micro 0 #1 July 17, 2006 Does anyone have any experience in these? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindercles 0 #2 July 17, 2006 QuoteDoes anyone have any experience in these? Yes, many people do. But I'm not one of them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squirrel 0 #3 July 17, 2006 have seen both fly, went for a ride in a trike instead(weight shift aircraft)...bought the trike. i was not crazy of the powered parachute...has to run full throttle all the time, and much more subjective to thermals. the trike has an 11 to 1 glide ratio, and can be equiped with an emergency reserve parachute (ballistic, BRC) ________________________________ Where is Darwin when you need him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #4 July 17, 2006 QuoteDoes anyone have any experience in these? I ahve been involved in the powered parachute market at the factory level.. what did you need to know? Joewww.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #5 July 17, 2006 Yes, sir, what would you like to know? (I'm the the French Alps at the moment... just flew 50km on my PG - should have some great picture3s to share soon...) Regards, (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #6 July 17, 2006 As posted back in January, Alysse and I both did tandem paraglides over the beach in Rio de Janeiro Brasil. I stayed in the air over 40 minutes at sunset, what a great view! But it was a little boring just hanging out there. Alysse wanted more emotion and they played with toggles and did spirals etc and her ride was over much quicker. Those guys stay in the air as much as FOUR hours and can put on the distance traveling too. There are many PG (called parapente in Brasil) and hangglider ramps in the mountains of Rio and Sao Paulo states. there are a couple great canopy flying websites that talk about paragliding...here's one: http://www.daedaluscanopies.com/glhistory.htm marc "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #7 July 17, 2006 Here y'go.. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elisha 1 #8 July 17, 2006 Awesome. Where was that? What lake was that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #9 July 18, 2006 Thanks, It's the south end of Lake Annecy in the French Alps... a truely loverly place to be, letalone fly. . (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMorita 0 #10 July 20, 2006 QuoteDoes anyone have any experience in these? Yep! I'm a P3 paraglider pilot. I've been flying about 10 months, have about 60 hours of flight time and 180 flights. What do you want to know? Toshi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterblaster72 0 #11 July 20, 2006 QuoteHere y'go.. Your pics make me want to learn paragliding...great stuff. Is it hard to learn? I like the idea of being able to travel 50K+, how cool... Be humble, ask questions, listen, learn, follow the golden rule, talk when necessary, and know when to shut the fuck up. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
micro 0 #12 July 20, 2006 QuoteHere y'go.. hey tony... in that first pic, what you're steppin on... does that control the speedbar (which lowers your AOA to make you go faster)? I miss Lee. And JP. And Chris. And... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMorita 0 #13 July 20, 2006 That's not the speedbar. That's just the footrest. The speedbar is more like a bar...it doesn't flex much. Toshi EDIT: duh, just looked at mine. The lower first bar of the speedbar is flexy, so that's probably what he's stepping on. Toshi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TMorita 0 #14 July 20, 2006 I have some paragliding pics up here: http://photos.yahoo.com/tm314159 Toshi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #15 July 23, 2006 Hi... sorry for the delay. No, that's not my speed bar, just my stirup (for resting up on a long journey, it also helps my stability and weightshift turns. (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boyd38off 0 #16 August 25, 2006 My friend and I teach powered paragliding. We fly right from the dropzone. Since the weather's better for powered paragliding early, we usually swoop the pond before any jumpers. After we're done flying, we head over to the dz and jump the rest of the day. Best of both worlds! our website is Whitehawk PPGLife's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out and shouting, ".... holy crap....what a ride!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
