Longest uninterrupted flight was 1232.7km,most people just go up for a few hours and enjoy the flight.
15k feet
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Longest uninterrupted flight was 1232.7km,most people just go up for a few hours and enjoy the flight.
Yup, I think Bear Grylls (who has his own line of paramotors) flew over everest with one.
15k feet
Wow I’m amazed they can carry enough fuel - weight must be a big factor. And weather conditions (wind etc)Longest uninterrupted flight was 1232.7km,most people just go up for a few hours and enjoy the flight.
Being too lazy to look into it myself, I assume that when the motor is on it is elevating, then when it’s switched off you start to descend?Yup, I think Bear Grylls (who has his own line of paramotors) flew over everest with one.
I was surprised how manoeuvrable they were - one lad was doing quite hard banked turns but seemed to lose height as he did the turn. I imagine they use wind to climb but they was barely a breath at Seaburn yesterday.Being too lazy to look into it myself, I assume that when the motor is on it is elevating, then when it’s switched off you start to descend?
Yup, throttle to climb, idle to descend.Being too lazy to look into it myself, I assume that when the motor is on it is elevating, then when it’s switched off you start to descend?
That bloke hanging upside down on the wheel behind didn't look wellNormally us older guys who do it, me with the Indian paramotor team at the world championships, yup I got a bindi dot, it was the blessing of their new trike
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He is deadThat bloke hanging upside down on the wheel behind didn't look well
Harness around his waist caused that, just finished a flight in heat, sweating.The bloke second from the right has some weird midriff sweat going on.
I saw something in the sky over Barnes park on Friday what I thought looked like a parachute, more than likely one of these.It is
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Harness around his waist caused that, just finished a flight in heat, sweating.
Harness around his waist caused that, just finished a flight in heat, sweating.
Get a wing and launch off clatchy rockThink I’ve mentioned to you before about my paragliding off babadag mountain. Why the fook did I think it was a good idea to book that whilst pissed I’ll never know. Especially as I’m shit scared of heights.
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That's class and terrifying. Do you need a license to paramotor?Get a wing and launch off clatchy rock
I counted about 5 of them at that point when they went over Wardley.Saw them going over the golf course by Whitemare Pool.