waynemackie67

I'm also working on a radial engine for a paramotor but early days

Have a look at this bud

I have a big red switch but great idea strobe light spot on .that's going on it

My friend Adam is more the electric man than me I just designed and made the reduction drive and built the frame .i am the more mechanical one .

Variable resistor would be a nice way of putting it lol

Thankyou guy .yes I'm very happy to get something in the air that myself and a friend have made .in the beginning we thought about power ,thrust and weight .but in the end I just made the lightest frame I could with out sacrificing safety. I will weigh the frame tonight and put up the results but the main result for me is still to come .how long can we fly under power at the end of the day that's all that matters . The test pilot weighs about 17 stone so I know take off power is spot on just need to get same pilot to fly round till he drops lol then I know my self at 13 stone should get a little longer out of it .obviously the type of wing will make a difference aswell .

Radio link at the moment but would prefer wired

Thanks cas I've got a machine shop so should be able to copy that one to a good standard

Thank you so much for the offer of your help . I would like some guidance on a good throttle design as I'm using rc car one it's to bulky

Thankyou so much cas. Still aways to go before I make more frames .just needed to know if the project was worth doing .looking forward to finding out how long we can fly for .you can do all the maths in the world but nothing like seeing it in action

First flight done you can view it on you tube " first electric paramotor flight- east anglia " pilot weight Aprox 17 stone battery used 28% for all tests last night .next test is powered timed flight

Cost of battery is not an issue at the moment getting a test flight to see if the project is worth any more time is what's were about at the moment. I've spent £600 on batteries at sub 14kg total frame weight including batteries we can double up on them

And the test pilot is a priest and no I'm not joking

We have a big red switch .and a fire proof box for batteries and an emergency eject pull cords to eject the paramotor