Compare POWRACHUTE to the industry and you'll see why they are the leaders!

POWRACHUTE STANDARD FEATURES VS the INDUSTRY Alternatives
Are you looking for Standard Features or Quality Features?

We have the most of both!

"We don't claim to be the largest or fastest growing...

Simply the best in every way!"

FRONTAL FUSELAGE BARS

POWRACHUTE: (Exclusive Design Feature)
Benefit to the customer is structural strength - roll over protection - helps keep pilot and students head unexposed. This feature also provides forward impact resistance.

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Existing Industry Alternatives: None of the above benefits.
This feature is not available on any other manufactured PPC, therefore, the alternative would be less structural strength and less protection for pilot and student.

4130 CHROMOLLY BASE MAIN FRAME NOSEe WHEELl to FAN GUARD RING

POWRACHUTE: (Exclusive Design Feature)
(First and only manufacturer to run chromolly tubing the entire length of the frame) IT JUST MAKES SENSE. This feature like the frontal bars adds more structural integrity to the design. The vast majority of the weight, vibration, and landing impact are absorbed on the rear of any PPC. Running the chromolly from the nose to the fan guard ring also helps prevent prop strikes. Hard landings on most PPC's will drive the aluminum fan guard arms into the prop if the fan guard hits the ground. POWRACHUTE is the only design that mounts every engine support tubes attachment point to the chromolly main frame.

1. This protects your prop from strikes on hard landings.
2. Preserves your fan guard ring.
3. Gives your engine mount support a sturdy place to mount.
4. Saves you money.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Aluminum engine and fan guard support tubes, more flex in hard landings equals more props to replace. ($450.00 to $700.00) each bad landing, which translates into more down time.

ELEVATED FRAME and FAN GUARD

POWRACHUTE: Helps save rear end damage, prop strikes, grass stains on prop from less than fresh cut fields.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
If the fan guard is too low to the ground you could experience undesirable cost and down time replacing pieces to fan guard, engine support tubes and propeller.

GROUND STEERING and TOW BAR

POWRACHUTE:(Exclusive Design Feature) This standard feature uncomplicates the typical nose wheel steering and doubles as a convenient tow bar. This feature is also equipped with self-centering springs, insuring your nose wheel is straight on landing

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Pushing your machine around from rear by the prop which can be hazardous - no self centering devices offered. Make sure you don't land with the nose wheel in turned position.

TRUE ONE PIECE A-FRAME

POWRACHUTE: (Exclusive Design Feature) True suspension system with the most structurally sound hydraulic shock suspension in the PPC industry. "Reference Article Aero-News Network.com - search Arlington EAA 2000."

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Mid 90's technology - Bouncy embarrassing landings with fiberglass spring suspension, cracked spring rods from hard landings and more down time.

ODYSSEY DRY CELLl BATTERY and 12 VOLT POWER SOURCE

POWRACHUTE: (Exclusive Design Feature) The most expensive dry powder battery available. No chance of acid spill to you or your chute. Powder coat battery mount standard feature. Plug in power source same as automobiles. Easy to plug in cell phone, GPS, CD Player, etc. This allows you to broaden your horizons and insures you of reliable power sources.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Make sure your batteries are charged! Alternatives being acid or gel cell batteries, which are susceptible to spill damage.

CERAMIC CHROME EXHAUST

POWRACHUTE: Rust resistant - Longer Muffler Life - Pleasing eye appeal.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Black Muffler - discoloration after only a few hours, shorter life span.

CNC MAZAK PRECISION MACHINED PARTS

POWRACHUTE:What manufacturing leaders use. All of our machined parts are produced by state of the art Mazak CNC equipment, reliability and quality control you can count on.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Parts made on less reliable manufacturing equipment equals less reliable parts.

SPIN LOCK TRIM TABS

POWRACHUTE: (First and only company to offer as standard equipment)
Trim Locks are an excellent way to help stay your course as you fly cross wind and also allows for in flight chute trimming.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
No trim locks offered as standard equipment, so you must adjust for cross wind with leg pressure, which becomes exhausting especially when flying a student.

IN HOUSE STATE OF THE ART POWDER COATING

POWRACHUTE: (only company to powder coat all parts in house)
Advantages.
1. Quality Control
2. Rapid delivery of powdered parts.
3. All parts are sand blasted and then prepared in our state of the art dip tanks to insure maximum quality.
4. This will keep your investment looking brand new for years to come.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Long waits and no quality control because parts are shipped off to be powder coated. Just putting your kit together can result in knicks and dings in the powdercoat. Your craft looks old before the first flight!

PRECISION WHEEL BEARINGS

POWRACHUTE: Longer life span, less drag, less down time. (Not wheelbarrow bearings)

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Hard to believe but most other companies use a $2 part instead of a $6 part. When you buy your low cost machine, you'll replace theirs after about 10-20 hours. Factor that, and your time, into the price and you'll see that quality doesn't cost any more in the long run.

MAXIMUM USE of 6061-T6 ALUMINUM SADDLES

POWRACHUTE: This was an easy decision in our design. This is a must for the longevity of the design to insure no wear on bolt holes from vibration and stress.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Tubing against tubing or channel brackets against tubing allows for little support for bolt holes. Over time this will cause the hole to oval out and degrade its integrity. Also plastic saddles will eventually crack from stress and age.

EXTENSIVE USE OF MACHINED RECESSED SADDLES:

POWRACHUTE: There is 1/16 of an inch recess in the saddles where fan guard arms join at the ring, this allows for a clean strong attachment to the ring with no gaps.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Recessed saddles are not available in any other make. Gapped joints are not as strong. Another less desirable alternative would be tubing against tubing, because of the vibration of the engine alone.

MAXIMUM USE OF EXTRUDED FORMED BRACKETS, STAINLESS STEEL CHANNEL BRACKETS
and Flat Plate Connections

POWRACHUTE: This is more expensive to do, but adds to your safety, structural strength of the machine and over all resale value when you decide to sell and upgrade to a newer model. In addition, with the formed brackets there are less bolts, less to preflight and less to go wrong.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
More aluminum channel brackets, bolts, nuts, washers, more to preflight, more to go wrong. In addition, you don't have near the strength with the aluminum channel brackets.

MAXIMUM USE OF POLYMER REINFORCING PLUGS

POWRACHUTE: This is more expensive to do but adds to the structural integrity of your aircraft and to your safety. Not only are the ends plugged but also other points deep in the tubing itself. An example of this is the point where the axle bolts goes thorough the axle support tubes.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
A few manufacturers use plugs but some use the wrong size bolts, so they can still oval the tubing.

KIT BUILD OR PREFABRICATED UNITS?

POWRACHUTE: Each Part is built in a reliable reproducing jig to insure no downtime in the event of damage to any part of the machine. Almost all parts are predrilled, fitted, etc. . . This means anyone with a set of wrenches can order and replace a part in no time to get back in the air again.

Also you have much lower freight cost. If you do not desire to build your kit, our dealer will provide that service for a nominal fee. Typical build time is 30 to 40 hours. for first time builders.
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Existing Industry Alternatives:

Machines that are not manufactured in jigs, but are built by hand, makes it extremely hard for the average person to make the replacement part fit, look and work the same as the original. In fact, (with most factory built manufacturers), if the damage is serious enough, you have no alternative but to send your machine back to the manufacturer for reconstruction. How costly would that be? How time consuming? How much freight? In addition delivery cost are about 3 to 4 times more expensive for pre-built.

NYLON WEBBING RISERS

POWRACHUTE: This standard feature offers 6000 lbs of strength per riser, which helps absorb the load in turbulent air and is much simpler to pre-flight. it also stretches and absorbs shock to chute, which in turn gives longer chute life. In addition, it eliminates scratching of the airframe.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
You have less strength - bumpy ride in turbulent air and they will scratch up your investment. Braided stainless cables cannot be pre-flighted inside the braid.

QUICK CONNECT WIRING HARNESS

POWRACHUTE: Your engine information system is mounted in the pod with the wiring harness already attached, all you have to do is plug your probes in the appropriate place.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Do it all yourself. You must have a lot of patience and knowledge of electronic wiring.

ADJUSTABLE SEAT with STORAGE BENEATH

POWRACHUTE: The center section of your seat can easily be removed and turned to gained more or less leg room, and will not allow you to unintentionally over compensate your CG adjustment.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
No seat adjustment at all or a seat that could unintentionally be adjusted too far forward or back changing the attitude of the craft to an undesirable position.

STANDARD TIRES

POWRACHUTE: Powrachute offers the AZUSA tire and wheel as standard; this has been proven to create less drag when pushing or pulling your Powrachute. In addition, in the event your cart should tip during take-off roll, these tires will not bite into the ground like large knobby tires, which increases your chance of rollover.

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Existing Industry Alternatives:
Knobby tires can bite into the ground on take-off and landing which can increase the chance of roll over should your cart tip. Knobby tires on PPC increase drag load when you are pushing your machine around.

DELIVERY TIMES

POWRACHUTE:
With all aspects of production in-house, the quality control is one thing, but the delivery times are an added bonus! Your order doesn't bounce around from manager to manager, to lowest bidder, to sub-contractor or whatever. It stays in-house and gets gets done quickly with the highest standard of quality on which POWRACHUTE has made its name. It's done quickly and that is why we have so many satisfied customers... no waiting for their first machine, or for parts and accessories.

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Many companies sub-out parts of their production. They can't control the quality, or the timing with which the job is done. You can wait up to 2 months for parts, or even your first aircraft to arrive.

ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION

POWRACHUTE: The wiring harness comes complete. All you have to do is plug it in. No cutting, splicing or generally trying to be an electrician to get the instruments wired. It's a piece 'o cake!

Existing Industry Alternatives:
Trying to wire some machines to have all the instrumentation you want (standard on Powrachute) can be aggravating and time consuming with many trips to town to buy more electrical components (all supplied with your Powrachute).