High powered motorised hang gliding glider take off

[jasonrussellsmith]

love the Vittorazi... have mine on a X-1 harness and a Falcon3 195. At 75kg I love the 3 step takeoff/landing...

[somelameassboyscout]

i like how the camera makes it look like your prop is going soooo slow

[motorharness1]

With good training, and good listening, it's easy.

[jgilp]

Don't try to fly powered hang gliding if you don't have a previous free hang glide flight. It's more technical than paramotor

[TrymmAndrej]

thats starting to be closer to an airplane..

[motorharness1]

G'day,

I know a guy who is about 97kg and he flies an Airborne Buzz about 135sq'? He is an ex HG instructor with experience going back to rogallos though. I weigh 97-100kg and I like the 175 Sting but if you take off in 5-10knt smooth breeze, a 154 sting might be OK. I would prefer a floater 190 for learning though. I also fly with a Litespeed 5.

Motors are more fun than Hang gliding.

Cheers

[finchmoor]

Hi I fly a sting 154xc would a motor be compatable for my glider .I weigh 70kg.

It looks good fun Cheers

[xlqex]

The propeller looks slow because it's rpm is almost a multiple of the framerate. Between frames the camera records, the propeller might spin several times and end up in the same position for the next frame - this would make the propeller look like it's not moving.

[lti12]

what kind of wing your flying?

[motorharness1]

G'day

It's a Sting175xc2 by Airborne Australia.

I have a Moyes Litespeed5 but it's airframe is smaller and not very compatible with the Wasp that I have.

Cheers

[motorharness1]

G'day Floopydisc,What you buy depends on your weight and how much hang gliding experience you have.

I weigh 99kg so I have a high powered Wasp harness ~5000 English Pounds. I also have a lower powered Australian made Explorer from Airtime products about Aus$7000. The wing can cost about Aus$5000 new. Then there's lessons about $1500 or more and about 2-6mths or more.

2nd hand is a lot cheaper but you have to know what you're buying or it will probably kill you.

Salut,

Paul Roche

Australia

[damunchiman]

Thanks for your reply. After I posted my comment, I though it may have to do with the camera. I too have a cheap little camera like that. It make this video a bit mysterious though. Powered harnes is something I am considering for a while now. I can see lots of benefits. Like taking off from almost anywhere. Do you feel the extra weigh while soaring or thermaling while not under power?

[damunchiman]

What's with your prop? Is it spinning? That looked weird. Cool take off but looks more like a tow.

[motorharness1]

G'day,

Theprop is spinning at about 10000rpm divided by ~3.5. Say 3000rpm. My cheap little pocket camera makes it look slow because of it's low frame rate I suppose.

It's certainly not an aero tow, the motor puts out 60-65kgs of static thrust I'm told and it pushes the pilot way through the A-Frame.

Cheers

Paul Roche

[floopydisc]

OK, let's say I am the biggest air(plane)freak around (which is true), one of my biggest dreams has always been to become a private pilot (which is also true) but I'm colorblind (which, unfortunatly, is also true) and therefore will never obtain that dream.

OK, let's say then that I reaaaaaaaaally want to take to the skies anyway... How much would I pay for one of those babies? :-)

[bjvids]

Im also color blind and a pilot, to fly hang gliders or paragliders you dont need to pass a medical test! such a hang glider costs about 6000$ but you could try paragliding which is not so expensive.

[motorharness1]

Just do it. They're fun to fly. I get a kick out of running and leaving the ground.