Wasp Flight Systems (often called just Wasp Systems) is a British
aircraft manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry.
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based in
Kendal, Cumbria
Kendal, once Kirkby in Kendal or Kirkby Kendal, is a market town and civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England, south-east of Windermere, Cumbria (town), Windermere and north of Lancaster, Lancashire, Lancaster. Historic ...
and run by Chris Taylor. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
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 ...
s in the form of ready-to-fly motorized harnesses for the US
FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles
Ultralight aircraft in the United States are much smaller and lighter than ultralight aircraft as defined by all other countries.
In the United States, ultralights are described as "ultralight vehicles" and not as aircraft. They are not requ ...
rules and the European
microlight category.
[Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 77. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ]
The company was founded in 1998.
The company's sole product is the Wasp SP, a powered hang glider unit. This has gone through several generations of development, including the
Wasp SP Mk2
The Wasp SP Mk2 is a British powered hang glider that was designed and produced by Wasp Systems (now called Wasp Flight Systems) of Crook, Cumbria. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied complete and ready-to-f ...
, introduced in 2002 and the current production version, the
Wasp SP Mk4.
Aircraft
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://waspsystems.co.uk/
Aircraft manufacturers of the United Kingdom
Ultralight aircraft
Powered hang gliders