by Jeff Goin | Jun 5, 2021 | 01 Training, 02 Gearing Up
See also Choosing a First Wing I hate to say this, but paramotor training is surprisingly dangerous. Thankfully, there are ways to hugely reduce the risk. Use instructors who use embrace best practices. A big one is insistence on benign-handling beginner wings flown...
by Jeff Goin | Nov 23, 2019 | 02 Gearing Up, 23: Motor & Propeller, 27: The Motor Unit
See Paraglider Certification There is no paramotor certification. That’s too bad because there is a lot of room for improvement, especially regarding prop-strike protection and torque mitigation. I can imagine a fairly simple set of tests that result in a safety...
by Jeff Goin | Jun 6, 2019 | 01 Training, 02 Gearing Up
The perfect beginner paramotor looks a lot like the perfect paramotor (tips on the perfect beginner WING). But given how risky training is, some traits are way more important than others–as in the difference between success and serious injury. These traits are:...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 17, 2019 | 02 Gearing Up, About
Frequently Asked Questions about paramotor flying Click here on Educational for much more Ten minutes after putting your car in park, everything is ready. It’s just you perfect air, at the perfect place, ready to fly. Lay it out, ready yourself, throttle up, and...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 17, 2019 | 02 Gearing Up, Ultralights
So many choices! Do I want convenience? Do I want to go places? How much will it cost? How hard is it to fly? These and many other questions usually come to those choosing an ultralight. It’s not easy and the sales people for each one knows, for a fact, that...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 12, 2019 | 02 Gearing Up, 27: The Motor Unit
Harness Terminology: How the Harness and frame interact to provide a hook-in point. See Also Harness Adjusting | Hang Points: High or Low? | Harness Myths | Understanding Paramotor Torque | Tandem Paramotor harness systems can be categorized by their in-flight hang...
by Jeff Goin | Apr 5, 2019 | 02 Gearing Up
The more you fly, the cheaper it gets. But paramotor may not be as low-cost as we think, although it’s still cheap relative to other forms of flight. I fly other things and find that even at these costs, paramotor delivers more fun-per-dollar than any other form...
by Jeff Goin | Jul 10, 2012 | 02 Gearing Up
See also Cost of Powered Paragliding Broken Down One Pilot’s Actual Costs To Paramotor: Tom Zoner Tom Zoner is meticulous with records, logging both his flying and expenses related to PPG. Like other analysis, it shows that, when all costs are figured in,...
by Jeff Goin | Sep 12, 2007 | 02 Gearing Up
What does it really cost to fly a paramotor? When I first saw the advertisements for paramotors in Kit Planes Magazine, I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Something can actually get you off the ground for $7,500? It must be a scam.” At the time in 2002 I was a very active...
