Take off! For Brad and Hank in the powered parachute

After laying out the parachute, Hank puts the pedal down to pop the chute and head to the sky

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• Brad
• Sanders
• powered
• parachute
• Shelby
• Paraflight

[SteadiedME]

@pilotman322 my dad and i just got a 2 seat used for and we got it with a new parachute and a full radios w/ head set/helmets and the trailer for about $10,000

[xoxodavidalover9]

my sister has one of them! it was $5,000

[pilotman322]

how much is a powered parachute?

[XRayCam]

Yea, I'm thinking it needs a LARGER chute for 2 people. Sounded like that motor was working more than it should.

[planeguy3223]

@StuartRedman1 yeah they are but they are actually more safe than fixed wings believe it or not. the pendulum effect gives them stability in changing wind directions that fixed wings don't have.

[planeguy3223]

@neverent lol hey dreams only sometimes lie

[shea199710]

@neverent They're also the cheapest aircraft in the world. You can buy one for about $5000, and they barley take up any fuel.

[neverent]

I had a dream the other night that I was flying in a very small personal aircraft. As it was a dream the aircraft was sort of like a mini plane that was actually pedal powered. The feeling of personal flight with a machine so simple really got me thinking.

One day, quite a bit after I graduate from grad school, I *really* want to take this up as a hobby. It seems like the coolest and most practical way to fly -- anything larger would be too grandiose of scale, anything smaller doesn't exist.

[StuartRedman1]

id like a trike ultralight but chutes are just scary

[chattoner]

what the size of your wing ,

thanks

marco