Description

A Paramotor or Powered Para Glider (PPG) is a powered flexible wing microlight aircraft which may be foot launched or, equipped with a tricycle undercarriage, which enables wheel launching. In either case, it consists of a frame that combines the motor, propeller, harness and in the case of wheel-launched aircraft, a pilot seat fixed to the frame. The frame has two attachment points for the risers of a paraglider wing that allows for powered flight.

Whether the aircraft is foot-launched or wheel-launched can in some jurisdictions make a difference to whether a pilot licence is required to fly the wheel-launched one. However, most foot-launched types do not require such a licence or, necessarily, any pilot training, although airspace access restrictions do not generally differentiate between the two variants.