10. What is the ceiling of the PPC? (How high can you go?)
From the factory, the 2-seat PPC with a 65-hp engine will normally obtain around 12,000 feet with just an average size pilot, and around 8,000 feet with 450 lbs of occupants. (The world solo record is 17,000 feet.) Regulations require that you have a transponder that communicates with Air Traffic Control above 10,500 feet.99% of Powered Parachutes do not have transponders installed.
Light Sport regulations also limit the Sport Pilot to a maximum altitude of 10,000 feet above mean sea level.
My big question is, "Why do you want to go that high?"Personally, I have been as high as 2,000 feet in a PPC.When I got up there, I looked around and thought to myself, 'I feel like a regular airplane' and back down I went.People stop waving at you above 1,000 feet anyway. Most of my time in the air is spent at 500 feet, above ground level.
Most importantly, NEVER fly lower than the Code of Federal Regulation allows or what is safely prudent!
