Available in 2005, by January 2015 the aircraft was no longer listed on the Vortech website.[1] [2]
The Vortech Sparrow 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 2540NaN0. It features a single main rotor, a single-seat open cockpit without a windshield, tricycle landing gear, plus a tail caster. The acceptable power range is 50to. The standard engine used is the twin cylinder, air-cooled, two-stroke, dual-ignition 500NaN0 Rotax 503 engine mounted in pusher configuration.[1]
The aircraft fuselage is made from metal tubing. Its two-bladed rotor has a diameter of 231NaN1. The aircraft has a typical empty weight of 254lb and a gross weight of 500lb, giving a useful load of 246lb. With full fuel of the payload for the pilot and baggage is 216lb.[1]
The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off with a 500NaN0 engine is 1000NaN0 and the landing roll is 500NaN0.[1]
The manufacturer estimated the construction time as 150 hours.[1]
By 1998 the company reported that more than six kits had been sold, were completed and flying.[1]