Jet Pocket Top 80

The Top 80 was designed to comply with the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles rules as well as European regulations. It features a paraglider-style wing, single-place accommodation and a single 15 hp (11 kW) Per Il Volo Top 80 engine in pusher configuration with a 2.25:1 ratio reverse-turning gear box reduction drive and a 123 cm (48 in) diameter two-bladed wooden propeller. The fuel tank capacity is 7 litres (1.5 imp gal; 1.8 US gal).^[1]

As is the case with all paramotors, take-off and landing is accomplished by foot. Inflight steering is accomplished via handles that actuate the canopy brakes, creating roll and yaw.^[1]

Reviewer Rene Coulon wrote in 2003 that the line of paramotors produced by the company were, "reliable, light, yet powerful, well balanced statically and dynamically."^[1]

Data from Bertrand^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Empty weight: 20 kg (44 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 7 litres (1.5 imp gal; 1.8 US gal)
• Powerplant: 1 × Per Il Volo Top 80 single cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled aircraft engine, with a 2.25:1 reverse-turning gear box reduction drive, 11 kW (15 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden, fixed pitch, 1.23 m (4 ft 0 in) diameter