>>207619 You can easily end up in a wheelchair. I had a lot of close calls with those flying bed sheets and gave up paragliding .... for hang gliding. Almost no close calls, rigid wind is a rigid wing. Wing weight is substantial, when compared to paragliding. Also takes more strength to fly so better for health and muscle gain.
As you can by doing anything else while making dumb decisions. If you fly in smooth air with a safe glider and don't push the limits you are pretty safe.
>>213797 Interesting you say this, I have been flyinh pg since 1999 and can still say that $5 gas in my bike is comparable to flying. Bike is more dangerous tho, not even joking.
iv done both, got into paragliding to get good skills for paramotoring, with paramotoring i got annoyed with the amount messing you have with gear, your engine needs servicing all the time, i bought my one new and the throttle stuck on one of my take offs about 4 weeks in, so killed the engine landed and from that day it just seemed endless money pit with seals goin, bolts coming loose... this was new after all a touch of lock tight costs nothing. As for the paragliding thats epic, when you catch your first thermal you will be hooked, flying with birds never gets old and the view with out the ridiculous noise is always sweet
In the video he was flying at full speed trim out, altitude is your friend when flying, if something goes wrong low you won't have time for any input apart from shitting yourself., so looks like his right side had a small tuck, but at full bar the wing wouldn't recover, you can get some really good en-a wings and low en-b wings (they will recover themselves if you just go hands up and power off) but this guy was fill throttle.
Took 2-week ppg class in August in Connecticut. Just got back from flying at Salton Sea, California. I have about 35 flights. Paramotoring is awesome. Model year Vitorazzi Moster 185 engine is reliable, and it's not a lawnmower engine. It was based off a European moped engine. You can cut the engine at altitude if you want silent gliding.
>>244460 Electricity pylon/transmission line >>254663 Nice, I'm really tempted to give it a go. >You can cut the engine at altitude if you want silent gliding. Do you have to fuck with a pull cord mid air or does it have electric start?
I'm an avid follower of based legend Chucky Wright on YouTube. He's regularly posting videos performing wild rides with his paramotor. Shockingly, his videos don't get tons of attention, which saddens me. The guy is truly living the dream. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Z8YT6w7Rc
>>215575 You are just poor at judging risk and think your abilities are infallible and overrate the risk of other people injuring you in a activity versus you injuring yourself.
>>207635 it is VERY noisy. Dad used to do it, he had to wear earplugs and eventually sold the engine because of that. Using the wind and thermals as your engine is far better+ you dont become a fatass as you actually have to hike up the mountain to the takeoff. Also cheaper
>>257200 I agree using the wind and thermals is better, but blocking the noise is not that difficult, use earplugs and over the ear style muffs and the sound is all but gone. However, this does nothing to help everyone with the misfortune of being near you.
>>256887 I know I am not infallible so I think very carefully when choosing when and where to fly. If you knew much about pg's you would agree that most acciidents are 100% avoidable (not all unfortunately). Motorbikes on the street are completely different, every motorist you encounter along the way has the potential to end your life in a second and in many cases there is nothing you could do about it.