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.
[1][2][3] The Parrot has a high, all-metal, rectangular plan wing fitted with Junkers style flaperons in two sections, the inner ones set slightly down.
Steel tube extensions of the fuselage frame support the wing centre section which is completely transparent, the spars continuing through it.
It is extensively glazed, with only frame tubes to block the view, and is entered via a starboard side, upward hinged door.
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.
A nitrogen/oil shock absorber links the axle to a joint on the lower part of the upper leg.