title: Sky Seeker Powerchutes Sky Seeker
text: # Sky Seeker Powerchutes Sky Seeker
  
  The Sky Seeker Powerchutes Sky Seeker is a Canadian powered parachute that was designed and produced by Sky Seeker Powerchutes of Woking, Alberta, introduced in 2000.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Sky Seeker was designed as a quick-built kit with a construction time of 6–12 hours for the Canadian basic ultralight category and the US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles two-seat trainer rules. It features a 500 sq ft (46 $m^2)$ parachute-style high-wing, two-seats-in-tandem, tricycle landing gear and a single 50 hp (37 kW) Rotax 503 engine in pusher configuration.
  
  The aircraft is built from tubing and features a fibreglass cockpit fairing for cool-weather flying. The main landing gear incorporates spring rod suspension.
  
  ## Specifications (Sky Seeker)
  
  Data from Cliche
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: one
  * Capacity: one passenger
  * Wing area: 500 sq ft (46 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 290 lb (132 kg)
  * Gross weight: 700 lb (318 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 503 twin cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled aircraft engine, 50 hp (37 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Cruise speed: 26 mph (42 km/h, 23 kn)
  * Rate of climb: 450 ft/min (2.3 m/s)
  * Wing loading: 1.4 lb/sq ft (6.8 $kg/m^2)$
  