Channing Burton here, on my wife's computer. I think the one great thing you can take from this incident is the pilots understanding that he was going into the water. It was nice to see the pilot begin releasing his harness in preparation for the water landing. Drowning is the number one cause of deaths in paragliding, primarily the individual being unable to release themselves from their harness. A water landing is not ideal and should be avoided at all cost if possible, however in this case you see someone taking appropriate action to insure a positive outcome. A quick release harness, floatation and Spare Air are great safety equipment to have available if you conduct operations over water. When your wing comes into contact with Wave action, surf and ocean/river currents can act as a Sea Anchor and drag your ASS underwater, thus a cut knife is also a tool to have with you. Congrats to the pilot for responding in a manner that insured his safety.Start Safe, Stay Safe.Channing Burton
Alfie Gale accept it wasn't waterproof I have the same case it's made by "survivor" but he didn't even have a screen protector on his haha so the phones fucked
Phil was flying a Thor 190 light in a Zenith Frame with an Ozone Roadster. The reserve was a gin (he does not know anything else on that) and the flotation was a "AGAMA" www.planetppg.com/FlyStyle.html The issue was the engine running too hot which melted the piston rings and compression was lost, hence the fail....having said this Phil fully admitted that he should never have been so far out to sea......he has never done this since.
Thanks for uploading, nice views, sorry about your engine out. It is a good reminder to always have an emergency landing spot in view and reachable by flight.
Great video - thank you for sharing. Such a beautiful flight, and then...thank goodness he had a flotation device or he would have been dragged under fast. A good reminder for all of us to stay within gliding distance of something landable.
I fly near the great lakes (erie). We have some islands near by , but there is no way I could fly over to them. Even though I think I could get high enough to glide in a engine out situation. I am glad your alright thanks for posting video.
nyannyan123456 I'm kinda close to Lake Erie and I have been looking recently into getting into the sport too! Great to know there are people in the area.
I need to get my paramotor back up and running this year. I live in the Sandusky area. If you live near by you are welcome to check it out this summer.
we learn best by making mistakes, and the important part is he landed safely. you can always buy new hardware, you cant buy another life. cool video to see actually what it would be like in the event of an engine failure over water. i hope your equipment wasnt badly damaged
+amduk123 genius. but how relieable are parachutes, or that thing that is above him? i mean cant those break easily? think about it breaking, u would be a stain in ground. do those guys also have parachutes on their back if something happens?
+bastard The yellow and black satchel on his lap looks like a reserve parachute and the uploader mentioned the guy who crashed had a reserve called a Gin Rescue Glider.
***** yeah but in general. if i buy one of those things and the parachute cuts in half in the middle of flight, what the fuck am i going to do then? quickly accept god as the lord and savior or some bs like that so if the marginally low chance that that crap is actually true, i would get into heaven?
Glad that he is safe. Am sure this has been discussed previously, but it looked like he unbuckled incredibly late in the day for this - he could have been out of the harness much earlier, reducing the risk of getting tangled. Also, why didn't he land out towards the yacht? It would have been further out to sea, but would have at least guaranteed a shorter swim, with someone to collect him and the kit? This could have ended much worse. The light was fading* and there was a very narrow time window for someone to spot and fetch him from the water, before visibility became a problem. On that note, final remark (and difficult to judge from the video) but it looked quite late; would it have been possible to land within 30 minutes of official sunset?
My golden rule when I'm flying my Dragonfly---where will I be landing if my engine stops right NOW. Two stroke, four stroke or fifty stroke, they'll all kill you if you believe that somehow this engine is different from the rest.
He was gasping because the water is so cold. Thats a natural response to suddenly entering cold water. Also a reason some people drown if they go in cold water head first. They don’t control that first gasp and Inhale all water.
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.
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.
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
So iv been thinking of getting one of these marvelous contraption for a few years, I live at app 5000 feet, and it does get gusty, how susceptible are they to cross winds, down gusts, dont wana die but sure looks like fun. Safe?
NEVER fly over/in a place that you can't: a) turn around in b) land in. Water would qualify as one of those places. I'm not sure how cold that water was but its good you were close to shore or you might have experienced hypothermia. Glad your okay....thanks for posting.
Hi. Good video mate - thanks for sharing. I fly in Kent but am a regular visitor to Swanage / Wareham and want to bring my kit down and get a flight in in the next couple of weeks. I know a lot of guys use Baiter Park to take off from but is that legit? Any other sites nearby of friendly farmers you know of?
Daniel J Spencer Hello Mate. Glad you liked the video...needless to say Phil has not flown quite so far out since this incident, he did take off from baiter on this occasion as do we all from time to time. We were challenged once which prompted me into looking deeper and i am glad to say that there is nothing legal that prevents the use of Baiter but we do take off and F**K off as to not annoy to many people. We do have several fields in the area so it does tend to lower the usage as well. Weather for the next few weeks in not great but please feel free to contact us as and when...we are both on FB so sent us a request and we will be more than happy to come flying
He's lucky he had a floatation device, I fly over our lake all the time, when the water is cold I fly high enough to reach land, summer I fly low to water with a life jacket on. I also fly a Flat Top Ninja, if I do go in it' only takes a second to get out with the quick release harness, it's the only motor I would fly. I have over 500 hrs. on my meter, with zero engine outs, so far that is.LOL
don't think the water was that bad but it was a long swim for him. He was picked up all bedraggled from the beach......engine was bust anyway hence the wet landing....piston rings melted and compression was lost......phone sadly died as a result of salt water intake.......lol
Talk about your gear. What were you flying, wing, motor/frame, reserve, flotation.. Good to share those details because that is what we start wondering about when we see the flights and the unexpected landings...
OMG! Is this the same Phil Brunyee who runs the tiling business? If so I used to go out trail riding with him and Deano most Sundays. He always did bounce well for an old boy - always remember his great dismount at Cusses Gorse 😀 Funny - I'm currently looking at getting into paramotoring and stumbled across the video. Chin up Phil and hope the armbands worked ok 👌
Phillip Brunyee lo mate, yes I am booked in with Simon Westmore at Membury Airfield. Weathers gone to rat sh&t so just waiting for a decent day to start. I visited Parajet the other day, turns out they know you quite well too it seems 😯 going to be a zenith for me, moster plus 185 and a universal wing 👌
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.
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
I know there's lots of equipment to help mitigate risk of drowning in water landings, my question is, could they not abandon all equipment about 10 - 20 ft above the water and swim away safely?
Why head towards the shore if you know you're not gonna make it? There was a boat right nearby where you were you could've ditched in the water near the boat so he could fish you out..
paramotoring pitsey I heard that, but I fly over the water all the time, and if my engine never quits I want somebody to see me go in so I'm aiming for a boat and I'm hitting the water 10 feet away from that thing.
I recommend re-uploading this video with its original audio; you'd probably get more views. The music is a bit lame but aside from that, it was a cool video!
i suppose this is a possible end result when taking such a risk. i guess as long as you plan for such an event it would make the chances of survival higher.
overunitydotcom the piston head got too hot and melted the piston rings which meant it lost pressure and ultimately just stopped. It was all repaired by Polini mind
If you flare, there is more risks the wing and lines fall on top of you. And you definitly don't want to be tangled in the lines undernearth the wing, trying to get air. If you dont flare, the wing falls in front of you, with the lines straight,less risk of tangle. And the wing falls on the leading edge, trapping the air in, so the wing will stay longer on the surface, and not take as much water in.
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.
