Channing Burton here, on my wife's computer. I think the one great thing you can take from this incident is the pilots understanding that he was going into the water. It was nice to see the pilot begin releasing his harness in preparation for the water landing. Drowning is the number one cause of deaths in paragliding, primarily the individual being unable to release themselves from their harness. A water landing is not ideal and should be avoided at all cost if possible, however in this case you see someone taking appropriate action to insure a positive outcome. A quick release harness, floatation and Spare Air are great safety equipment to have available if you conduct operations over water. When your wing comes into contact with Wave action, surf and ocean/river currents can act as a Sea Anchor and drag your ASS underwater, thus a cut knife is also a tool to have with you. Congrats to the pilot for responding in a manner that insured his safety.Start Safe, Stay Safe.Channing Burton
Alfie Gale accept it wasn't waterproof I have the same case it's made by "survivor" but he didn't even have a screen protector on his haha so the phones fucked
Phil was flying a Thor 190 light in a Zenith Frame with an Ozone Roadster. The reserve was a gin (he does not know anything else on that) and the flotation was a "AGAMA" www.planetppg.com/FlyStyle.html The issue was the engine running too hot which melted the piston rings and compression was lost, hence the fail....having said this Phil fully admitted that he should never have been so far out to sea......he has never done this since.
+amduk123 genius. but how relieable are parachutes, or that thing that is above him? i mean cant those break easily? think about it breaking, u would be a stain in ground. do those guys also have parachutes on their back if something happens?
+bastard The yellow and black satchel on his lap looks like a reserve parachute and the uploader mentioned the guy who crashed had a reserve called a Gin Rescue Glider.
***** yeah but in general. if i buy one of those things and the parachute cuts in half in the middle of flight, what the fuck am i going to do then? quickly accept god as the lord and savior or some bs like that so if the marginally low chance that that crap is actually true, i would get into heaven?
we learn best by making mistakes, and the important part is he landed safely. you can always buy new hardware, you cant buy another life. cool video to see actually what it would be like in the event of an engine failure over water. i hope your equipment wasnt badly damaged
I fly near the great lakes (erie). We have some islands near by , but there is no way I could fly over to them. Even though I think I could get high enough to glide in a engine out situation. I am glad your alright thanks for posting video.
nyannyan123456 I'm kinda close to Lake Erie and I have been looking recently into getting into the sport too! Great to know there are people in the area.
I need to get my paramotor back up and running this year. I live in the Sandusky area. If you live near by you are welcome to check it out this summer.
Great video - thank you for sharing. Such a beautiful flight, and then...thank goodness he had a flotation device or he would have been dragged under fast. A good reminder for all of us to stay within gliding distance of something landable.
Thanks for uploading, nice views, sorry about your engine out. It is a good reminder to always have an emergency landing spot in view and reachable by flight.
My golden rule when I'm flying my Dragonfly---where will I be landing if my engine stops right NOW. Two stroke, four stroke or fifty stroke, they'll all kill you if you believe that somehow this engine is different from the rest.
Glad that he is safe. Am sure this has been discussed previously, but it looked like he unbuckled incredibly late in the day for this - he could have been out of the harness much earlier, reducing the risk of getting tangled. Also, why didn't he land out towards the yacht? It would have been further out to sea, but would have at least guaranteed a shorter swim, with someone to collect him and the kit? This could have ended much worse. The light was fading* and there was a very narrow time window for someone to spot and fetch him from the water, before visibility became a problem. On that note, final remark (and difficult to judge from the video) but it looked quite late; would it have been possible to land within 30 minutes of official sunset?
So all of the videos I have seen so far with crashes have taught me, if I ever want to do this, to always have height, don’t be doing weird acrobatic stuff with the wing, and do premaintenance checks prior to flight and post-maintenance.
He was gasping because the water is so cold. Thats a natural response to suddenly entering cold water. Also a reason some people drown if they go in cold water head first. They don’t control that first gasp and Inhale all water.
The FLAT TOP PARAMOTOR has built in flotation and will not sink. One lever will completely release you from the harness. This along with many safely features makes for a good choice. Fly safe.
I don't know anything about paramotors but wouldn't the engine fill with water as its strapped to your back so would you need to rebuild the engine or are they waterproofed in case of landing in water
Paramotors are great, but these are not airplanes and these are not reliable aircraft engines. Most of the crashes I see on UA-cam is due to people putting their lives in the hands of their motors, such as flying UP a canyon, flying over water too far to glide to shore, or doing steeply banked turns just a couple feet off the ground. All that shit is fun but WAY riskier than it looks. Only fly DOWN canyons, especially steep ones where you have to climb out hard and it's impossible to turn around. Over water, stay high enough where you can glide to shore, or close enough to shore where you can manage to swim back. On takeoff, leave enough space between you and the nearest obstacles where you don't depend on the motor for climbout and have enough room to land if it goes out- plenty of videos out there of people losing power and crashing into the trees at the edge of a field.
I recommend re-uploading this video with its original audio; you'd probably get more views. The music is a bit lame but aside from that, it was a cool video!
He's lucky he had a floatation device, I fly over our lake all the time, when the water is cold I fly high enough to reach land, summer I fly low to water with a life jacket on. I also fly a Flat Top Ninja, if I do go in it' only takes a second to get out with the quick release harness, it's the only motor I would fly. I have over 500 hrs. on my meter, with zero engine outs, so far that is.LOL
NEVER fly over/in a place that you can't: a) turn around in b) land in. Water would qualify as one of those places. I'm not sure how cold that water was but its good you were close to shore or you might have experienced hypothermia. Glad your okay....thanks for posting.
Fun fact: drowning is the highest cause of death of parator pilots that die in the sport a quick release is a must and dont fly over open water where you cant swim back!
don't think the water was that bad but it was a long swim for him. He was picked up all bedraggled from the beach......engine was bust anyway hence the wet landing....piston rings melted and compression was lost......phone sadly died as a result of salt water intake.......lol
Es que.. sobrevolar el mar con la confianza del que el motor no se parará es una absolutísima locura, te estaba viendo pensando que yo iría con mi paramotor y se me estaba poniendo los pelos de punta.
OMG! Is this the same Phil Brunyee who runs the tiling business? If so I used to go out trail riding with him and Deano most Sundays. He always did bounce well for an old boy - always remember his great dismount at Cusses Gorse 😀 Funny - I'm currently looking at getting into paramotoring and stumbled across the video. Chin up Phil and hope the armbands worked ok 👌
Phillip Brunyee lo mate, yes I am booked in with Simon Westmore at Membury Airfield. Weathers gone to rat sh&t so just waiting for a decent day to start. I visited Parajet the other day, turns out they know you quite well too it seems 😯 going to be a zenith for me, moster plus 185 and a universal wing 👌
Hi. Good video mate - thanks for sharing. I fly in Kent but am a regular visitor to Swanage / Wareham and want to bring my kit down and get a flight in in the next couple of weeks. I know a lot of guys use Baiter Park to take off from but is that legit? Any other sites nearby of friendly farmers you know of?
Daniel J Spencer Hello Mate. Glad you liked the video...needless to say Phil has not flown quite so far out since this incident, he did take off from baiter on this occasion as do we all from time to time. We were challenged once which prompted me into looking deeper and i am glad to say that there is nothing legal that prevents the use of Baiter but we do take off and F**K off as to not annoy to many people. We do have several fields in the area so it does tend to lower the usage as well. Weather for the next few weeks in not great but please feel free to contact us as and when...we are both on FB so sent us a request and we will be more than happy to come flying
Talk about your gear. What were you flying, wing, motor/frame, reserve, flotation.. Good to share those details because that is what we start wondering about when we see the flights and the unexpected landings...
I nearly would have aimed for that damn sailboat, bit of a risk though. If you are super far out, try to get to a boat. This of course is if you don't have enough altitude to get back for whatever reason
So iv been thinking of getting one of these marvelous contraption for a few years, I live at app 5000 feet, and it does get gusty, how susceptible are they to cross winds, down gusts, dont wana die but sure looks like fun. Safe?
you Can at a minimum height of 500 feet.......however at this location you do need to have passed a flying test just to prove competency...not too difficult, as there is an airport nearby and the ATC have implemented this
@@paramotoringpitsey That's pretty cool. It would be neat if the FAA would allow that here in the "good ole" US (WITH the testing requirement AND some N type numbering for ident on the sail, neither of which I would have any problem with, since that's the way it is in general aviation. It shouldn't even bother those that don't want to test/Ident as they would just have the current disallowance. I think there's been some talk of it here between the "governing bodies" (manufacturers/ clubs/ etc) and the FAA of the sport (which have no governance at all except the ear of the FAA), who wants to stay out of it as long as they can beyond FAR103 and some addendums, also a good thing, but we have morons that will do stupid crap and mess that up, too....as always, an EXTREMELY small percentage. All hearsay, so take nothing I'm saying here as gospel, as I'm not flying YET, but that's what I see as the gist of it from several paramotorors/instructors/manufacturers YT vids and some reading. I'm starting the diet now to get down to MY designated "flying weight". I certainly DO like the non-intrusive stand the FAA is taking (set the rules-allow the community do demonstrate they can follow them/ police themselves), to keep costs and additional hassle to a minimum, but they wrote 'em, they can expand them. And what's REALLY scary, to me, is everything I'm reading about it shows the FAA's reasoning on adoption or non-adoption of certain "ideas" from the paramotoring community to be WELL THOUGHT OUT. IF ONLY our ENTIRE govt. were like that...it would be a totally different country, more like 50 years ago, in terms of govt. snooping and control reach. Well, that got to be a soapbox, sorry, hopefully someone will get something, maybe just a laugh, out of it. I have GOT to get over the "mother country" sometime and tour it and some parts of Europe I would love to see. ;-) So much to do, so little time.
Why head towards the shore if you know you're not gonna make it? There was a boat right nearby where you were you could've ditched in the water near the boat so he could fish you out..
paramotoring pitsey I heard that, but I fly over the water all the time, and if my engine never quits I want somebody to see me go in so I'm aiming for a boat and I'm hitting the water 10 feet away from that thing.
No one here knows how scary that would be A HEAVY PARACHUTE AND PROPELLER SINKING YOU TO THE BOTTEM OF THE OCEAN Not even the best swimears can swim with that weight
If an Airbus A330 has both engines fail or a system failure in the middle of the Atlantic is that poor airmanship because he didn't have enough height to save all 280 passengers?
They are two different situations. One you have etops certification to fly over the ocean, the other one, you only have your skills, certified equipment and your common sense xD. That's why you shouldn't fly this far from the shore. Unexpected motor cutoff is quite common in powered paragliders. You need to know your glide ratio, in order to come back safely.
The rescuers had a flight in a very nice helicopter and I told them with hand signal that I was ok and sorted my self out. Ps the sun set is the best time of the day.
that's what you get for not allowing yourself a way out....glad to see most of these crash video's are due to the stupidity of the pilot and not the equiptment
this was a little of both.....piston rings melted and lost compression.....he got wet because he venture a little too far from land.....but at least he was ok...
I know there's lots of equipment to help mitigate risk of drowning in water landings, my question is, could they not abandon all equipment about 10 - 20 ft above the water and swim away safely?
overunitydotcom the piston head got too hot and melted the piston rings which meant it lost pressure and ultimately just stopped. It was all repaired by Polini mind
i suppose this is a possible end result when taking such a risk. i guess as long as you plan for such an event it would make the chances of survival higher.
Im some one who loves heights and flying on planes ect, then i have a huge fear of the ocean and mass amounts of water, if i were you id be shitting myself
sounded like you had a good drink on landing there. burping !
Dropped his brew
forgot the first rule of going into any water... .shut your mouth
ha ha ha
@@Gantzz321 lol
it had a floatation device fitted (purchased separately) otherwise it would have sunk
👍
sunk? with you on it? or can you get out easy?
50th like
did everything still work?
bet that was cold hehe
Flying over water without enough height to make land in the event of an engine failure is just poor airmanship.
TheSillyOldDude I drop bown to get the speed boat on the gopro
He's the PIC can do whatever he wants on water as long as he's 1000 feet away from any structure.
Welp.. That must be what he meant by "poor airmanship" then.
He was flying along the nudie beach at Studland Bay!
Yup, SillyOldDude is right. No excuse.
Channing Burton here, on my wife's computer. I think the one great thing you can take from this incident is the pilots understanding that he was going into the water. It was nice to see the pilot begin releasing his harness in preparation for the water landing. Drowning is the number one cause of deaths in paragliding, primarily the individual being unable to release themselves from their harness. A water landing is not ideal and should be avoided at all cost if possible, however in this case you see someone taking appropriate action to insure a positive outcome. A quick release harness, floatation and Spare Air are great safety equipment to have available if you conduct operations over water. When your wing comes into contact with Wave action, surf and ocean/river currents can act as a Sea Anchor and drag your ASS underwater, thus a cut knife is also a tool to have with you. Congrats to the pilot for responding in a manner that insured his safety.Start Safe, Stay Safe.Channing Burton
lmao why u writing that as if its a letter wtf
Because he's polite, well spoken and most likely an older gentleman. Nothing wrong with that, in fact it's refreshing to see.
J D I was 50 at the time going on 25
He waited way to long.
Dan smith it was my first time you learn from your mistakes
R.I.P Iphone
Skippo it was waterproof
Alfie Gale Its not .-. The video was uploaded when 2014
hahaha
Alfie Gale accept it wasn't waterproof I have the same case it's made by "survivor" but he didn't even have a screen protector on his haha so the phones fucked
new samsungs are quite waterproof!
Phil was flying a Thor 190 light in a Zenith Frame with an Ozone Roadster. The reserve was a gin (he does not know anything else on that) and the flotation was a "AGAMA" www.planetppg.com/FlyStyle.html
The issue was the engine running too hot which melted the piston rings and compression was lost, hence the fail....having said this Phil fully admitted that he should never have been so far out to sea......he has never done this since.
Well, convinced me I want to Paramotor! What's life without adventure
SC EM you must get out and LIVE, not just exist.
@SC EM jesus christ your life is boring.
omg spent the entire 2nd minute screaming "TOO LOW! TOO LOW" at the screen. Props for having a radio and a float, at least.
I was trying to get to a 1000 feet when it happened lol
Here's an idea fly at a height that allows you to glide in to land.
+amduk123 genius. but how relieable are parachutes, or that thing that is above him? i mean cant those break easily? think about it breaking, u would be a stain in ground. do those guys also have parachutes on their back if something happens?
+bastard The yellow and black satchel on his lap looks like a reserve parachute and the uploader mentioned the guy who crashed had a reserve called a Gin Rescue Glider.
***** yeah but in general. if i buy one of those things and the parachute cuts in half in the middle of flight, what the fuck am i going to do then? quickly accept god as the lord and savior or some bs like that so if the marginally low chance that that crap is actually true, i would get into heaven?
bastard The whole point of a reserve chute is to have a second parachute to save you if the primary fails. What part of that entails dying?
***** i dont know, what if the reserve one breaks aswell? then ur fucked =( (iv always wanted to get fucked)
we learn best by making mistakes, and the important part is he landed safely. you can always buy new hardware, you cant buy another life. cool video to see actually what it would be like in the event of an engine failure over water. i hope your equipment wasnt badly damaged
Jacob Rothschild “we learn best by making mistakes”. 😂If you live through them. 1000 bucks says this idiot ran out of gas .
@@Chance-ry1hq HI chance 1957 This idiot here has just made $1000. I still had 7 litre in the tank the engine over heated and piston lost compression.
I fly near the great lakes (erie). We have some islands near by , but there is no way I could fly over to them. Even though I think I could get high enough to glide in a engine out situation. I am glad your alright thanks for posting video.
nyannyan123456 I'm kinda close to Lake Erie and I have been looking recently into getting into the sport too! Great to know there are people in the area.
I need to get my paramotor back up and running this year. I live in the Sandusky area. If you live near by you are welcome to check it out this summer.
I'm on the other end of Lake Erie near Rochester. About 5 hours away unfortunately.
The sports growing there should be others in your area you will just need to look.
Great video - thank you for sharing. Such a beautiful flight, and then...thank goodness he had a flotation device or he would have been dragged under fast. A good reminder for all of us to stay within gliding distance of something landable.
Thanks for uploading, nice views, sorry about your engine out. It is a good reminder to always have an emergency landing spot in view and reachable by flight.
My golden rule when I'm flying my Dragonfly---where will I be landing if my engine stops right NOW. Two stroke, four stroke or fifty stroke, they'll all kill you if you believe that somehow this engine is different from the rest.
I'm glad you survived and were able to post this video. I don't think you will make that mistake again.
The more i watch these Paramotor Videos....The less my Mind wants 1....
that would be so fucking scary
Aqua Script first time it is
Always fly in a gliding distance to the land- common sense dude.
pilot zorr some times you have to be naughty to get the sense of adventure.
you were so calm when you were landing in the water, I would of panicked because I hate the ocean and I don't want to drown.
And sharks might eat you
Glad that he is safe. Am sure this has been discussed previously, but it looked like he unbuckled incredibly late in the day for this - he could have been out of the harness much earlier, reducing the risk of getting tangled.
Also, why didn't he land out towards the yacht? It would have been further out to sea, but would have at least guaranteed a shorter swim, with someone to collect him and the kit?
This could have ended much worse. The light was fading* and there was a very narrow time window for someone to spot and fetch him from the water, before visibility became a problem.
On that note, final remark (and difficult to judge from the video) but it looked quite late; would it have been possible to land within 30 minutes of official sunset?
So all of the videos I have seen so far with crashes have taught me, if I ever want to do this, to always have height, don’t be doing weird acrobatic stuff with the wing, and do premaintenance checks prior to flight and post-maintenance.
Holy shit, that looked terrifying. You can hear him gasping for air after he landed in the water, scary stuff.
The gasping was the sudden change in body temperature after 1 minute that stopped then it took 40 minutes to swim to land. It was a great day.
He was gasping because the water is so cold. Thats a natural response to suddenly entering cold water. Also a reason some people drown if they go in cold water head first. They don’t control that first gasp and Inhale all water.
Nice work staying calm. Glad to hear you had floatation over water.
The FLAT TOP PARAMOTOR has built in flotation and will not sink. One lever will completely release you from the harness. This along with many safely features makes for a good choice. Fly safe.
I came here from a video showing how to use water to decarbon an engine. Thats youtube recommendations for you.
I don't know anything about paramotors but wouldn't the engine fill with water as its strapped to your back so would you need to rebuild the engine or are they waterproofed in case of landing in water
engine had already seized so was not working by the time it had hit the water. needed draining and cleaning
no need to flare its just water.... *SPLUSHHH * Burping up water
Paramotors are great, but these are not airplanes and these are not reliable aircraft engines. Most of the crashes I see on UA-cam is due to people putting their lives in the hands of their motors, such as flying UP a canyon, flying over water too far to glide to shore, or doing steeply banked turns just a couple feet off the ground. All that shit is fun but WAY riskier than it looks. Only fly DOWN canyons, especially steep ones where you have to climb out hard and it's impossible to turn around. Over water, stay high enough where you can glide to shore, or close enough to shore where you can manage to swim back. On takeoff, leave enough space between you and the nearest obstacles where you don't depend on the motor for climbout and have enough room to land if it goes out- plenty of videos out there of people losing power and crashing into the trees at the edge of a field.
Good Camera, nice video !
I'm wondering why he was so prepared for this fault?
Hey nice meeting you today Phil, great (little scary) video....nice choice of Aussie music 😉😃 Simon
What a incredible view
Thats scary.. most of the gear will be damaged😭 lucky he never sunk
I recommend re-uploading this video with its original audio; you'd probably get more views. The music is a bit lame but aside from that, it was a cool video!
Nick Wood hell naw that is some good music
Thats like the best song ever.
It was "the best" when it came out, now it's just an overplayed nuisance.
Nick Wood Music by Australian group Gotyea.
Now your just somebody that he used to know
He's lucky he had a floatation device, I fly over our lake all the time, when the water is cold I fly high enough to reach land, summer I fly low to water with a life jacket on. I also fly a Flat Top Ninja, if I do go in it' only takes a second to get out with the quick release harness, it's the only motor I would fly. I have over 500 hrs. on my meter, with zero engine outs, so far that is.LOL
Que bella vista... espero que lo alla podido recuperar..
Dude, this video cut of at the climax! How frustrating!
In most the accident videos I watch, they cut the video way prematurely!
Oh man i was in such a good mood thanks to the musik and than this happens 😂
Great views Phil, bet the channel didn't taste good.
NEVER fly over/in a place that you can't:
a) turn around in
b) land in.
Water would qualify as one of those places. I'm not sure how cold that water was but its good you were close to shore or you might have experienced hypothermia. Glad your okay....thanks for posting.
Oh man that sucks! So glad you are okay though.
Love how the music cuts off.. 'HELP!!...' LOL😂😂😂😂
Fun fact: drowning is the highest cause of death of parator pilots that die in the sport a quick release is a must and dont fly over open water where you cant swim back!
Glad you’re safe. Did you have an inflating life jacket on or is there one built in the equipment?
It was phill Brynee who was flying. He had a life jacket on his paramotor, additional equipment, otherwise this would have ended so differently....
You should have been playing Kenny Logins DANGER ZONE! LOL!
useful lesson for others. Thanks
What's the water temperature? What happened after? Did someone pick you up, or did you have to swim the rest of the way? How trashed was your gear?
don't think the water was that bad but it was a long swim for him. He was picked up all bedraggled from the beach......engine was bust anyway hence the wet landing....piston rings melted and compression was lost......phone sadly died as a result of salt water intake.......lol
Es que.. sobrevolar el mar con la confianza del que el motor no se parará es una absolutísima locura, te estaba viendo pensando que yo iría con mi paramotor y se me estaba poniendo los pelos de punta.
OMG! Is this the same Phil Brunyee who runs the tiling business? If so I used to go out trail riding with him and Deano most Sundays. He always did bounce well for an old boy - always remember his great dismount at Cusses Gorse 😀 Funny - I'm currently looking at getting into paramotoring and stumbled across the video. Chin up Phil and hope the armbands worked ok 👌
By what you are saying i think this may well be the same person...i will pass the message on.....
Paramotoring Dreamer is his you tube channel
Cheers! What are the chances...
skimbo72 yes it is me and I am still alive and I have done one other water crash at Swanage but only knee deep and standing. Have you started yet
Phillip Brunyee lo mate, yes I am booked in with Simon Westmore at Membury Airfield. Weathers gone to rat sh&t so just waiting for a decent day to start. I visited Parajet the other day, turns out they know you quite well too it seems 😯 going to be a zenith for me, moster plus 185 and a universal wing 👌
Never ceases to amaze me why people fly outside of glide distance to land.
That's the golf course on wii sports
that really sucks man, of all the times it can conk out
thanks for sharing
So many things wrong with this, I am astonished he actually posted it. Maybe he will earn his Darwin Award another day.
Where's the rest of the video? Did you swim in to shore or did you get picked up?
That's what people get for using two strokes...
Was that you Phil ? Be joining you this summer starting my training at Membury end of January,
This is why you don't fly over water!
That sucks man crap! How long did it take to get to land ?
Campfacer
40 minutes swin
Scary, I take it you survived, I have a parajet to, what do u think the engine problem was?
Thomas Hilditch I read a comment they posted the engine got to hot
Flying Paramotor needs higher lQ than this .
My grandson of 3 years once said " can you not THINK " in a much lessor situation.
Thank you sharing the video, regards Rob
How was that channel water?
Did you get the Ok and a licence for the music?
Man i hope you are in good condition now. What happened? You ran out of gas ?
No.... piston rings melted but all good
The name old Harry rocks is hilarious!!!
How did you get to land?
+Hunter Cooke He's a wizard he can teleport himself.
+Paul Npy oh okay I see :p
+Hunter Cooke he had a very long swim watched by police and coast guard helicopters
+paramotoring pitsey I bet they were here only for the show. What, no ?...
40 minutes swimming lol
Never forget you're just a paraglider with a motor :D
A most notable occurrence.
Hi. Good video mate - thanks for sharing. I fly in Kent but am a regular visitor to Swanage / Wareham and want to bring my kit down and get a flight in in the next couple of weeks. I know a lot of guys use Baiter Park to take off from but is that legit? Any other sites nearby of friendly farmers you know of?
Daniel J Spencer Hello Mate. Glad you liked the video...needless to say Phil has not flown quite so far out since this incident, he did take off from baiter on this occasion as do we all from time to time. We were challenged once which prompted me into looking deeper and i am glad to say that there is nothing legal that prevents the use of Baiter but we do take off and F**K off as to not annoy to many people. We do have several fields in the area so it does tend to lower the usage as well. Weather for the next few weeks in not great but please feel free to contact us as and when...we are both on FB so sent us a request and we will be more than happy to come flying
Daniel J Spencer where abouts mate I'm looking at getting into it x
Its a great vid to share
Talk about your gear. What were you flying, wing, motor/frame, reserve, flotation.. Good to share those details because that is what we start wondering about when we see the flights and the unexpected landings...
Run out of fuel? sounded like it... How on earth did you make it back without getting hypothermia?
which cam did u film it with?!?
-TyPlaysForLife - Go pro 3
I nearly would have aimed for that damn sailboat, bit of a risk though. If you are super far out, try to get to a boat. This of course is if you don't have enough altitude to get back for whatever reason
Does something like this need to be reported or can he just call uber to pick him up at the beach?
we did call coast guard to see if they fancied a fishing trip but they forgot to bring there rods...otherwise no need to report
So iv been thinking of getting one of these marvelous contraption for a few years, I live at app 5000 feet, and it does get gusty, how susceptible are they to cross winds, down gusts, dont wana die but sure looks like fun. Safe?
mountainous terrain, Lots a trees.
Very, don't try and fly in wind else you'll go nowhere. Can't take off in more than 6 - 8 mph of wind
Are you allowed to fly over populated areas over there? The white cliffs are beautiful.
you Can at a minimum height of 500 feet.......however at this location you do need to have passed a flying test just to prove competency...not too difficult, as there is an airport nearby and the ATC have implemented this
@@paramotoringpitsey That's pretty cool. It would be neat if the FAA would allow that here in the "good ole" US (WITH the testing requirement AND some N type numbering for ident on the sail, neither of which I would have any problem with, since that's the way it is in general aviation.
It shouldn't even bother those that don't want to test/Ident as they would just have the current disallowance. I think there's been some talk of it here between the "governing bodies" (manufacturers/ clubs/ etc) and the FAA of the sport (which have no governance at all except the ear of the FAA), who wants to stay out of it as long as they can beyond FAR103 and some addendums, also a good thing, but we have morons that will do stupid crap and mess that up, too....as always, an EXTREMELY small percentage.
All hearsay, so take nothing I'm saying here as gospel, as I'm not flying YET, but that's what I see as the gist of it from several paramotorors/instructors/manufacturers YT vids and some reading. I'm starting the diet now to get down to MY designated "flying weight". I certainly DO like the non-intrusive stand the FAA is taking (set the rules-allow the community do demonstrate they can follow them/ police themselves), to keep costs and additional hassle to a minimum, but they wrote 'em, they can expand them. And what's REALLY scary, to me, is everything I'm reading about it shows the FAA's reasoning on adoption or non-adoption of certain "ideas" from the paramotoring community to be WELL THOUGHT OUT. IF ONLY our ENTIRE govt. were like that...it would be a totally different country, more like 50 years ago, in terms of govt. snooping and control reach.
Well, that got to be a soapbox, sorry, hopefully someone will get something, maybe just a laugh, out of it.
I have GOT to get over the "mother country" sometime and tour it and some parts of Europe I would love to see. ;-) So much to do, so little time.
Why head towards the shore if you know you're not gonna make it? There was a boat right nearby where you were you could've ditched in the water near the boat so he could fish you out..
I think he did call out to them. if you can hear over the engine you can hear his shout "help" and i don't think they heard him.....lol
paramotoring pitsey I heard that, but I fly over the water all the time, and if my engine never quits I want somebody to see me go in so I'm aiming for a boat and I'm hitting the water 10 feet away from that thing.
Is it possible to find a thermal or get some lift in anyway while over the water like that?
Riley Martin no
Yo i saw you subs and I subbed
I am a noobie at these things but would it have been safe to bail at a descent safe height? Say 30 feet?
Steven Arseneault No people have jumped thinking they are at 30 feet but where still at 100 feet and died.
No one here knows how scary that would be A HEAVY PARACHUTE AND PROPELLER SINKING YOU TO THE BOTTEM OF THE OCEAN
Not even the best swimears can swim with that weight
If an Airbus A330 has both engines fail or a system failure in the middle of the Atlantic is that poor airmanship because he didn't have enough height to save all 280 passengers?
Jambo Jambo No thats bad luck
Jambo Jambo Funny enough, that happened twice. Once they were lucky, the other time everyone died. Both times it was bad airmanship.
They are two different situations. One you have etops certification to fly over the ocean, the other one, you only have your skills, certified equipment and your common sense xD. That's why you shouldn't fly this far from the shore. Unexpected motor cutoff is quite common in powered paragliders. You need to know your glide ratio, in order to come back safely.
Jambo Jambo am GET REAL - A330 has a huge amount of resilience compared to a lawn mower engine
Always fly high enough to reach land, I could clearly see you couldn't reach land at the cliffs ;) Hope you are OK
Flying that far away from land, and at sunset, was reckless. You also endangered the lives of your rescuers.
The rescuers had a flight in a very nice helicopter and I told them with hand signal that I was ok and sorted my self out. Ps the sun set is the best time of the day.
3:00 it starts
that's what you get for not allowing yourself a way out....glad to see most of these crash video's are due to the stupidity of the pilot and not the equiptment
this was a little of both.....piston rings melted and lost compression.....he got wet because he venture a little too far from land.....but at least he was ok...
It was fun try it
Do they have some sort of airbag float device or did it sink
I had a float and a long swim
I know there's lots of equipment to help mitigate risk of drowning in water landings, my question is, could they not abandon all equipment about 10 - 20 ft above the water and swim away safely?
Alex Czyz
It was a soft landing
Phillip Brunyee RTFQ.
You had a phone there right?
what am i doing here? ...i should just go to sleep
England is my city *Country* R.I.P meme
Is this a commercial stunt for the Flat Top paramotor?
No this was a genuine engine out....no flat top in sight..
Was the gasoline empty or what was the cause ?
overunitydotcom the piston head got too hot and melted the piston rings which meant it lost pressure and ultimately just stopped. It was all repaired by Polini mind
+WildAndLiving This is where i am no good, No idea why it got too hot just did...was completely replaced so i guess that says more
No videos in 2 years? What do you want to bet ole pitsey bit the dust.😵
Pitney just posted the video for me. I am still in the sky's.
Why didnt you show more?
i suppose this is a possible end result when taking such a risk. i guess as long as you plan for such an event it would make the chances of survival higher.
next time you should open the carabiners before landing on water because you can drown very easyly
rbelatamas true that was my first time
Im some one who loves heights and flying on planes ect, then i have a huge fear of the ocean and mass amounts of water, if i were you id be shitting myself
Eiry Jones I love heights and scuber diving this day I got mixed up.