Electric Paramotor - ElectricPPG.com

[thebestifacation]

NO HELMET!!!!

[BishiSab]

@bartdereu A good Paramotor cost you a Holl lot, and if you know how to take care of your Lipo's then you can charge them many, many times. A good Brushless motor at about 2½ kg. can give you around 15-20 HP. How can you beat that!!?

[m1aws]

Revs being less of an issue for power on electric. How about a pair of counter rotating props, side by side. Giving the props many blades to keep the revs down.. Better for electric, a lot quieter and more efficient.

Power off they can be rotated behind the pilot for a good glide!

[ragonamuffin]

That is amazing. Put some thunder sky cells in that and fly away.

[bartdereu]

I think it's nice but has huge downsides : expensive batteries, charging time and the fact that not only the enige but mostly the prop produces the sound...

[BishiSab]

@bartdereu A good Paramotor cost you a Holl lot, and if you know how to take care of your Lipo's then you can charge them many, many times. A good Brushless motor at about 2½ kg. can give you around 15-20 HP. How can you beat that!!?

[AlextremeFromYOla]

мало им бензина? дурачки)))

[blackbelt1123]

This is dangerous, what if the lipo batteries got over discharged and puffed and exploded i flight?

[jeffgoin]

Gasoline has caught fire, too. Yes, there is risk. From the modelers experience, it seems the batteries don't explode in flight, rather they explode on charge if they're going to. Of course that's a risk, too, but then gasoline has been known to explode.

Makers are extremely aware of this risk and are building electronics to ameliorate it.

Putting humans into motion always involves risk. How much risk has yet to be determined.

[blackbelt1123]

@jeffgoin

Would it be able to run on lifePO4 batteries? that would be cool although the technology is new but alot safer and more efficient than lipos. You could charge them many times as fast without any risks or sacrifices.

[jeffgoin]

@blackbelt1123

I'm not the designer but the motor doesn't care where its voltage comes from so yes, it would.

[MrDaanoes]

@jeffgoin if the battery and esc and motor match together than the lipo wont explode

[chris19790202]

xxxstra nice job

[anich92]

does anyone know how much one of these would cost? because im interested in buying one.

[meggark]

You could get a reasonable paraglider wing for about £5-600, £1000 would get a really decent one. The motor about £1000-£1500 second hand. Training about £1000, this isn't compulsory but is HIGHLY recommended.

[CIHLN]

Cheers pioneer !

Nice video !

[flyfreesby]

45 minutes!!! not's possible?!

[jeffgoin]

Depends on weight and wing. Wayne Mitchler and myself put 37 minutes on the ePac doing takeoffs and landings, finishing with at least 10 minutes of juice left. But we're bantom weights of around 150 pounds (I'm 145). A 200 pounder on a fast-trimmed, small reflex wing will get about 15 minutes.

[xBebo83x]

cooooooool

[leviterande]

have a good time, time to get one of these ahahah

[dannau]

mmmmh. Jeff. No helmet??? The guru of PPG test-flying without a helmet... Tsk Tsk.

[jeffgoin]

That wasn't me flying, it was Csaba. I'll have one of me flying the Yuneec electric paramotor up eventually.

[geniennis]

GR8 VID. Where can I buy a paragliderand how much? I live in Wexford. See my vid. Thanks.

[bhupinderparamotor]

good work....

[specinthesky]

Yea But!No But! bet the extention lead from the socket has to be long though? Plus very dangerouse when doin spiral dives as it would get wrapped aroung your legs, this idea will never take off? Scuse the Pun.

[jeffgoin]

You're right, it won't be for everybody, even I won't give up my gas for many missions. But for those a quick, quiet, 30 minutes of aerial frolick, though, it will be a sweet sound indeed.

[jeffgoin]

No, no. The cord trails behind you in a vortex-like spiral. Just like chasing a ribbon.

[inmate1943]

lmao @ 45 minutes endurance  NOT LONG ENOUGH...I'll stick with gas thank you.

[ParaglidingManiac]

How much does it cost? Is it twice higher than normal?

[Friedoyster3]

me friednd's dad had something like this. he used to fly over the nieborhood with his son.

[ant1g3n]

emphasis on the "used to"

[andrewnielsen]

Great way to not bother the neighbours with so much noise!

[candnrg]

pushing the limits ...great work!

[propellerboys]

Fantastic!

[hotty198]

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[asiegeli]

how much

[kaloothebest]

Le paramoteur électrique c'est l'avenir.Fini les odeurs d'essence dans la voiture,enfin un engin non polluant et non bruyant qui permettra aux pilotes d'entendre les oiseaux en volant!

[myndenway]

I don't understand how you can get 37 minutes out of those batteries. What is your amp consumption at cruise power? How many batteries are you using and what is the Amp/hour rating? Let me do the calculation.

[WarzSchoolchild]

'The Fan Club' (Rolls Royce contractors) are coming to the rescue! A 'Twin-Refractory-Fabric-Lampsh­ade-Electro-Turbine Jet Engine' (The twin engine conta-rotating backpack is on the drawing board now) light weight Seebeck electro regeneration,(stitched into lampshades) we won't let that heat go to waste, Neodymium toothed belt pulleys to drive the compressor fans.

[airpig2000]

This is the Awsome! I've been tune'in 2 cyc for yrs...All that power when you need it...your ass is off the ground ASAP!

[quadcatfly]

not a viable concept at this time. still at least 15 years to go before things like that may become possible. go 2 stroke.

[para70jt]

Are you kidding?! Thats a Walkerjet! They film it dark so you wont see the Simonini gasoline engine.

[jeffgoin]

And I suppose that thing the end was a mockup? I've had the thing on my back and ran it up. Believe me, it's quite real!

[airborneSGT]

You guys have a similar setup to our giant scale (40%) and larger model airplanes no?

[bilakos808]

so much wind and power is not enought to lift easy

maybe in the future something will work better

but its something new and nice anyway

[jeffgoin]

I think he's got about $30k into it although that includes many replacement parts for those that were either inadequate or broke.

[talal7979767]

HI

how much did that cost and when can we buy it?

[jeffgoin]

I think he's got about $30k into it although that includes many replacement parts for those that were either inadequate or broke.

[pepad]

we need a battery revolution. it's not coming. it's still a dream.

[JustPlaneNuts]

I love it! I could fly and not feel guilty about it, environmentally friendly. I also just like the idea of not having to start in up and stuff. Very cool, I want one.

[Rystenthelion]

*impressed* I'm building a smaller, radio controlled version of that. *12 inch pilot figure with 6 ft wing*

[markymark9172]

how much did that cost to build compared to a cheap petrol engine? polymer batteries aint cheap !

[jeffgoin]

It still aint cheap! Csaba tells me his prototype has about $8k in it but that doesn't count probably twice that amount in parts that didn't work out for one reason or another and thus had to get tossed.

[Hawkmax]

This video gives me goosebumps. Just a few short years ago even the "experts" scoffed at the idea. Electric PPG is going to turn the whole concept of personal flight on it's ear!

[UAVEX]

when can we buy it?