Powrachute Pegasus (powered parachute)
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Pegasus is Powrachute's two-seat powered parachute, the current Rotax 582 model in a line the company began in 1999 with the PC 2000: a 65 hp two-stroke driving a pusher propeller on a tricycle cart beneath a 500 or 550 sq ft ram-air canopy. It flies at one speed, about 30 knots, climbs at up to 900 fpm, carries 10 gallons and lifts a 625 lb payload with the larger wing.
Powrachute is still building and supporting these, which separates it from the orphaned powered parachutes on the register, and a new one listed at about $27,000 in late 2023. Flying it needs a powered-parachute category rating, or the equivalent sport-pilot endorsement; the aircraft lives in light wind, is launched only after the canopy has been kited and checked, and stops within a hundred feet. As a factory-built S-LSA it is maintained to the manufacturer's manual with an A&P or an LSA repairman signing the annual condition inspection, and any major alteration needs the manufacturer's authorisation; an E-LSA example may be inspected by its owner after the 16-hour course. The Rotax 582 is a liquid-cooled two-stroke that burns two-stroke oil, premixed or injected, and is overhauled at about 300 hours or five years, and the fabric wing ages with sun and use. The name is also carried by Pegasus Aviation's British weight-shift trikes, so confirm the manufacturer before assuming any of this applies to a given registration.
Variants of the Powrachute Pegasus and AirWolf
- Pegasus (powered parachute) · 2000 · 243 active · this page
- AirWolf 912ULS (powered parachute) · 217 active
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Rotax 582 |
| Horsepower | 65 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | LSA |
| Production start | 2000 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 30 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 900 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | — |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 625 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | — |
| Empty weight | 420 lb |
| Usable fuel | 10 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $27,300 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | 2023 |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 359 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 243 |
| Median year built | 2004.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 4 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 16.461 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 12.352 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 39 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 16.053 |
| 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 243 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 243 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 243 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