A Weird Question...

Smith Cove 1 · 06-11-2009, 10:52 AM

They are really cool to watch.

Take offs and landings are the same as any other aircraft, except you have to carefully lay out your chute (or wing).

We take off from airports or a nice grass field.
After preforming a complete preflight of the craft, you taxi to your location and lay out the chute, then buckle your self in and proceed to start the engine, when your ready you send radio communication out on the local frequency and throttle up. The momentum mostly, along with some of the thrust from the prop will start to kite the chute as you roll, when your chute is above you and fully open (when the front air cells are full) you give full throttle and take off.
Landing is also the same, you need to take in all the weather factors etc.

Hope that gives you a little idea of how it works.

PS C Duff
you actually didn't say anything about the pilots taking safety seriously, you only had negative things to say about the crafts themselves and someone you knew evidently a long time ago. With that said, I would ask you to keep your negativity to your self until you really know what your talking about.

06-11-2009, 10:52 AM	#25
Smith Cove 1 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post	Take offs They are really cool to watch. Take offs and landings are the same as any other aircraft, except you have to carefully lay out your chute (or wing). We take off from airports or a nice grass field. After preforming a complete preflight of the craft, you taxi to your location and lay out the chute, then buckle your self in and proceed to start the engine, when your ready you send radio communication out on the local frequency and throttle up. The momentum mostly, along with some of the thrust from the prop will start to kite the chute as you roll, when your chute is above you and fully open (when the front air cells are full) you give full throttle and take off. Landing is also the same, you need to take in all the weather factors etc. Hope that gives you a little idea of how it works. PS C Duff you actually didn't say anything about the pilots taking safety seriously, you only had negative things to say about the crafts themselves and someone you knew evidently a long time ago. With that said, I would ask you to keep your negativity to your self until you really know what your talking about.