2]
BP Parawing Super Light 2: Version with the 14 hp (10 kW) Radne Raket 120 powerplant.^[2]
BP Parawing Super Light 3: Version with the 14 hp (10 kW) Radne Raket 120 powerplant.^[2]

Data from Kitplanes^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Length: 4 ft (1.2 m) power unit only
Wingspan: 36 ft (11 m)
Height: 4 ft (1.2 m) power unit only
Empty weight: 48 lb (22 kg) power unit only
Gross weight: 350 lb (159 kg)
Fuel capacity: 2.5 U.S. gallons (9.5 L; 2.1 imp gal)
Powerplant: 1 × Hirth F-33 single cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled aircraft engine, 28 hp (21 kW)

Performance

^ ^a ^b ^c Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 54. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04, page 75. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X