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Victor has designed and built a powered parachute, that
can be legally driven on the road in Illinois, and can be
converted into an inflatable boat.
Two engines are used to
power it, a 503 Rotax of 50 hp powers it as a parachute and air
boat, and a 5.5 hp Tecumseh engine is used when driven as a land
vehicle.
Airspeed and ground speed are approximately 30 mph,
speeds as an airboat are not yet available as it is still in the
testing stage.
The AWL (pronounced ALL) is street legal with handle bar
steering, hand brakes, turn signals, headlight, and horn. It has
also been registered as watercraft - but the floatation system is
not ready to be sold to the public yet.
As a single seat aircraft it weighs 470 lbs about the same as a
two place ultralight. The chute used is a by High Energy Sports.
The craft comes built, and Victor indicates that he will be
able to take orders by end of summer.
The AWL was flying in the ultralight circuit at Airventure and
it's first flight was 6/05/2002.
For more information contact:
Victor Henson
532 24th Avenue, Rock Island
IL 61201
inventor@awl-v.com
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