The Swedish Aerosport Mosquito is a

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powered hang glider A foot-launched powered hang glider (FLPHG), also called powered harness, nanolight, or hangmotor, is a powered hang gliding, hang glider harness with a internal combustion engine, motor and propeller (aircraft), propeller in pusher configuratio ...

designed and produced by Swedish Aerosport and introduced in 1995.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page C-34. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 76. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The Mosquito was the power package that started renewed interest in the powered self-launching hang glider concept when it was introduced in 1995. The power package can be mated with any hang glider wing. Ready to fly the aircraft features a cable-braced

hang glider Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider. Most modern hang gliders are made of an aluminium alloy or composite frame covered ...

-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 confi ...

, weight-shift controls, single-place accommodation, foot-launching and landing and a single engine in

pusher configuration In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in nor ...

. The aircraft uses a standard hang glider wing, made from bolted-together

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tubing, with its wing covered in

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sailcloth. The wing is supported by a single tube-type

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and uses an "A" frame control bar. The engine is a lightweight,

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

, single cylinder Radne Raket 120 of that produces power though a 3.5:1 belt reduction drive, with an extension shaft. Folding legs protect the propeller during ground operations. The engine package can be installed in most hang glider pod harnesses. The Mosquito can also be purchased as a complete harness assembly. The original Mosquito design was updated in 2001 as the ''Mosquito NRG'', which remains in production. The NRG incorporates a flat back plate, front opening, propeller brake, integrated controls and electric starting. Wings that are approved for the Mosquito include the

A-I-R Atos The A-I-R Atos is a German high-wing, single-place, rigid wing hang glider designed by Felix Ruehle and produced by A-I-R GmbH of Halblech.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 40. Pagefast ...

rigid wing and the Aeros Discus M.

Specifications (Mosquito)

Image gallery

File:NRG parked.JPG, The harness attached to the glider when it is tethered nose down and into wind File:NRG and wheels.JPG, With full fuel the motorised harness weighs around 15 kg more than a standard hang gliding harness File:Mosquito A10.JPG, A Pegasus rigid wing hang glider with a Mosquito A10 harness, the model previous to the NRG File:Fun 160 keel modification.JPG, The tail section of the keel is removed to prevent conflict with the propeller.

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.swedishaerosport.se/ 1990s Swedish ultralight aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Powered hang gliders