Pictures & Video: Powered Parachuting

WillNotFly4Food

WillNotFly4Food

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A couple weeks ago I visted some friends in Montana. Two of them own powered chutes and offered to give me a taste of "real flying" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif.

Our wingman:

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Shot of the Bitterroot Valley's westside:

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No, I am not standing on the side of the river fishing! You can see part of the frame in the bottom right.

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Videos: righ-click, Save Target As...

On our way to the river... (4.43MB 15s)
http://www.clan-nua.com/~skipper/MVI_1735.AVI

Flying up the river... (29MB 1m45s)
http://www.clan-nua.com/~skipper/MVI_1740.AVI

"Holy crap man, what was that?" (10.7MB 37s)
http://www.clan-nua.com/~skipper/MVI_1747.AVI

As we were flying up the river you could see all the fish dive away- probably thinking that's one damn big eagle!

I have some more material but I don't want to incriminate anyone. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
 
That's awesome! Looks like a lot of fun! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
It looks easy to build one of those. Get a parachute, the engine part and propeller from an airboat, and a board with 3 wheels and glue it all together with superbond.

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t looks easy to build one of those. Get a parachute, the engine part and propeller from an airboat, and a board with 3 wheels and glue it all together with superbond.

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Looks like a parachute strapped onto a lawnmower might work, too. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I never thought that a powered parachute would be very much fun, but that looks like a blast. Montana is one of the most beatiful states in the U.S. and that seems like a really cool way to explore parts of it. Thanks for sharing.
 
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