Two Engines, Four Wheels And A Parachute
Longtime powered parachute manufacturer Buckeye Aviation will
debut what it believes to be the first aerial ATV at the Iowa Farm
and Field Fest in Ames/Boone, Iowa, this weekend, August 26-28. The
combination powered parachute and all-terrain vehicle has two
engines-a three-cylinder, 100-hp Hirth to drive the propeller, and
a 150-cc motorcycle-type engine to power the drive train. Using a
550 square-foot ram parachute as its wing, the two-place,
side-by-side machine will fly at 34 mph and travel across the
ground at 40 mph.