Thursday, January 13, 2005

Flying Parachute


1-13-05 I actually went for a ride in/on this one. It flies about 30 mph and is a bucket of fun to ride. It will haul 500 pounds of people and takeoff and land in 400 feet. Fun, Fun, FUN!

It can't dive, loop, or spin, the things that get fixed wing pilots in trouble. It has three controls: a throttle, a left pedal, and a right pedal. Push the throttle to go up, push a pedal to turn, and decreas throttle to come down.

As soon as the machine starts moving the chute pops up over head, like pulling a kite string, and with full throttle you are airborne in 200 feet.

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