freddieboyfly Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Time for a nice flight i thought so off up the field got gear out ,wind sock up. Sorted. Paramotor assembled pre flight check and fire her up. Nicely ticking over for 5 mins while i got sorted so i thought i would give her some gas. Firm grip on the chassis, leg out for extra support steadly gave it some throttle. Nice! Good amount of thrust look down at tacho, 8800 rpm . Just hold it there for 30 seconds as usuall then oh dear ,some vibration . Throttle off i thought ,then huge mechanical clatter. Bollocks. Thought id siezed it but when i turned the prop there was a graunching mechanical sound so i removed the clutch and the' basket' what the friction material runs against had totally given way. My engine is a vitorazzi fly evo 100 and has been good as gold up till then. Lucky i wasnt attempting take off or just taken off when it went. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Hard luck Nick, at least it was on the ground as you say Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tj Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Good things preflights and engine warm ups! Hope you get it sorted soon. Tj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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