george1966 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Conditions today were fantastic for flying, 2 perfect takeoffs and equally perfefect landings, my flying partner today was a french guy called fix who had two problems today which forced him to land out, so track him down through some farm yard and returned him to the field. His day was over, so this got me thinking what would I do and how would I react, I think its time to see. I cut my engine at 900 ft pulled my trimmers in and started my decent, all good so far until I made the decision to pull a hard turn which I needed to stay the right side of the field but I dove far to quick I thought I was not going to make the barred wire fence so pulled hard to the right to miss the fence which stoved me into the ground very hard. If I were flying anything other than the volution parajet I think it would of ended in the bin. The badly mis judged landing was caught on camera, watch this space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Oops! Well done for fessing up mate! I am sure the vid will help others SW Sent from my iPhone using PMC Forum mobile app Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george1966 Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 http://youtu.be/simLI2BkZ8s lesson learnt do not leave decision s too late Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_k Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Hats off to you for posting this George, I had a similar but not so rough landing early on in my flying history. After an engine out I thought I could make 'the next field' but had a hard landing in the ditch on the track next to it. Nothing damaged fortunately but the lesson learnt was I should have made a couple of S turns and landed in the previous field. Glad you are OK, Cheers, Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick1 Posted November 10, 2014 Share Posted November 10, 2014 Thanks for posting - it would be easy to pretend that didn't happen but this will help the rest of us avoid doing the same so good for you and thanks. However, maybe this wasn't such a bad landing, you are ok, your machine is ok and you missed the fence, I'd classify that as a success Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FixFrenchFlyer Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Hi all, I'm the French pilot who was with George and recorded the video (before that, I just had two engine failures... the first one I was able to take-off again, but the second one, George had to bring me back by car). As it's probably understandable if you watched the video, George had me worried sick when I saw him land... But, fortunately, no damage done! And I think it's a great experience to build on and to cut the engine high enough and train to land without the engine is still a very good training. As mentioned by Alan, an S-turn approach can help a lot (as aiming not to close to the fence ) Kudos George to have shared the video! Cheers, Fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hi Fix. We swapped emails before you left for England. How does flying in England compare to flying in the Midi Pyrenees? What's good and what's not so good? Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george1966 Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hi serg there was no damage to my paramotor at all, a little muddy yes but nothing else. I had a sore neck and arm but looking at it I was very lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FixFrenchFlyer Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Hi Fix. We swapped emails before you left for England. How does flying in England compare to flying in the Midi Pyrenees? What's good and what's not so good?Christian Hi Christian! Well, the worst part is the weather of course. The good slots are way more rare here (the last months are the one I've been flying the less since I started four years ago)... But it's nice to meet new pilots and see new landscape! (sorry George to highjack your post ) Fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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