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About Paratrikes

Paratrikes are the latest type of aircraft which utilise a paramotor-type engine unit
for the thrust attached to a single-seat 3-wheeled steerable trike unit which you sit in.  A paraglider wing is then connected up which generates the all-important lift.  Paratrikes are ideal for pilots who are unable to foot-launch a Paramotor owing to physical ailments such as a bad back or knee problems. 

Many slightly-built Paramotor pilots male or female - who are un-easy with the weight of a 30+kg paramotor on their back or those who just want the most relaxing offlights with easy launches and landings will love the ease and simplicity of flying a Paratrike.

Due to its rolling start, a Paratrike can easily take-off in nil wind conditions which
are normally one of the most challenging aspects of foot-launching a Paramotor. 
In a nutshell, Paratrikes are great fun, simple to operate and very safe.

Unlike Paramotors, certain criteria must be met to legally fly a Paratrike in the UK.At the end of April 2007 (after a number of years of hard campaigning by the BMAA to simplify the airworthiness requirements for lightweight single-seat microlights such as Paratrikes), the UK CAA issued an exemption for single-seat microlights weighing less than 115 kgs to operate without needing to hold a Permit to Fly airworthiness certificate.
 
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