The Parrot is Marc-Ingegno's first aircraft. Before it they specialized in designing and building aircraft brakes for five or more major aircraft companies. To access the targeted rough and mountain fields, the Parrot needed to provide the pilot with excellent all-round vision, to be able to climb quickly, fly slowly and have an energy absorbing
undercarriage with strong brakes. The Parrot has a high, all-metal, rectangular plan wing fitted with
Junkers style
flaperons in two sections, the inner ones set slightly down. It is braced to the lower
fuselage by a V-form
strut on each side. Steel tube extensions of the fuselage frame support the wing centre section which is completely transparent, the spars continuing through it. The standard engine in the nose of the Parrot is a
Rotax 912 UL, uprated from to by the addition of a Marc-Ingegno compressor. The unmodified Rotax is an option. These engines drive
propellers with three, scimitar shaped curved blades. There are two fuel tanks in the wings and a reserve tank. The fuselage has a welded tube steel structure which, aft of the curved, composite surfaces of the
cowling and the upper fuselage between engine and
cockpit, defines a flat sided form. Between the cockpit and the tail the cross-section is an irregular hexagon. The cockpit seats two in close
tandem. It is extensively glazed, with only frame tubes to block the view, and is entered via a starboard side, upward hinged door. On the port side the window is upward hinged; both door and window can be opened in flight. There is a baggage space behind the rear seat and a pannier can be attached to the fuselage underside below the cockpit to increase storage space. The Parrot's wire-braced
empennage is conventional. The vertical surfaces are large, angular and slightly swept. Its horizontal surfaces are rectangular in plan, with a small
tailplane carrying a much larger, one-piece
elevator hinged well behind the
rudder trailing edge. Both rudder and elevator are
horn balanced. The Parrot has conventional
landing gear. One each side a sturdy, fixed, forward-raked leg from the fuselage lower
longeron has a hinged lower section, normally at about 90° to the upper part, with an axle at its end. A nitrogen/oil
shock absorber links the axle to a joint on the lower part of the upper leg. The wheels have large tyres and
caliper hydraulic brakes. The tailwheel is also large, mounted well behind the extreme fuselage in an inverted U frame on a long spring. Skis can be fitted in place of wheels. A Galaxy ballistic recovery parachute is an option. ==Development==