Phoenix Industries Sport Explained

The Phoenix Industries Sport is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Phoenix Industries of Southampton, New Jersey. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as in the form of plans for amateur construction. In addition to the plans the company also supplied materials kits and canopies.^{[1] [2]}

Design and development

The Sport was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 2540NaN0. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 2250NaN0. It features a parachute-style wing that was available in a range of sizes from 370to, single-place accommodation and tricycle landing gear. The aircraft can accept engines of 40to and the recommended engine is the twin-cylinder 400NaN0 Zenoah G-50 engine, which is installed in pusher configuration.^{[1] [2]}

The Sport carriage is built from metal tubing. In flight steering is accomplished via foot levers that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw.^{[1] [2]}

The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 400NaN0 engine is 1500NaN0 and the landing roll is 1000NaN0.^{[1] [2]}

The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the plans as 150 hours.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Downey, Julia: 2000 Trike and 'Chute Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 2, February 2000, page 53. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
2. Downey, Julia: 2005 Trikes 'Chutes and Rotorcraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 22, Number 2, February 2005, page 51. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851