Fun fact: drowning is the highest cause of death of parator pilots that die in the sport a quick release is a must and dont fly over open water where you cant swim back!
Es que.. sobrevolar el mar con la confianza del que el motor no se parará es una absolutísima locura, te estaba viendo pensando que yo iría con mi paramotor y se me estaba poniendo los pelos de punta.
With most things there are inherent risks, no more so than aviation, However Paramotoring is considered the safest form of flight. Flying days mainly are perfect weather conditions. Mistakes are made of course. this video is a great example of this but it is pilot error nothing more. Hence this video being posted to help others and ti assist in others to not make the same mistake. Even this video Phil walked away (after a short swim) but it would be better not to put yourself in that situation and i have to agree with Sour D it is an experience and a great one at that
The FLAT TOP PARAMOTOR has built in flotation and will not sink. One lever will completely release you from the harness. This along with many safely features makes for a good choice. Fly safe.
So all of the videos I have seen so far with crashes have taught me, if I ever want to do this, to always have height, don’t be doing weird acrobatic stuff with the wing, and do premaintenance checks prior to flight and post-maintenance.
you Can at a minimum height of 500 feet.......however at this location you do need to have passed a flying test just to prove competency...not too difficult, as there is an airport nearby and the ATC have implemented this
@@paramotoringpitsey That's pretty cool. It would be neat if the FAA would allow that here in the "good ole" US (WITH the testing requirement AND some N type numbering for ident on the sail, neither of which I would have any problem with, since that's the way it is in general aviation. It shouldn't even bother those that don't want to test/Ident as they would just have the current disallowance. I think there's been some talk of it here between the "governing bodies" (manufacturers/ clubs/ etc) and the FAA of the sport (which have no governance at all except the ear of the FAA), who wants to stay out of it as long as they can beyond FAR103 and some addendums, also a good thing, but we have morons that will do stupid crap and mess that up, too....as always, an EXTREMELY small percentage. All hearsay, so take nothing I'm saying here as gospel, as I'm not flying YET, but that's what I see as the gist of it from several paramotorors/instructors/manufacturers YT vids and some reading. I'm starting the diet now to get down to MY designated "flying weight". I certainly DO like the non-intrusive stand the FAA is taking (set the rules-allow the community do demonstrate they can follow them/ police themselves), to keep costs and additional hassle to a minimum, but they wrote 'em, they can expand them. And what's REALLY scary, to me, is everything I'm reading about it shows the FAA's reasoning on adoption or non-adoption of certain "ideas" from the paramotoring community to be WELL THOUGHT OUT. IF ONLY our ENTIRE govt. were like that...it would be a totally different country, more like 50 years ago, in terms of govt. snooping and control reach. Well, that got to be a soapbox, sorry, hopefully someone will get something, maybe just a laugh, out of it. I have GOT to get over the "mother country" sometime and tour it and some parts of Europe I would love to see. ;-) So much to do, so little time.
I don't know anything about paramotors but wouldn't the engine fill with water as its strapped to your back so would you need to rebuild the engine or are they waterproofed in case of landing in water
No one here knows how scary that would be A HEAVY PARACHUTE AND PROPELLER SINKING YOU TO THE BOTTEM OF THE OCEAN Not even the best swimears can swim with that weight
I nearly would have aimed for that damn sailboat, bit of a risk though. If you are super far out, try to get to a boat. This of course is if you don't have enough altitude to get back for whatever reason
