Paramotor Crash - Kevin "I hate Weatabix" Partyka

[explorateurdesairs]

He just dit sit too early on his seat and released the throttle and pushed it a liitle moment later. A pilot error not a machine problem.

[Thunderball410]

It's riser twist from torque and high hang points. Totally solved with a flat top paramotor. You need the thrust to climb, and you can't use full power. Bad.

Straightening your legs out will help some.

[dannyweston1]

@Thunderball410 Hoyt Dale Patton Jr suffered a broken arm, ribs and pelvis through riser swist on his flat top, I'm pretty sure Dells thing isn't the answer!

[PPGsports]

@dannyweston1 Danny I think Hoyt was flying a very small acro glider which is very easy to manipulate with any amount of torque. I have found that the fixed hang points on the Flat Top with a proper glider such as the one flown in this video would never allow this. So I would have to agree that if this guys was on a Flat Top or Walkerjet, never would have happened.

[lunarmodule5]

Hi Lennie - Great to see Kevs first flight...and crash! First time I have seen him "moving" since 1974 !!!!!!

[ericharma]

most common mistakes new pilots make is not realizing they are slightly pulling on the brakes when they think they are not...........also left trimmer could have been set out for speed ( keep both pulled in always especially when new in the sport )........id hang test him in that harness and make sure it is set up level & correctly............thats a start