The Fresh Breeze Monster is a German

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 Fresh Breeze of

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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 ...

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Design and development

The aircraft was designed in the 2000s as a paramotor with greater power to lift heavier pilots and for two-place flying. 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 or two-place-in-

tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

accommodation and a single Hirth F-33 engine in pusher configuration. As is the case with all paramotors, take-off and landing is accomplished by foot.

Variants

;Monster CB :In production in 2012, this model has "comfort bar" flexible push rods that counteract engine torque. ;Monster Jettison :In production in 2012, this model retains the jettisonable engine feature of the earliest models.

Specifications (Monster)

References

External links

* {{Fresh Breeze aircraft 2000s German ultralight aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Paramotors Monster