VH-KDK Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Brought the Franz Luftfahrt Paramotor at the week end and just love it. Have done several flights around ORBX airports and it is a fantastic way to explore. A flight in the freezing weather today, the instruments read just 34F and I can remember from England that that means brrrrrrrrrrr. 1. Setting off in pleasant conditions flying through the forest dodging the birds and squirrels. 2. So here we are over the Grand Canyon. 3. Clouding up a bit and a few snow flurries. 4. Over 4000ft above the Colorado River. 5. What a great way to view the scenery, just a bit draughty though. 6. Maybe drop down and look at the river. 7. Pigeons eye view. 8. One last look at the great scenery before dropping into a canyon within a canyon. 9. At river level and the visibility has suddenly closed in. 10. Climbed up in nearly zero visibility and finally broke through into clearish sky. 11. With more bad weather closing in it is time to head for shore. 12. ASN dining a magnificent job of rapidly changing weather. 14. Lost sight of the airport so best to put down. Better make a call to be picked up and taken back to the airport by road. Can't do that in a Cessna! Highly enjoyable flying the Paramotor, well worth the 15 or so AUD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeze Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Terrific shots! How does this Paramotor handle in the wind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 9 minutes ago, Hangar24 said: Terrific shots! How does this Paramotor handle in the wind? Just don't eat beans before flying Jimmy. Sorry Jimmy can't help myself. In the manual it says only to fly with the wind below 10 mph. On my flight here it was just 4-6 kts and I have made sure to adjust the wind on the other flights I have made. Glad you liked the set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonvs Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Great fun set Martyn, 10. was my pick Cheers Anton. (via Tapatalk) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwolf Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Very interesting shots. This paraglider addon sure looks very tempting to try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voyager Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Beautiful screenshots that you get with this new flying machine! Very good indeed! Maybe I'll do a try, who knows? Haha! Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastFB72 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Which Grand Canyon version is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netwalker Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Could you please link where to get this? It looks like loads of fun... Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 19 minutes ago, netwalker said: Could you please link where to get this? It looks like loads of fun... Cheers Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 hour ago, EastFB72 said: Which Grand Canyon version is this? Here is a link to OZx Grand CAnyon http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/topic/1421-ozx-scenery-ozx-grand-canyon-and-kgcn-holgermesh/#comment-12665 This is a link to the Paramotor. http://secure.simmarket.com/franz-luftfahrt-paramotor-fsx-p3d.phtml Thanks for the interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bermuda425 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Brilliant fliying experience! Beware of condors and eagles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJ Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Somehow this is the way to fly. It's just you and world. Imagine this is real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolf8857 Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Smashing set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillwater Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Fantastic tour and documentation - and comments here... Should I call you "Franz" from now on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradB Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 8 hours ago, Stillwater said: Fantastic tour and documentation - and comments here... Should I call you "Franz" from now on? +1 - Jar dropping shots Martyn !! . John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumbypickett Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Nice KDK. Boy there's some one liners I could come out with in the first few shots, but I would have to stop as that weather got colder. cheers Gumby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly78 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 For all people who are thinking about buying the paraglider but still have doubts: BUY IT! :-) (I don´t get money for saying this) I saw this topic and bought it, it´s not expensive. Especially in combination with FS Discover you can fly really nice sightseeing tours and you can land nearly everywhere. My Ifly 737 and Duke Turbine stay in the hangar for a while now ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netwalker Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Does this work with FSX-SE? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Cracking set these. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy H Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 These are all epic, however, #8 is beyond words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted January 24, 2016 Author Share Posted January 24, 2016 On 20/01/2016 at 3:56 PM, antonvs said: Great fun set Martyn, 10. was my pick Cheers Anton. (via Tapatalk) Thanks Anton, glad you enjoyed the set. On 20/01/2016 at 4:26 PM, Airwolf said: Very interesting shots. This paraglider addon sure looks very tempting to try Cheers Airwolf, well worth the money. On 20/01/2016 at 8:06 PM, Voyager said: Beautiful screenshots that you get with this new flying machine! Very good indeed! Maybe I'll do a try, who knows? Haha! Voyager Thanks Voyager, I am very pleased with it. On 20/01/2016 at 0:00 AM, Bermuda425 said: Brilliant fliying experience! Beware of condors and eagles Cheers Bermuda, I think it was too cold for them that day! On 20/01/2016 at 0:29 AM, RJ said: Somehow this is the way to fly. It's just you and world. Imagine this is real life. A great way to fly. There are a couple of them we see here every now and then but there is no way I would ever go up in one! On 20/01/2016 at 5:35 AM, dolf8857 said: Smashing set! Thanks Dolf. On 20/01/2016 at 5:40 AM, Stillwater said: Fantastic tour and documentation - and comments here... Should I call you "Franz" from now on? Thanks Gerold, as they say, you can call me anything you like but don't call me late for dinner. On 21/01/2016 at 1:56 PM, BradB said: +1 - Jar dropping shots Martyn !! . John Cheers John. On 21/01/2016 at 5:16 PM, gumbypickett said: Nice KDK. Boy there's some one liners I could come out with in the first few shots, but I would have to stop as that weather got colder. cheers Gumby Don't be shy with the one liners Gumby. On 21/01/2016 at 9:48 PM, Fly78 said: For all people who are thinking about buying the paraglider but still have doubts: BUY IT! :-) (I don´t get money for saying this) I saw this topic and bought it, it´s not expensive. Especially in combination with FS Discover you can fly really nice sightseeing tours and you can land nearly everywhere. My Ifly 737 and Duke Turbine stay in the hangar for a while now ;-) I will second your comment there. I was a little sceptical at first but it is just a fantastic way to look at the scenery anywhere. Also mega airports are just as interesting for me as well as rural locations. I have and will be making many more flights in the Paramotor. On 22/01/2016 at 10:58 PM, netwalker said: Does this work with FSX-SE? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk According to their site it just works on Microsoft FSX and P3D. http://www.franz-luftfahrt.com/ On 23/01/2016 at 3:06 AM, Iain Emms said: Cracking set these. cheers Iain Thanks Iain. On 23/01/2016 at 3:09 AM, Sammy H said: These are all epic, however, #8 is beyond words! Thank you Sammy. Glad you like it. Thank you all for your great response. If the OZx Grand Canyon scenery isn't an exciting enough place to visit flying the Paramotor there adds the cherry on top! If you like slow and low then this is the best way. I have it working faultlessly in Microsoft FSX, P3Dv2.4 and V3.0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orbxtreme Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Superb shots and idea, very original. What a sight in that canyon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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