The AliExpress Paramotor Has A FATAL Flaw!!! 

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The battery could explode, igniting the fuel tank turning the whole rig into a bomb. Now, let's talk about the bigger issues. THERE"S BIGGER ISSUES?

"It might explode your fuel tank. So let's get into the bigger problems.."

Just so you know: LiPos don't explode from overdischarging. You can run it completely dead (assuming it's not horribly out of balance) without any immediate danger. They just cannot be safely used again after. It's when you charge it again, that it could fail catastrophically.

Tucker, you're a healthy young man in your prime with intelligence, skills, and a good start in life as a businessman. You selected a motor to experiment with, you identified several potentially fatal flaws in design and construction, and you explained them to us, your audience and fan base. The entire world now knows that this product is not good. Why continue to risk your life flying and "testing" this product? Climb back into some good gear and stay with us into the future Bro 🙏

Great video. You made the right call by not giving it away. I respect your integrity

I guess that's more suitable for silly ground vehicle projects like a boat or bike pusher. To be honest, both projects could work as testing platforms to see how many hours this engine will be able to run before failure.

Its not a giveaway if a purchase is required. Thats a lottery.

The Chinese marking on the plastic says "RED" , "紅" . In the field of radio control model aeroplane, back in the late 80s , early 90s, they used something called the "soft mount". The model engine was bolted onto pieces of metal plate sandwiching pieces of rubber. The rubber part was bolted onto the engine mount of the model plane. The whole engine was literally sitting on the piece of rubber isolating the vibration. May be that is the idea why the metal plate does not imbedded inside the whole piece of rubber in this paramotor.

The heat is what is releasing the loctite (with vibration). You will need to wire the fasteners. Thank You, Tucker, for this review. You have certainly saved lives. ❤

So you gonna fly it until it fails with you in it. Similar to how the Ocean Gate Titan was submerged until it failed with its five passengers in it... 😂

For the exhaust bolts or any nut/bolt combination that experiences vibration, use safety wire with safety wire pliers.

Would be interesting to see a pull test of the knock off carabiner versus a legit one.

I've seen Chinese products in the US with fake safety standards marks on them and it's scary.

Tucker the battery and gas tank proximity will light you and your wing up. You don’t need to further test pilot this one! Semper Fi! Just an old Viet Vet!

The size difference between a nice setup and this AliExpress version is wild.

The primer bulb was a safety feature. You should have left it stock. Now you are liable for anything that may result from that modification, no joke.

I'd always go for steel carabiners directly from a reputable company. They don't cost the world, especially not for a single point of failure component.

I read the below posts! Many good points! Keep the battery the heck away from that fuel tank. Keep up the good work!

The engine may surprise you. I bought that exact engine from China for a small 1 man hovercraft. I didn't get a battery with it so I used a 7.2Ah lead acid battery. The exhaust is crap so I made a different one and wirelocked the bolts. I didn't use a prop, I used a toothed belt driving a multiwing fan. The plugs that came with it were crap as well so I bought NGK plugs. It's got about 250 hours on it now and still going!

Paramotoring can be risky, but paramotoring in a seriously flawed machine is a recipe for disaster.

You should do a video weight testing the carabiner!

Great vid again!!!! Nice assessment. Fair critique IMO. If they had spent the time and $ to address these failure modes before they went into production they could have followed with a slightly higher price and better motor, exhaust, carabiners, harness latches, fuel tank etc…

Thank you so much for thoroughly examining this unit and not letting it pass inspection. The highest standards are always the right thing to do. 👍🏻👍🏻

God bless you my friend!

I went to a fly-in at Hodges Field in GA a few weeks ago, and I have to say, I met dozens of other pilots who, like me, got into the sport because of your videos. Thanks a lot for what you've done and continue to do man. Cheers from Alabama.

Would be interesting to test both carabiners to failure.

Another excellent video, Tucker. Thank you.

One thing you liked about it was the potability, the small take-it-anywhere aspect. Maybe you coud do some videos on using that size with an Atom 80, a better harness etc but keep the tiny cage and prop.

I love your videos please stay safe and don’t be stupid, I couldn’t live with that, your my favorite RU-vidr!

With this equipment, you can do whatever you want with it. Play with tuning, remake it.

One of my favourite series, interesting and informative.

I do theatrical rigging. We fly people for shows. We also use the same harness clips that are on your harness!!

The safety feature of being able to unclip fast is also a death trap feature 😂🪂🪂🏊‍♀🏊‍♂

Glad you did this review Tucker! This is a valuable LESSON for people to understand what you get when you buy "Knock Off" products with NO QUALITY CONTROL. China has been knocking off products and stealing Intellectual Property for years with ZERO consequences and this is the result. I have seen every Industry in the economy flooded with knock off products like this and they all have serious design flaws which may be hard to detect on first inspection. Poorly casted metal parts with micro imperfections you cant see; Metal Alloys that WILL eventually FAIL because the chemistry and forging of the steel has been done with impurities; Plastics and Fabrics made with subpar materials...etc..etc. I could go on but you get it -- Risky Biscuits?? These products are more like Crumbling Cookies!

Thank you for your efforts keeping the sport safe. I can see you are playing with that on lower altitudes, however, putting on your spare might be a good idea.

Good observations explained well. For the exhaust, you can drill the studs just beyond the nut and safety wire it. Could you cut the plastic block shorter and drill through the tube? As for the buckles... nope.

This makes me wonder if there is a paramotoring community in China.

You're saving lives Tucker. Could you mount it on something and let it run without being airborne? Great review!

Thx. Your advice is mandatory for safety.

I received my color changing tee and. love it!! Added it alongside my Blueprint tee as my two favorites.

Tucker, I'm glad you're using good hardware to replace the stock garbage with. You should definitely fashion some sort of "firewall" to put between the battery, and the fuel tank. Maybe get someone to 3D print a thicker tank for you, out of a fire resistant plastic. Thanks for sharing those truly fatal flaws. Frankly, this product needs to be banned by the FAA, and CAA, unless the owner upgrades all of the components you mentioned, and then has it re-inspected, after the upgrades. It's just too dangerous.

Your a freaking LEGEND dude! This review had to be done! Your saving lives with this content. Oh yeah... HUGE BALLS!

On the topic of muffler bolts loosening, if you're not already doing it, I'd recommend to run the motor nice and hot and then re-tightening the bolts while hot. We do this on the nitro RC helis to avoid dropping the mufflers and it works great.

very useful points as i always look at these so called cheap options and wonder how and why...

@Tucker Gott - you should reach out to the maker and give them rights to a Tucker Gott edition that addresses those issues.

Wow, this actually makes Blackhawk paramotors look good by comparison.

Tucker, that point of failure may be during take off and you may not have time to find a safe landing. I love your programming and you are an AWESOME guy, please be careful! THe world is better with you in it!

Great video, thanks 👍

From the word AliExpress, how did anyone not know this thing was "less than unsafe"?

After learning about all these potential points of failure, no way in hell I'd fly that thing ever again.

Peace of mind is worth a lot. This video does nothing but renew my satisfaction with the FT and its Moster 185.

Hi.I haven 't visited your channel for 1.5 years because of that damn war !I was surprised by your new look, it's very unusual to look at you without long hair.Good luck and a soft landing! 😊

He is getting more adrenaline knowing all these risks 😂

You cannot predict just what type of catastrophic failure this machine will eventually give you.....or when. Takeoff and landing failures are obviously potentially deadly, but even at altitude you could have part of the prop / engine / cage go through the canopy or rigging. And then there's the whole exploding fuel-battery bomb thing LOL. Fire bad. Run it to failure on a test stand, NOT on your back. You'll still get the clicks 🙂

Spot on review and advice👍

Massive public service. If you convinced even one less experienced pilot not to purchase the less expensive option here then you really earned your wings today. Thanks for this.

I'm just fixing to leave for my first day of training XD

100 ways (or more) the Ali Express paramotor can kill ya!

Ngl the shirt looks really cool, thanks tucker, very educational for newcomers that want to try paramoting

Lipos don't really explode but do become little flamethrowers (with a pretty hot flame too)... Which is even worse to have next to a fiel tank!

I'm chinese and at 4:00, it looks to say........ Red? Red looks like this: 红。Pretty Similar.

Tucker rocks!

03:05 Li-Po's tend to spark a little when plugging the connectors in, not to mention how vulnerable they are to damage, crazy it's just chilling with some velcro straps right next to a fuel tank.....

If you want to test the engine to destruction (cool idea), maybe consider doing that while the engine is strapped to a test bench. Put a shop fan in front of it to replicate airflow. Just as effective and a heck of a lot safer.

"Don't worry. Even if the engine explodes...I'm going to be safe, I'm going to be totally fine!" -Tucker Gott 2023 C'mon bro really? That's awfully arrogant to make a comment like that. Even the most experienced people have accidents. You don't control everything. Tempt not the Fates.

The Chinese love our money not us.

Tucker, Great series - I might have been tempted! Would be good if you could have a dialogue with the manufacturer, and get them to acknowledge and fix the flaws based on your recommendations. Would also make another good video. Nobody should be selling dangerous and sketchy stuff anywhere, and should be called out to either fix it or get shut down.

thanks for letting everyone be aware of this !

1st love your videos

The biggest reason that paramotor will get you killed is noise. The thing is so loud, angry folks are going to shoot you down.

1:36 you could drill the header in the block with the exhaust mounted and tie wire the bolts so they don't come loose, or put studs and pin them in the head and then tie wire the nuts

Can’t wait to see you from my back yard this summer!

I appreciate this video. To get to the safety level we have in aviation today, some brave guys had to test and fail. But this is how you make sport safer actually. Hats off to you and everybody else in the aviation history who were so brave to show us the right way.

Try some jb weld high temp for the exhaust bolts. Maybe extend and relocate the battery, use a different one? Have the plastic motor holder remade in metal from a machine shop. I think it would be a cool series to fix all the flaws with it.

I can not believe you flew this prior to this video. Glad you are alive

you want to use a larger diameter exhaust mount bolt with a locking nut, then you will need to reinforce the opening as that vibration will be taken out somewhere so if the bolts don't come loose it might start ripping at the can material? stainless locking nuts, washers, better stainless bolts and washers

Totally agree with your thoughts about this one

I fell into your videos by mistake. I didn't realize how close to home you are, I've probably seen you flying around. I live in Phillipsburg, NJ. I subscribed and I'd like to get into this sport! Thank you for opening my eyes to something new! My father in law is a pilot and owns his plane at Alexandra Airport. Like I said, I'll keep an eye out for you! Be really cool to see you fly!

remembers me of cheapo chinese nockoffs from Stihl chainsaws. There the Chainbrake was nonfunctional/absend and only a static handle. In the original test they assumed that the builder may even not know for what the brake is for. Happy head splitting

Good Vid Tucker, Thank You, Safety First!!!! Belus Philippines 🇵🇭

The way you fix the exhaust bolts coming loose is to convert to exhaust studs, then you can put a nut with a lock washer then a jam nut on top of it. Easy fix.

I use to work for the air guard and most of our bolts on the aircrafts where safety wired. If you have the right equipment you can drill a hole in the heard of the bolt to fasten your safety wire.

Thanks for keeping us ahead of our flights , instead of behind our grave stones 😮

You could always tac weld the exhaust bolt heads for a semi permanent fix 😄😎

Metal piece that feeds through on the leg strap is quite safe. Same as my safety harness.

Great review👍👍👍

If you want to continue flying this out of curiosity how the motor holds up can you use another harness and gas can and improve the harness mount and whatever else you can think of to improve safety.

For the exhaust, use an anvil and a hammer, lightly smoosh up the threads on the screw so that it creates additional friction when going into the engine. It won't take much at all, so don't go ham on it. Yes, this can shave down the threading in the block, but as long as you aren't constantly moving the bolts, it should prevent vibrations from causing them to come loose like they have been

Con mucho cuidado, por favor, Tucker. Los ninos bravos are watching...just sayin'! Safe journeys!

Tucker thank you for making videos but pleeease be safe

Excellent review

SAFETY WIRE or locking-wire is a type of positive locking device that prevents fasteners from falling out due to vibration and other forces. The presence of safety wiring may also serve to indicate that the fasteners have been properly tightened.

Also check the gas cap of the fuel tank, mine had a rubber valve that came loose and blocked the inlet of the tank causing engine outs, I just removed the valve.

your content is the best man🎉

BASE jumping containers made by one of the industry leaders "Squirrel" has a similar detachable leg straps where two Aluminum (!!) buckles are interfering with each other face to face and are free to slide out from each other when not under load. Makes my butt pucker every time I see a buddy of mine put one on.

Gosh, that's a hell of a turnaround from the first video you did on this Ali-Cat. It's gone from a $2k fun machine to a $3k death trap.

You have almost certainly saved lives by making this video!

Great content ! Saving lives. A dream that could turn into a nightmare. Had a business friend who did similar with ATV's I looked them over shook my head. Even their most expensive model was a dumpster fire. I parted ways with Mike & he doubled down partnering with a powersports dealer. Behind Mike's back that dealer used his inventory to actually show customers why you don't buy that kind of junk.

I was actually thinking of getting a roadrunner to try it out besides the new shirt looks sick!