SCOUT Zero - first thermals - It's not a paramotor it's a Thermal machine - ARTIK6
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- I have spent quite a few hours before, trying to fly thermals with a paramotor.
But i always ended up frustrated due to the stiff and awkward flying position.
It was uncomfortable, difficult and insensible.
The ScoutZero, on the other hand, behaves very nicely and has a very similar handling to a conventional paragliding harness.
It is comfortable enough for long flights and when flying for hours you truly forget there is still a motor attached to it.
The first flight I flew about 1 hour in nice calm thermal conditions before i landed for lunch,
15min later I was back into the action (that’s just awesome 😊)
Nice cloud streets made it easy to make transitions and I flew towards France.
Once there I saw that the paragliding pilots at the local paragliding take off were having difficulties climbing out and were pretty frustrated when they saw me flying over at 2000m altitude beneath the clouds.
Localpilot#22 =” he flew!!! while we sat here waiting like fools!! ”
After 3hrs of flying I finally landed back next to the car, no long retrieve for me this time.
Just enjoying the sunset with a beer, reminiscing about my flight.
Thank you, SCOUT for designing such a beautiful piece of equipment,
it’s revolutionary and a great addition to the sport.
And I’m grateful for the opportunity to contribute.
4h Airtime, 3L fuel used
Awesome!
Very grateful for you being part of our team.
I also applied, unfortunately a bit too small and light for the first model. With my current light paramotor, I have 200+ hours of thermal airtime in the north German flatlands this year. I absolutely want the Scout Zero, the perfect expedition aircraft. 😍
@@nico_albrecht Mach auch bitte weiter so! Du und viele andere seid Pioniere!
Epic! So you are one of the selected testing pilots. Congrats. Hope you tested like mad :D Looking so much forward to getting my Zero next year. Will help when we go winching the last to winch can take Zero to join the others...no more last one grounded on xc days during the week when few pilots have time :D
Yes , its a gamechanger
This is awesome....great for flat landers.
Can't wait for this!
It's looking great!👍
j'adore!
Hahaha meanwhile in funmay 😆 love it! Does it feel like a pg harness or ppg harness in flight?
Its a paragliding cocoon with a motor attached to it, no frame only strings and cloth. so yes it's 99% PG :)
nice
You transport the foldet gas motor in the bag. Do you have the smell of gas in your car when you keep it there for 1-2 days?
Yes , the gas smell is inevitable when flying ppg. The remaining fuel in the carb will dilute in the air over time
Are you overloaded on your normal PG wing or did you buy a wing specifically for flying this?
I fly the Artik6 27 (100-122kg) . With my pg gear im at 115kg (70%) , with the zero im at 122kg (100%) . with 3l of fuel at 124kg. The Artik6 is best flown at max load.
@@IvoBELGIUM wow, so motor and fuel only adds 10kg, that's awesome.
@@harry-knight Yes but compaired to my full equipped normal paragliding comp harness with 2L of water. the scout Harness could also be transformed into a regular pg harness without engine and weighs 5.8kg with reserve .
Harness 4,3 kg
reserve 1,5 kg
engine 14,7 kg
pilot 92 kg
wing 5 kg
instr 1 kg
clothes 2 kg
backback 0,7 kg
fuel 3 kg
total 124,2 kg
@@IvoBELGIUM So what heavy extra gear do you carry for pg to make the difference only 10 kg instead of 15 kg?
@@turkeyphant 2 reserves, comp harness, G-shute, instruments, radio, water, backback+concertina, clothes, gloves, battery pack
I want one
What’s happening with this project? There has been no news for a long time.
200 preorders are going to be delivered this year :)
Awesome!
Wouldn't be better to go electric for such use case?
Hm... Probably not.
That thing is awesome!!! What was that program called showing your flight in 3 dimensions?
ayvri.com/ :)