The
newly upgraded 2007 Free Spirit is a uniquely designed paraglider
motor. Don't miss
out on this great price of $6900
for a complete package including the Free Spirit paraglider motor, a
Mac Para Muse II or Sting Powerplay paraglider. This package
also includes a free training harness with caribeaners, a free
factory installed
TinyTach/Hour Meter to be sure
your engine is running properly, oil ratio mixing bottle, and
syphon
jiggle tube. The
complete training course of $1000 will be cut in half to $500 when you
purchase a Free Spirit Flight Package. Scroll to the bottom of
this page to find out more about the training course.
Let's look
closer and see the details that separate the Free Spirit from any other
design on the market.
THE BLACK
DEVIL ENGINE - The heart of the Free
Spirit is the Cors-Air Black Devil engine. Ohio Powered
Paragliding has 6 years experience working with JPX Italia and
the Cors-Air engines. We are one of the few manufacturers to
utilize the JPX Italia recommended 5th motor mount for engine stability
and vibration reduction. The Black Devil is the best horsepower
to weight paraglider engine on the market today with unmatched
reliability and quality. Check out the quality of these engines -
they look and run like a Swiss Watch ! Click here for technical details on the
BLACK DEVIL ENGINE
The CAGE DESIGN -
The cage design is a rugged single
ring cage
with what we call a Matrix Ring that makes the difference.
The main frame and Matrix Ring are constructed of steel . The
cage spokes and cage ring are made of aluminum. This
structure forms a frame and cage design that is supper strong.
With an all up dry
weight of 58 pounds (including cage,
frame,
harness, and prop, no fuel), the Free Spirit is rugged yet light and
manageable for the average person.
THE
HARNESS
- For a paraglider motor harness to be comfortable, it must be designed
with plenty of padding, plenty of adjustment straps to fit the pilot,
and a seat that is long enough to support the pilots legs. After
flying many different harness configurations, the Free Spirit seat
board is long and comfortable. The harness has storage pockets on
each side of the pilot to hold radios, tools, or other items, it
has pulleys for use with the speed bar, and the diaper style leg
straps. This amazing feature allows free leg movement while
running without any interference by the leg straps.
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THE
PROPELLER - This new prop is the
result
of years of experience with the Black Devil engine and knowing what it
takes in a propeller to make the Black Devil perform to its optimum
capability. With laminations of walnut and maple this prop
is tough, yet lightweight on the tips to reduce torque. After
working with almost every PPG prop manufacturer in North America and
Spain, Ohio Powered Paragliding is happy to offer the best 44" and 48"
props on
the market for the 2.5 reduction Black Devil
Engine with the 2.5 reduction. At a retail cost of $189(44") and $199
(48") these props are
a
great bargain for any Black Devil owner. Click
here for more details or to order.
Other features include the
exclusive
Free Spirit in-air KICK START and
Convenient FUEL SYSTEM with in tank fuel filter, check valve,
start-up primer bulb. No blow-job priming with this system.
The progressive break down design allows the cage and
frame to come apart into 4 rigid cage sections for transport back and
forth to your field.
Paragliders:
We recommend the MacPara Muse II or the Swing Powerplay Paragliders for
beginner or intermediate pilots.
Paraglider Costs - Mac Para Muse II - $2850
Swing Powerplay - $2850
Both of these paragliders are proven
performers for powered paragliding
and are the two most popular wings for powered Paragliding. They
are certified as standard for the safest possible rating for new
pilots.
Training
:
Introductory Tandem
Flight
-
$100
The tandem flight
with
instructor,
Bruce Brown, is an excellent way to get a good understanding of what it
is like to fly a powered paraglider. You are introduced to the
parts
of the motor unit and paraglider and the student passenger can even
take
control of the paraglider in flight if desired. We do
both foot launch and trike launch tandems if running is not for you.
When you purchase your Free Spirit
Package from Ohio PPG your complete training cost is only
$500 !
Powered paragliding
complete
course takes you through your solo flights on non-Ohio PPG equipment-
$1000
Powered paragliding complete course when trained on a Black Hawk
Package -$1500 (at their
recommendation)
Because it is best to
learn
on the equipment one will actually fly in the future, students will
need
to have their own equipment to do the complete course which includes
solo
motorized flights. We will train on equipment you purchase from other
sources
or the equipment you purchase from Ohio Powered
Paragliding.
Training normally takes 5 days depending on weather and student
progression. After 8 years
of
training pilots to fly powered paragliders, our experience dictates
that 5 days is necessary to be trained completely and safely.
Two-three days is just not long
enough.
Everyone progresses at a different rate, so the necessary time will be
taken to insure you are trained properly and flying safely before
you are encouraged to fly on your own at home.
Training
starts from
scratch
with introduction to parts of the paraglider, techniques for perfect
forward
and reverse launches, ground handling practice, motor break-in, two
cycle
engine maintenance, how to read aviation sectional charts, paragliding
problems: how to prevent them, how to handle them if they do
happen. We include practice flights in our flight
simulator, preflight
check training,
preflight
field analysis, weather analysis, and preparing to fly at home.
When you finish your training, you will be ready to fly on
your
own!
Ohio Powered
Paragliding
20683 Hull Prairie
Road
Bowling Green,
OH
43402 |
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