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Ikenga E.Z. Bird  1991

Recreational Paramotor

Sponsor: Mr. and Mrs. William Bucholds
Acknowledgment: DeVore Aviation Group


E.Z. Bird is presently in storage as I negotiate with a number of museums that have an interest in displaying this ship. Hung from the ceiling, and with supportive educational material, it will introduce youngsters to the fun of flying and the physics of flight. E.Z.Bird's frame is welded 4130 chrome moly.
 

 


E.Z. Bird was developed as a beautifully designed and inexpensive recreational Paramotor that would get the sports flyer into the air for under five thousand dollars.

The aircraft is a light-weight trike with a steerable nosewheel that weighed only ninety-five pounds dry. It has a welded tubular steel frame and offered the perspective buyer an alternative to the "motor on your back" type of ultralight aircraft or the cumbersome and heavy Paraplanes. E.Z. Bird could be easily transported to the launch area on the roof of the pilot's car.

Powered by a 25 to 40 horsepower two-stroke motor turning a three blade Ivoprop, E.Z. Bird has a projected airspeed— limited by the airfoil—of thirty miles per hour and an operational ceiling of three thousand feet.

The size of the airfoil/wing chosen is dependent on the weight of the pilot.