Crossing New Zealand by Powered Paraglider

In march 2006 a group of pilots intends to cross the length of New Zealand flying with powered paragliders.

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Sports

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• Motorgleitschirm
• Motorschirm
• Gleitschirm
• Fliegen
• Rucksackmotor
• Rucksackmotorfliegen
• Powered
• Paragliding
• PPG
• NZ

[AdrenalineAddicted]

What caused that collapse...that was a Reaction wing if i'm not mistaken?

[highabove1976]

The wing was wet when we reached that landing field. We had flown through showers before.

[murrayhay]

FT Trike "with 20" of suspension" BUT which will ground in 6"!!! What YOU regard as "good instruction" RESULTS in the accident rate seen in the sport... so I am NOT stupid enough to follow your 'advice'! Remember unlike you not only am I an instructor, but I am one that has been helping pilots AVOID the accident rates, MOST OF WHICH ARE DUE TO INSTRUCTOR ERROR, that the sport suffers from! So please stick to selling good equipment (which you do) and lay off giving dangerous advice!

[murrayhay]

Mmmm 20" of suspension travel... Pity the bottom of the trike HITS the ground after about 6"..... Dell do the world a favor and stop making claims that are both stupid and obviously false! OR simply do the world a BIG favor and film YOURSELF dropping 30/40/50 feet (what ever your current silly claim is!) to PROVE the FlatTop/trike WILL protect the pilot.... The Equipment you sell looks good BUT unfortunatly much of the advice you give IS dangerous!

[paramotortimes]

Good video. Thanks for uploading.

[0815tobey]

mmmh something tells me they wouldnt reach their target.

[hardmanmark69]

He is one hot pilot! Power to the pilots

[CombatPara]

pretty sure he stalled it- you can see that he had the breaks really low- yes, you can fall to the ground... but not randomly!

[wallyhines]

Hey Guys.. I'm the "boot scooter in this video.

The reason for the stall?

The other guys flew in rainy conditions I wouldn't.

A wet wing added to the stall problem.

[hardmanmark69]

very nice video.

[bteeuwen]

only powered para gliders can fall to the ground randomly like that? or can non motor para gliding also have incidents like that?

[imasuper0308]

lol okey dokey then.

[imasuper0308]

That is not the bottom of the trike silly, it is the skids on the Flat Top that are designed as crumple zones. You don't have to drop from 30-50 foot. Do you know the terminal velocity of a paraglider in full stall? Go to a good instructor so you can learn these things please. Stop pretending YOU are an instructor. You have no clue what you are talking about.