Paradise P1 LSA explained

The Paradise P1 LSA is a Brazilian light-sport aircraft, designed and produced by Paradise Aircraft of Feira de Santana and introduced in 2008. The aircraft is supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.^{[1] [2]}

Design and development

The P1 was designed to comply with the US light-sport aircraft rules and was accepted as a factory-built special light-sport aircraft in 2009. It features a strut-braced high wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The aircraft is made from welded steel tubing covered in aluminum sheet. Its 91NaN1 span wing has an area of 12.6m2 and flaps. The standard engine is the 1000NaN0 Rotax 912ULS four-stroke powerplant. The cockpit is 1101NaN1 wide.^{[1] [2]}

Originally a production line was set up in the United States, in Sebring, Florida, but this was later closed and in 2015 the company was noted as having no US presence or representation, although production continued in Brazil.^[2]

In 2008 the design was accepted as a Federal Aviation Administration approved special light-sport aircraft.^{[2] [4]}

Operational history

In April 2016, there were twelve P-1s registered in the United States with the US Federal Aviation Administration.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 68. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
2. Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 72. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
3. Web site: Paradise P-1. 7 January 2014. Experimental Aircraft Association. 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150108015800/http://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/aviation-communities-and-interests/light-sport-aircraft/getting-started-in-light-sport-aircraft-flying/light-sport-aircraft-folder/paradise-p-1. 8 January 2015. dead.
4. Web site: SLSA Make/Model Directory. 6 March 2017. Federal Aviation Administration. 26 September 2016.
5. Web site: Make / Model Inquiry Results. 7 April 2016. Federal Aviation Administration. 7 April 2016.