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The Sky Science PowerHawk is an British powered parachute that was designed and produced by Sky Science Powered Parachutes Limited of Tidworth. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit for amateur construction.〔Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 85. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X〕 The aircraft was introduced in about 2000 and production ended when the company went out of business at the end of 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Internet Archive Wayback Machine )〕 ==Design and development== The PowerHawk was designed to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight category, as well as amateur-built aircraft rules. It features a parachute-style wing, two-seats-in-tandem accommodation, tricycle landing gear or quadracycle landing gear and a single 2si 690-L70 engine in pusher configuration.〔 The aircraft carriage is built from metal tubing with an optional full cockpit fairing. In flight steering is accomplished via foot pedals that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw. On the ground the aircraft has lever-controlled nosewheel steering. The main landing gear incorporates spring rod suspension. On snow the aircraft uses four skis, two steerable ones in the front and two replacing the rear wheels.〔 The aircraft has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload for crew and baggage is .〔〔 The standard day, sea level, no wind, take off and landing roll with a engine is .〔 The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 30–50 hours.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sky Science PowerHawk」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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