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 Posted - Nov 07 2003 : 3:37:07 PM
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Does anyone have any experience in powered parachutes? I was wondering if anyone could explain how they worked.
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cirvin
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Posted - Nov 07 2003 : 6:45:15 PM
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powered parachutes?? what are those?
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BEatonNo1
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Posted - Nov 07 2003 : 6:49:54 PM
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do you mean something like the ones used on dragracers?...that have the compresed gas to shoot them out
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cirvin
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Posted - Nov 07 2003 : 7:26:11 PM
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ohhhh. yea, i guess the device is lie a small potato gun with the paprchute packed in. i have an idea.......(runs off to get a parchute and some pvc...)
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ecm
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Posted - Nov 07 2003 : 7:34:21 PM
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I think he means the type you have motor atach to your back and you uses the parachute as a glider.
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cirvin
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Posted - Nov 07 2003 : 9:28:59 PM
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well, i then it is a big fan on a guy with a parachute. i bet you could take a weed wacker engine, put a big prop on it and put on a parachute and take off......
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BEatonNo1
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Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 01:03:37 AM
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oh...those arent your normal parachutes, but other than that its mainly a lawnmower, with a prop on it
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Posted - Nov 08 2003 : 12:10:20 PM
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Yah, I'm talking about the backpack ones. They are apperently safe (you have a parachute attached to you'r back) and cheap.
You can supposidly have very controlled landings, and actually take off from the ground.
A picture of a backpack one is at easyup.cc, which also sells plans, so I bet that some of the facts are exadurations.
If you look around the web, you can find more information including videos and trading forms.
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gokartmaniac
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Posted - Nov 18 2003 : 9:33:24 PM
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just buy some plans on ebay i see them all the time and you can get the for twenty dollars or so sombody should get a website with free plans though i would do it but i cant get the plans without a credit card and i don have one because im 13 and i live korea
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Aaron Cake
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Posted - Nov 19 2003 : 11:37:26 AM
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I doubt a weedwacker engine would do it. Most of the ultralight/parachute engines are V-twin motorcycle engines...Now, a little Sachs single rotor wankel...
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