Eagles Wing Scout

The Eagles Wing Scout is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Eagles Wing Corporation of Normandy, Tennessee. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.

The aircraft was introduced in 1999 and production ended when the company went out of business in 2005.

Design and development
The Scout was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules, including the category's maximum empty weight of 254 lb. The aircraft has a standard empty weight of 224 lb. It features a 400 sqft parachute-style wing, single-place accommodation, tricycle landing gear and a single 45 hp Zenoah G-50 engine in pusher configuration.

The aircraft carriage is built from a combination of bolted aluminium and 4130 steel tubing. Inflight 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.

The aircraft has an empty weight of 224 lb and a gross weight of 485 lb, giving a useful load of 261 lb. With full fuel of 5 u.s.gal the payload for pilot and baggage is 231 lb.