A variant of the Parascender I, the Para-Ag was designed to comply with the US Experimental - Amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a 520square feet parachute-style wing, single-place accommodation, tricycle landing gear and a single 500NaN0 Rotax 503 engine in pusher configuration. A 620square feet wing was optional.[1] [2]
The aircraft carriage is built from bolted aluminium tubing. Inflight steering is accomplished via foot pedals that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw. On the ground the aircraft has foot-controlled nosewheel steering. The main landing gear incorporates spring rod suspension. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 285lb and a gross weight of 720lb, giving a useful load of 435lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and chemicals for application is 375lb. A series of dry chemical hoppers and liquid chemical tanks of 35to were available and the chemicals were disbursed from booms protruding from either side of the cockpit at propeller hub height.[1]
The standard day, sea level, no wind, takeoff with a 500NaN0 engine is 1500NaN0 and the landing roll is 500NaN0.[1]
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 30 hours.[1]
In April 2015 no examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[3]
