The Fresh Breeze Simonini is a German

paramotor Paramotor is the generic name for the harness and propulsive portion of a powered paraglider ("PPG"). There are two basic types of paramotors: foot launch and wheel launch. Foot launch models consist of a frame with harness, fuel tank, engine, ...

, designed and produced by

Fresh Breeze Fresh Breeze GmbH & Co Kg is a German aircraft manufacturer based in Wedemark. The company specializes in the design and manufacturer of paramotors and powered parachute A powered parachute, often abbreviated PPC, and also called a motorized ...

Wedemark Wedemark ( Eastphalian: ''Wiemark'') is a municipality in the district of Hanover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Wedemark is a historical landscape description for the area and is situated approximately 20 km north of Hanover. It ranks third on a ...

for

powered paragliding Powered paragliding, also known as paramotoring or PPG, is a form of ultralight aviation where the pilot wears a back-pack motor (a paramotor) which provides enough thrust to take off using a paraglider. It can be launched in still air, and on ...

. The aircraft is named for its

Simonini 200cc The Simonini 200cc is an Italian single cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled aircraft engine, produced by Simonini Racing of San Dalmazio di Serramazzoni. The engine is used to power paramotor Paramotor is the generic name for the harness and ...

powerplant.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 68. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X

Design and development

The aircraft was designed in the 1990s and features a

paraglider Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched Glider (aircraft), glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a :wikt:harness, harness o ...

-style

high-wing A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes. A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing conf ...

, single-place accommodation and a single

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of t ...

engine in

pusher configuration In an aircraft with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s). Since a pusher propeller is mounted behind the engine, the drive shaft is in compression in no ...

, with recoil starting. The fuel capacity is standard, with optional. As is the case with all paramotors, take-off and landing is accomplished by foot. The Simonini fits into the company's line in between the

Solo 210 The Hirth F-36 is a single-cylinder, two-stroke, carburetted aircraft engine designed for use on ultralight aircraft, especially powered paragliders and ultralight trikes. It is noted for its extremely small equipped weight of including exh ...

-powered Solo model and the

Hirth F33 The Hirth F-33 is a single cylinder, two stroke, carburetted aircraft engine designed for use on ultralight aircraft, including powered paragliders and ultralight trikes. the engine is noted for its extremely light base weight of . It is ma ...

-powered

Fresh Breeze Monster The Fresh Breeze Monster is a German paramotor, designed and produced by Fresh Breeze of Wedemark for powered paragliding.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 68. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster UK, ...

Specifications (Simonini)

References

External links

* {{Fresh Breeze aircraft 1990s German ultralight aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Paramotors

Simonini Simonini Racing S.r.l. is an Italian automotive and aircraft engine manufacturer based in San Dalmazio di Serramazzoni. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of small engines and racing conversion kits for motorcycles and mic ...