N601RX Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Here is my 1st venture at flying several years ago. Nothing like getting home from work and taking off from the backyard. Kind of wish I still had it. For some reason I never seemed to have any gas for the lawnmower when it came time to cut the grass. You may need to install quicktime to see the videos. Takeoff 11-3-02 HQ.mov 2Touch&Go Smooth 11-30-02 HQ.mov 1 Quote
Marauder Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 Wow! That looks fun. I would be too scared to fly one (afraid of heights) Quote
kmyfm20s Posted April 30, 2013 Report Posted April 30, 2013 How much range did you get out of that cordless phone? Quote
N601RX Posted May 1, 2013 Author Report Posted May 1, 2013 Its a old cell phone. This was about 10 years ago when I had the flying go-kart as my wife called it. I had some parachute jumpers tell me I was crazy, but they usually got pretty quite when I told them that it would not leave the ground unless the parachute was open and reminded them that when they jump out of a plane they were just hoping their parachute would open. Actually its pretty safe, It only goes 30mph and can land almost anywhere. I flew it for about 300 hrs and never had any problems. The funniest thing that ever happened was that someone called the police department and told them that a plane had crashed and the occupants had parachuted out and were caught in a updraft and being blown away by the wind. The dispatcher knew me and ask the person to describe what it looked like and then told them that everything was ok. I had several people follow me for several miles back to my house just to ask for a ride. 1 Quote
flyboy Posted November 21, 2013 Report Posted November 21, 2013 Wow! That looks fun. I would be too scared to fly one (afraid of heights) So am I. I just don't have that fear when inside an airplane. Makes no sense. 2 Quote
scottfromiowa Posted July 27, 2014 Report Posted July 27, 2014 +1 on the heights thing... O.K. to do zip-lines and repel, but climbing the tower...standing on platform before tied in...Not good. I am unsafe on a roof and on a ladder. Maybe too many reviews of falls.... Those sure look fun, though. My sister-in-law has one. Rotax. I don't think she has operated in years, but still has it. Quote
Joe Zuffoletto Posted August 7, 2014 Report Posted August 7, 2014 Looks like a blast. How far we have come, from Nokia cell phone rubber band mounts to fancy iPad yoke mounts! Quote
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