Motor out and then emergency landing? How reliable are the paramotors?
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2024
- Yes, it is that easy... Find out in our video what should be done to prevent landing in places that you don't want to land.
Maybe you have seen a paramotor flying on the beach. Maybe you have seen a video of Tucker landing at the McDonald's... Anyway if you have just discovered the existence of this sport you probably have lot of questions. We are here to give you answers.
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• Welcome to paramotoring.
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I was having engine outs when I first got into paramototing..it turned out to be my hood on my jacket was getting sucked into the air box!... 5 years later I keep my engine well maintained by watching the Scout videos and purchasing parts from their eshop ..great support from them the maintenance videos are ace
I love it so much ❤
yup, as long as you stick to your maintenance schedule and do a proper preflight you should be able to fly with total confidence. I have 400hrs on Vitto motors at this point, including in Iceland, and I trust their engineering fully.
Great video as always 👍
Engines are pretty good for 2-strokes. Mine were finicky to dial in, but once they are right, so far so good. Im always expecting an engine problem, but none so far. As things wear out, the minute adjustments that had it running perfectly, begin to change. Eventually a failure will occur, unless I am perfectly proactive in replace/maintenance and tuning. I try my best, but I have doubts, on a long enough time-line.
I've got >375hrs now on my moster185, and only 1 emergency landings due to engine failure (10 feet up immediately after take off, caused by mixture problems so it choked out). I've had only 1 other real emergency landing due to in flight bogging issues on motor and after an several in-flight restarts, the starter cable then didn't retract, got sucked back into the prop, tore the prop to bits and the belt and clutch. I've had many engine outs doing spirals/wing overs, some kind of gravity lock I suppose, but easy to just restart and I've had carb mix issues in flight on several other times (changing temps/seasons here in canada requires more carb adjustments) but always been able to restart in the air at limp back to the LZ. So, I agree they are pretty reliable, but to me, still have a fair bit of maintenance/adjustment required (every 40-50hrs it seems) but well worth that effort to get 40-50hrs of joy. However, I will never trust these engines to fly where I cannot comfortably land.
gotta love Miro style! nyc
Guilty 😂 I touched the kill switch with my camera in Iceland. Otherwise never had an engine out with the scout.
I had an engine out on my FIFTH flight. The engine has less than 25 hours on it. It's still on its first spark plug. What happened? The throttle cable/kill switch wire in its sheath slipped down by the carbon fiber engine mount. In the course of one flight it rubbed through the sheath and into the kill switch wire. It was the equivalent of hitting the kill switch at 3200 feet. After a minute I was able to restart it and fly home.
I fly a regular paraglider without a motor. It would feel really weird to fly over a place where I can't land with good margin just gliding.
I flew my EFI Scout the other day for the first time. It's ridiculously smooth and just sips fuel. I averaged 2.7-2.8 liters per hour when doing straight and level flights.
In over 4 yrs of I’ve flying never had an engine failure in flight.
Love Your vids, but ... ... ... "engine dies...emergency landing... no excuses.." well... then it's something wrong with me..I climb high, shut the engine and make a long quiet gliding...then start my engine..or land with no problem...
I said when your engine dies you prepare for landing. That’s always the first step. Once that is done and you still have time then you try to restart.
I was curious if this because my moster 185 is fairly new and Iv got to do something to it because it keeps cutting out. But anyway it got me thinking how reliable these things are. You should never fly over water but then how does that guy Chucky wright do it. He’s Insane. He flys over miles of sea water with no LZ in sight and I was curious. Is he just mad or does he regularly give his motor early maintenance so failure is very low. Either way he’s still mad.
Cutting out under power or at idle?
@@SCOUTaviation hi. Iv not addressed the issue yet cos we got to winter. Only just broke in engine. As in first 15 litres. But sometimes it wudnt start. Adjusted the fuel/air mix and it seemed ok. But then while flying and releasing throttle it wud die as it went to idle. I was able to restart in air and keep some throttle on to stop it dying. The spark plug reveals more of a wet plug. So too much fuel to air mix. But I think I need to take something off and clean it.
@@SCOUTaviation Mine cuts out when I first start it, and squeeze the throttle a little. Like it's either too rich or too lean. Once it warms up its not a problem.
I have a new Moster 185+ too. When I first start it, it is touchy and will quit if I give it too much throttle. Let it warm up for 30 seconds and it runs great with quick response. I did have to adjust the LOW carb screw to get it running smoothly. Remember, the setting at the factory may not work for your location due to barometric pressure, altitude, humidity, and temperature. You may need to adjust it. Fortunately, SCOUTaviation has videos showing how to do that and it is in the Maintenance and Operator manual for the engine. Get a second person to help because taking the motor on and off your back for every little adjustment is a pain...and don't run the engine on the ground. Took me about 10 minutes to get mine running perfectly.
Hi. It mainly cuts out at idle. Someone helped to adjust the low screw and initially it helped. But then in the air when releasing throttle and letting it goto idle that’s when it would die. Did try adjusting the low screw again but it’s just not quite right for some reason. Il use ur video to start from scratch with the low screw. Iv also got a new spark plug
Miro, je možné nájsť inštruktora na Slovensku? Môžeš niekoho odporučiť?🤔🤘
Ja odporúčam Martina Šimka z Prešova. Zrovna včera sme spolu kávičkovali.
Napíš mi na miroslav@scoutaviation.com dam ti detaily.
How can i communicate with u?
Miroslav@scoutaviation.com
@@SCOUTaviation Thank you
If you trust your 2-stroke you're setting yourself up for a very rude awakening. Take great care of your equipment and it might take care of you, but it's never guaranteed. Distrust will change your decision making structure and just might keep you safe.