I've been flying experimental for my whole life and a bunch of my friends have these things too. A good deal popped up on marketplace so I jumped on it. Now I'm waiting for spring so I can bang out some training and practice.
Large empty areas or small airports in class g airspace. Water is a no go, these things kill people when they splash down. There are automatic inflating floatation devices designed for these things to keep them from dragging you down.
New ones are sold separate. So you buy the "motor" which has the seat motor prop part and then pair it with a wing that you like. Used is all over the place. I couldn't tell you what new stuff goes for these days cos tariffs but used motors are generally 4-6k and wings are around 1500 used.
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LoremIpsumGenerator@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 172d
That paraglider looks like a huge dreamcatcher attached to a gaming chair.
fizzle@quokk.au · 7 pts · 172d
This looks really awesome and terrifying.
Godspeed.
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 172d
Balls of steel, color me jealous!
jode@pawb.social · 7 pts · 172d
I've been flying experimental for my whole life and a bunch of my friends have these things too. A good deal popped up on marketplace so I jumped on it. Now I'm waiting for spring so I can bang out some training and practice.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 172d
Where/how do you practice?
As a lay person, I'd guess that over water, where you can fall safely.
But then there's the whole drowning thing.
jode@pawb.social · 3 pts · 171d
Large empty areas or small airports in class g airspace. Water is a no go, these things kill people when they splash down. There are automatic inflating floatation devices designed for these things to keep them from dragging you down.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 171d
Good luck with your endeavors.
Thanks for the reply.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 172d
That strategy didn't work out for John Denver. Be careful.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 172d
I am not an adrenaline junkie, but I do take risks. I've flown in an open cockpit plane, done snowmobiles and jet skis, paraglided, and I love scuba.
You ain't getting me within a thousand yards* of one of those.
[914.4 meters for the non-Americans]
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 172d
Experimental Airships are like Experimental Firearms: They're very interesting when you can watch someone else demonstrate them, at a safe distance.
lowspeedchase@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 171d
Sick! When I lived in FL I would see guys following the coast in these things, pretty gnarly! Have a blast man
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 172d
How much do these run? Is it just the seat/motor/prop or is a wing included generally?
jode@pawb.social · 2 pts · 172d
New ones are sold separate. So you buy the "motor" which has the seat motor prop part and then pair it with a wing that you like. Used is all over the place. I couldn't tell you what new stuff goes for these days cos tariffs but used motors are generally 4-6k and wings are around 1500 used.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 172d
What exactly is this?
jode@pawb.social · 5 pts · 172d
Paramotor. Or, powered paraglider
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 172d
Seemed like too many straps for a sex chair, so I had to zoom in to see the pic on the wall to figure it out.
jode@pawb.social · 6 pts · 172d
It can be whatever you want it to be with the right amount of imagination 😉
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 2 pts · 172d
"Anything is a sextoy if you're brave enough"
Abraham Lincoln
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 172d
And speed!
Trilogy3452@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 171d
Fart distributor
Patrikvo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 172d
Outdoor airconditioning, global warming edition.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 172d