Congrats on the new ride Henry! If anyone is interested in the Z'hills area, London Ivey is promoting Kangook & Dudek Paramotors. Here he is flying around Hilton Air Park https://www.facebook.com/FlyKangook/pos ... 7718697744. I have known London and his family for many years and he is very reputable. He can be reached at 813-966-8320
Party on!

Do American shopping carts have shit steering (go anywhere they damn well please) the same as shopping carts? Ours go everywhere except where you want them to go



Heres a good cart... but this one is for foot launch (after it all goes wrong)

That is pretty cool Henry.... I smell big bucks tho?

How is your flying coming along? All good?

Those things are cool.

Big bucks? I dunno, you buy a piece as you need it....I got a chute and motor, next I can get a two place cart...it hasnt cost me as much as a Sportcopter.....that I bought twice!
Flying is going well, im so concentrated on what comes next that I havent had a real fun flight yet! Its coming...but I gotta master the basics first. Im being very strict in my flying, I dont want to be without an aircraft ever again!

Okay, so I just finished my 11th successful flight.
Im not exaggerating when I say each flight.has been better.than the last.
My equipment is doing fine except for the already mentioned damage. I don't see a point to getting it cosmetically nice untill I am sure Im done landing on my butt!
I used my runners today for the first time. My ground track speed went from 26 to 34 mph. I sufficiently impressed, as I used.to enjoy 35-40 mph loitering in my gyro on a relaxing flight.
So in that respect, Im very happy. My loiter time just tripled!
My take offs are nice and getting smooth, but still in my opinion way to long...gotta work on that. Shorter is safer...
Had a textbook perfect landing today, and I actually landed right about where I wanted! No long walk to the truck, I just put it down 50 yards from my tailgate.
The winds were zero mph this morning and it took 15 minuets to set up and start my run! Flew for 19 minutes and decided to stop while I was still having fun.
Also tried some straight and level at about 20 feet altitude, was going well for about 100 yards and started to gradually climb.
Made a couple of agressive turns, to the right seems easier, not sure if its a p factor or torque thing, ill read up on it.
Gear packed up and stowed for driving in 4 minuets, so my transit time is much less than with the gyroplane.
Not as firm feeling in the air, more like a fixed wing with pockets of bumpy air over big buildings and such. But all in all very comfortable. Not as comfy as my Sportcopter seat, but hell my lay z boy isnt either, Jim sure made that seat right. Ever tell you guys about the time I fell asleep while flying?;)
Anyway, much to love about the ppg, some negatives, but so far none are major issues.

WOW, TALK ABOUT SHITTIN IN HIGH COTTON!
I got moved from Hope AR up to Oswego Kansas this weekend.
The trailer park I'm at is not only beautiful and well maintained, but out my back door, (literally) is an 300 meter grass strip!
Owner of the park tried his hand at gyroplanes!!!! and gave up due to health reasons.
Told him about the paramotor and he said go for it!
Not shitting you my ramp door opens onto the airstrip!!!

I'm gonna love it here:)

Good for you Benry!
Everything happens for a reason.

thx man, careful, don't want to set off another thread on fate vs chance!!!

Henry,
Glade you found a new place to stay and fly and you’re happy... That’s all that matters!!! But!!! Is the weather any better there, than here right now. I sure hope so… Rain and more rain here.

Weather is worse!
they suffer from a twister malady here....
and I'm living in a tornado magnet.

You up to this stage yet Hen? Hopefully you are past the 'face plant' stage



The bottom video, the guy is still at the 'face plant' stage

http://www.brl.ntt.co.jp/people/hara/fly.swf

Put the moving puzzle together. Then the properly fitted pieces stop moving!

It'll only take a M-I-N-U-T-E.
But not if you want to dance the M-I-N-U-E-T!

For all of us who like to fly, even the PPG guys like Benry, who has gone to the DARK SIDE!

Otto, gotta give me a clue who i'm chattin with so I will better know how to insult you;)
the guy in the pic is paragliding, no motor. be a long while before I try that...i'm in flat country now!

The same guy who took these pictures of some crazy gyro flyer outside of Wellton, AZ!

So that's what it looked like before you crashed it and turned to the DARK SIDE!!!!

Is this the lego man?
or the Surgeon?
Those are some cool pics, I had not seen them before!
That guy sure could handle that rig!
Was this at the machine gun shoot and BBQ?
I see no N numbers yet....
I do miss those days.

AGREED!

The above photos are a bit fuzzy, 'cuz they're screen grabs off of lower-resolution videos.

Usually Mr. Bowman flew his gyro tilted from minor to major degrees as he flings it about in the skies. Hard banks, spinning turns coupled with extreme nose-down attitude, vertical descents that are riding on the edge of darting away quicker than snot, flying sideways and then straightening out while also changing direction in an instant.

The last few pics show him flying level, an unusual attitude for him, for very long. This guy evens turns off his engine sometimes to land with a dead prop! But, he sets down only long enough to pull on that rope, and away he is, off to cavort about the skies once again.

Makes me assume he'll be doing the same with his ppg, since now the world is his runway!

To the DARK SIDE, gone has he!