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  • Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute)
  • Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute)

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AttributePowrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute)Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute)These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
What it is
Seats22
Landing geartricycletricycle
Engines——
EngineRotax 912ULSRotax 503 (Rotax 582 64 hp optional)
Horsepower100 hp50 hp
Fuel——
Certification basisLSAamateur-built
Production start—1985
Production end——
Endorsements required——
Performance
Cruise speed33 KTAS23 KTAS
Range——
Service ceiling——
Climb rate1,200 ft/min800 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)——
Takeoff over 50 ft——
Landing over 50 ft——
Load and fuel
Seats22
Useful load700 lb500 lb
Full-fuel payload——
Max takeoff weight1,150 lb800 lb
Empty weight486 lb300 lb
Usable fuel10 gal8 gal
Fuel burn at cruise——
Cost of ownership
Price, low$43,195—
Price, high——
Prices as of2023—
Engine TBO——
Overhaul cost, low——
Overhaul cost, high——
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time247459
Active fleet217226
Median year built2020.02000.0
NTSB events, last 10 years24
Fatal events, last 10 years12
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years19.2217.7
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active29.2217.7
Ownership transfers, last 24 months6021
Transfers per 100 active327.659.29
Airworthiness directives10
Directives, last 5 years00
Rate confidenceokok
Peer scores
Peer classPowered parachute, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seatsPowered parachute, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats
Accident record4——
Severity5——
Access6——
Support7——
Liquidity8——
Overall (sum of the categories shown)9——
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), per 1,000 active aircraft · base 217 active; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), per 1,000 active aircraft · base 226 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), per 1,000 active aircraft · base 217 active; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), per 1,000 active aircraft · base 226 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), per 100 active aircraft · base 217 active; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), per 100 active aircraft · base 226 active.
  4. Accident record: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), class median 12.93 · 3 models in class; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), class median 12.93 · 3 models in class.
  5. Severity: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), class median 16.67; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), class median 16.67.
  6. Access: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), class median 66; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), class median 66.
  7. Support: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), class median 226; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), class median 226.
  8. Liquidity: Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute), class median 16.05; Buckeye Industries Dream Machine (powered parachute), class median 16.05.
  9. Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
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