Chance Waite

Well, originally, to increase flight times. However, I spoke to a mechanical engineer who works for a large aerial vehicle company who told me that I would not be able to generate enough amperage using a generator (one that is small enough to fit on your paramotor trike), so I guess I would have to use batteries. I am not as excited about that though, so I probably will stick to gas engines for now.

Something I have been thing about lately and may very well do, if I can figure out the particulars...I wanted to somehow acquire a used paramotor frame on a trike and use a 2000W generator to provide a direct A/C current to a 80kv brushless motor. Seeing as how the power supplied from teh generator is 120v, I am not sure if I need to "step-down" the voltage, since the motor is rated at 70v, using a step-down device (power supply) or if I can just use a heavy duty ESC to do this for me, along with a servo to meter the power and thus the speed to the motor. Any thoughts on how I could accomplish this or is it even possible? I am looking to extend the flight time by mounting a "super-quiet" or some other variety of generator to the paramotor frame rather than a standard gas engine, or batteries in the case of an elec motor, to power the prop. Is there some kind of "supply and demand" law I am violating or some other reason people resort to using batteries in this sort of an application rather than a generator?