so is that less than a minutes flight time:lol: i guess these things glide a little do they?
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so is that less than a minutes flight time:lol: i guess these things glide a little do they?
Lol... I'd rather DRINK 'bio diesel' than put it in my lovely car!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony
Marco.
Yikes! That's cutting it close! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebottle
Well worked out Grant. I guess with what was in the carb as well it would have probably been a couple of minutes.Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Had I run out I would have landed in a previous field, I have had that happen when the return leg was a stronger wind than expected. (Pilot error).
Alan, as I said earlier I was surprised and impressed by how compact and light weight your paramotor is, but I did wonder later if there was such a thing as an electric paramotor, whether such a thing was feasible :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Firebottle
Yes there are electric paramotors on the market, the limitation at the moment is the battery technology giving only about 30 mins run time.
Also you are carrying the full weight of the battery whether it is full or empty of charge, unlike fuel.
car had its run to keep it all spruce... 15 miles, and just over 59mpg... not bad really.
Range Rover update - after three weeks and one day in the workshop, it’s fixed!
Badly corroded wire broke but it was under the brake fluid reservoir and took some finding!
good they found it eventually. electrics faults are a pain in carsQuote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
Indeed. The garage owner also had to jump through hoops with Land Rover to get the right wiring diagram out of them as it was made right on the cusp of when BMW sold Land Rover to Ford, and so it didn't quite correspond to any of the standard wiring diagrams.
So hopefully, the Beobloke car situation is looking up. Especially as my new weekend toy is safely tucked away in the garage after I collected it at the weekend. It's a lot simpler than the RR fortunately... :D