these people talking about cruise control, and automatically going to idle, obviously never flown a true Powered Parachute. That would be a pain to have to hold a throttle the whole time. They have the same concept as an aircraft. the throttle is wherever you leave it.
I own one of these, and for the life of me can't figure out how this can happen. Your chute is out, plane is running and you.....go get a coke out of the coke machine? I just don't get it!!
A fool and his ppc soon part... haha This is the thrid one I've seen that got away. Maybe when I die I'll have my kids put me in one and send me off into the wild blue yonder since the pilot is obviously unnecessary.
To put a positive spin on this... How safe and easy to fly is an aircraft that demonstrably flies itself?! No stall, no spin, no collapse and no fly-by-wire auto pilot. The only thing that brought it down was running out of fuel. This is why I took up paramotoring! ; )
Note to all PPC pilots: Insert into your checklist "Ensure throttle is set to idle before starting engine" just before the item that states "yell Clear Prop!"
PPC's have a hand lever that is friction controlled. Stays where you put it. It was obviously at full throttle by accident and pilot probably thought it was at idle. Most PPC's do not have brakes. Never start one unless you are either sitting in it or the tire is propped up against something as they have a huge amounts of thrust and no one person can hold it back.
.. as far as i know, they don't have. the way that these PPC (as well as PPG, trikes and the alike) are set up is with a hand (or foot) throttle, that once released the motor goes to idle. at least that's how they are -supposed- to be (i.e. unmodified). a remote kill switch would indeed work great here, but i personally don't know anyone that has something like this installed.. usually people simply check that the throttle is not stuck and that brakes are set, before starting the motor.
I fly powered parachutes and I can easily see how this could happen. They are this easy to fly. Thanks for posting this.
geneland 3 weeks ago
This deserves many times more views :)
TroyMccluresbreth 3 weeks ago
"Oh my god...there's no one in there. I don't think" ROTFLMAO
genogeno1234 1 month ago
these people talking about cruise control, and automatically going to idle, obviously never flown a true Powered Parachute. That would be a pain to have to hold a throttle the whole time. They have the same concept as an aircraft. the throttle is wherever you leave it.
kerricat29 1 month ago
I own one of these, and for the life of me can't figure out how this can happen. Your chute is out, plane is running and you.....go get a coke out of the coke machine? I just don't get it!!
craterman01999 5 months ago
I bet it's got kick ass performance with out all that unnecessary weight on-board.
videoclipits 5 months ago 2
A fool and his ppc soon part... haha This is the thrid one I've seen that got away. Maybe when I die I'll have my kids put me in one and send me off into the wild blue yonder since the pilot is obviously unnecessary.
Terryblount 8 months ago
To put a positive spin on this... How safe and easy to fly is an aircraft that demonstrably flies itself?! No stall, no spin, no collapse and no fly-by-wire auto pilot. The only thing that brought it down was running out of fuel. This is why I took up paramotoring! ; )
MarekSHayward 1 year ago
he"s lucky he didn't get hit by the prop......
sheepsfoot2 1 year ago
Yeah, it was found about a week later in a tree, 75 miles away. Neither the pilot nor anyone else was hurt in the incident.
CaliforniaAdventurer 1 year ago
Note to all PPC pilots: Insert into your checklist "Ensure throttle is set to idle before starting engine" just before the item that states "yell Clear Prop!"
MyVisualRomance 1 year ago
PPC's have a hand lever that is friction controlled. Stays where you put it. It was obviously at full throttle by accident and pilot probably thought it was at idle. Most PPC's do not have brakes. Never start one unless you are either sitting in it or the tire is propped up against something as they have a huge amounts of thrust and no one person can hold it back.
GoingHawgWyld 1 year ago
They found it in a tree near Lake Berryessa,
Go to Google and type in "Powered parachute Berryessa " and you will find the article on recordnet
discipljc 1 year ago
Nees to have a remote kill switch on his keychain!
discipljc 1 year ago
more info... want to know how it turned out....
DCMGenKaHNn 1 year ago
That is why you should not have a cruise control on PPC aircraft
saplasma26 1 year ago
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APrintezis 1 year ago
.. as far as i know, they don't have. the way that these PPC (as well as PPG, trikes and the alike) are set up is with a hand (or foot) throttle, that once released the motor goes to idle. at least that's how they are -supposed- to be (i.e. unmodified). a remote kill switch would indeed work great here, but i personally don't know anyone that has something like this installed.. usually people simply check that the throttle is not stuck and that brakes are set, before starting the motor.
APrintezis 1 year ago
ultimately what happened?
koalaflyer 1 year ago