The Per Il Volo Miniplane is an Italian

paramotor Paramotor is the generic name for the harness and propulsive portion of a powered paraglider ("PPG"). There are two basic types of paramotors: foot launch and wheel launch. Foot launch models consist of a frame with harness, fuel tank, engine, ...

designed and produced by

Per Il Volo Per Il Volo ( en, For The Flight) is an Italian aircraft manufacturer based in Galliera Veneta. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of paramotors and aircraft engines.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8 ...

Galliera Veneta Galliera Veneta is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about northwest of Venice and about north of Padua. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,830 and an area of .All demographic ...

for

powered paragliding Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider. It can be launched in still air, and on ...

. It was introduced in 1989 and remains in production.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page D-22. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 73. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The aircraft was designed as a light weight paramotor, giving due consideration to the fact that the pilot has to wear the engine on his or her back and run with it for take-off. It features a

paraglider Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness or lies supine in a cocoon-like ' ...

-style

high-wing A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing co ...

, single-place accommodation and a single

Per Il Volo Top 80 The Per Il Volo Top 80 is an Italian single cylinder, two-stroke aircraft engine designed and produced by Per Il Volo of Galliera Veneta for powered paragliding. It was the first purpose-designed paramotor engine.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Air ...

engine in pusher configuration. As is the case with all paramotors, take-off and landing is accomplished by foot. To keep the design as light as possible a simple harness is used. The single cylinder,

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of ...

, fan-cooled aircraft engine incorporates some unique features that make it especially suitable for its role. Its reduction gearbox results in the engine and propeller turning in different directions, thereby reducing the resulting torque absorbed by the pilot . The engine also incorporates a

centrifugal clutch A centrifugal clutch is an automatic clutch that uses centrifugal force to operate. The output shaft is disengaged at low rotational speed and engages more as speed increases. It is often used in mopeds, underbones, lawn mowers, go-karts, chainsaw ...

that allows the engine to idle without the propeller turning, which improves safety during canopy inflation and launch, as well as landing. The aircraft can be completely disassembled for ground transportation or storage. The

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and

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frame folds and the fuel tank is removable.

Variants

;Miniplane 115 :Version with smaller propeller with a diameter of . ;Miniplane 125 :Version with larger propeller with a diameter of .

Specifications (Miniplane 125)

References

External links

* {{Per Il Volo aircraft 1980s Italian ultralight aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Paramotors

Design and development

Variants

Specifications (Miniplane 125)

See also

References

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