I flew a paramotor! | First time by captainobviou3

paragliding · @captainobviou3 · Oct 17 '18

$2.14

I flew a paramotor! | First time

# It was two years ago when I saw my first video on youtube of a guy running into the air with a fan on his back.
### It was a Tucker Gott video. I was so excited that I ran out an found gear and started to self train. Not a great idea but I wanted to fly pretty bad.
 
> Phil called me up, (my instructor) and said, "You have been talking a lot about powered paragliding on your show. I think its time that we get you up in the air."

### Phil said that there is a few very important things that we need to go over before I fly with a butt fan.

https://youtu.be/kyGMI3fcB0w

* The first thing is that I need not to jump into my harness right after my feet leave the ground. Your feet are your landing gear. So you need to keep them out until you are well above the ground.

* The next thing was I was going to need to learn to lean back into the fan durning launch. As a free flight paraglider pilot, I have learned that you need to lean into your risers while launching. This speeds up the wing and gives you what you need to get off the ground. 

* The last thing that I needed to learn was the landing. We practiced some landing with power stuff. It was really fun.

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@bearbear613 · Oct 17 '18

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You are alive!

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@captainobviou3 · Oct 17 '18

You got me...dang it...

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@streetstyle · Oct 17 '18 (edited)

$0.07

Always keeping it interesting @captainobviou3 Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

👍 captainobviou3, kid4life

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@positivesteem · Oct 17 '18

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Wow, what an adventure. It must have been thrilling.

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👍 positivesteem, captainobviou3

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@ksteem · Oct 18 '18

Wow! Looks awesome. Loved the touch and go's.
Will be even cooler when the electric motor tech advances just a little more. Will be quieter engine and easier to turn off and back on while in flight!

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@edgargonzalez · Oct 20 '18

Buenos días amigo @captainobviou3 deseándole que se encuentre bien, eso es una tremenda aventura y por fin se le cumplió sus sueños de volar amigo , que tenga un buen feliz de semana , se le  saluda desde Venezuela.

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@battleaxe · Oct 22 '18

$0.06

sweet,  a butt fan could have a lot of practical purposes as well
*nice post* :)

👍 captainobviou3

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@creatr · Jan 12 '19

Robert!

That was exciting *and* scary...

You handled that thing like a boss!

Hey, I can't believe I've been absent from your blog for so long... Sorry, man, I must have had an aneurism to miss coming by here for so long...

I hope you're well and prospering, and that you've had a Merry Christmas.

I wish you and all your loved ones a very Happy New Year.

Blessings, friend!

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