Powrachute AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute)
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The AirWolf is Powrachute's heavier two-seat powered parachute, built around the four-stroke 100 hp Rotax 912ULS rather than a two-stroke, with an APCO 550 Cruiser canopy as standard and a 10-gallon tank. It flies at about 33 knots, climbs at up to 1,200 fpm and carries a 700 lb payload, which is the reason it exists.
The four-stroke engine is the proposition: a 2,000-hour overhaul interval against a few hundred for a 582, and the power to lift two large people with fuel where lighter powered parachutes struggle. The costs are a heavier cart, about 486 lb with the wing, and a ready-to-fly price of around $43,000 in late 2023. The published 700 lb payload and the 1,150 lb gross weight in the flight manual refer to different canopies, so take the limits from the documents of the actual aircraft rather than the brochure. A powered-parachute rating, or the sport-pilot endorsement, is required, and the envelope is the category's: light wind only, canopy kited and checked before every launch, no turbulence. As an S-LSA it is maintained to the manufacturer's manual and inspected annually by an A&P or LSA repairman, with major alterations needing the manufacturer's authorisation; as an E-LSA the owner may inspect it after the 16-hour course. The Rotax 912 wants a mechanic who knows it: its rubber hoses and belts are replaced on a five-year calendar regardless of hours, and on leaded avgas the oil-change interval drops to 25 hours, so unleaded fuel is the sensible diet.
Variants of the Powrachute Pegasus and AirWolf
- Pegasus (powered parachute) · 2000 · 243 active
- AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute) · 217 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 912ULS |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | LSA |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 33 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 1,200 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 700 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,150 lb |
| Empty weight | 486 lb |
| Usable fuel | 10 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $43,195 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | 2023 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 247 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 217 |
| Median year built | 2020.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 9.221 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 9.222 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 60 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 27.653 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 217 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 217 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 217 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Powered parachute, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | —3 |
| Support | —4 |
| Liquidity | —5 |
- Accident record: class median 12.93 · 3 models in class.
- Severity: class median 16.67.
- Access: class median 66.
- Support: class median 226.
- Liquidity: class median 16.05.
- 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.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30