Guest Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hi all, I am interested to know (for an up and coming trip) what is the highest you have 'taken off' from with your Paramotor? It will be super useful for me and others I suspect, to know this. So please do take the time :-) How high was it? How did you find it? What were the weather conditions? What paramotor and wing? What was your all up weight? Many Thanks! SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrant Posted February 14, 2016 Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hi Simon, No help I'm afraid but I'd suggest posting this question on the Powered Paragliding section of paraglidingforum.com it has a pretty international coverage so you may have more luck in getting a helpful answer. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzer04 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 FlyME fly out of Val thorens at about 2500m think they have a zenith not sure about wing. Sent you an invite to their FB page. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodders Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 It seems that the lift at a given airspeed is directly linear with density. https://spaceflightsystems.grc.nasa.gov ... nsity.html So lets say you take of a sea level and then at 3000m. Air density at sea level is 1.225 kg/m^3 at 3000m it's only 0.905kg/m^3 so a you'll only get 75% of the lift at 3000m compared to sea level. But temperature also has an effect. Air density is about 10% different between 0c and 25c so assuming it is colder at altitude that will help. But I'm guessing that a take off weight of 100kg will feel like 133kg at 3000m. All this is back of an envelope and I am not an aeronautical engineer and only a very beginner pilot so don't take my word for it all ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chilly Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Try Tony Gibson from South Africa Simon, they launch from 5000ft amsl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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