Daddee I once was a slug.
Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 2815 Location: Mesa, AZ
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Posted: 11/10/2004, 11:09 pm Post subject: Ultra-UltraLight |
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How about this little bad boy?
Basically, you buy the cockpit (or "pod" as the manufacturer calls them) and attach wings from a standard hang glider. The pods come in two versions, the Escape Pod and the Pod Racer. The primary difference between the two is that the Pod Racer has no motor—it seems like a heavily reconfigured hang glider, and obviously it can't take off without assistance. The Escape Pod, however, comes with a 25 horsepower motor and three-blade propeller, making it a true self-contained ultralight—at a mere 75 pounds including motor, the name ultralight might be an understatement when you consider that most ultralights weigh in between two and three hundred pounds.
No price specified, but I've seen it suggested as coming in under $5,000. _________________ "Only small minds want always to be right."
- Louis XIV
"...haven't you lived long enough to know that two men may honestly differ about a question and both be right?"
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