Parawing proof-of-concept: a little motorized carriage mated to an experimental flexible wing for use in a steerable parachute.... just to see if the theory would work out.

Turns out, it is possible to fly and steer a craft with the sole commands: Left wingtip down, Right wingtip down, Both wingtips down... In fact, the resulting craft flies pretty well and even survived sea trials on the USS Beast.... on the 20th attempt.

So if novelty planes and novel ways of control interest you... go ahead, take a couple of spins on this craft and then take it apart to see how exaxtly everything works. You can. This is SimplePlanes after all. You can change all you want and if you f...ed up completely, just reload the d...ed thing and try again.

Flying: There is no vertical stabilizer but otherwise everything is like a normal plane: pitch, roll, engine, brake... Parawing takes off at 60 mph and cruises at 75.

Trim pitches the carriage up and down compared to the wing: On starting: keep it neutral. On cruising: pitch downwards until propeller aligns with center of lift to avoid prop pushing the nose up. On landing: kill engine and pitch forward to push nose of carriage up so you land on the back wheels first.

I posted this plane here for two reasons. First is to quickly explain the principles behind the Parawing Glider featured HERE The second is for everyone interested to use this as a starting point for their own parawings, paragliders paratrikes and ultralight aircraft. And if you do, please post them. I would like to see what other builders come up with.