I love to fly Powered Paragliders (foot launch has so many options to flying locations. However, as I fly Hang Gliders and Paragliders too, when wheels instead of running are in my future, I’ve got that Nine Flylight Airsports and Powered Hang Glider on my radar. Enjoy Florida (my current residence) hope I’m able to catch SunNFun this year. Love Laugh Live!!!
Hi JT, I hope you can make it, I'm here until Saturday. Fingers crossed the winds drop off. There is a NiNE there as well and it will be flying in the demo slot.
@@GolfFoxtrot22 I saw PPG Gorilla’s video of your flight. You looked rock solid! Conditions looked a bit like wet and windy… just to make you feel at home 🤣😝
I think that I would probably burn more fuel on the Peabee just because the fuel burns are so close and the HOT between the 2 are about 10 mph different. I'll try another flight when I'm home, just for you.
Hi Giles, I hope Sun n Fun is going great, don't get burned in that lovely weather. Excellent experimental flight. Though for another video. You can now work out your fuel costs per hour, but how much do you need to set aside per hour flown? Insurance, hangerage, and annual inspection as fixed costs. Then a/c maintenance and engine maintenance per hour flown.
Hi Simon, your suggestion was actually something Mark and myself were talking about only last week. Great minds think alike as they say. I know there is a bit more to the phrase.😁
Hi Giles. Good Vid. I fly (used to?) to marvel at the wonderful map called England. My XL at 41 mph gave me time to look at the things I was flying over. Some I had noted during my flight planning and marking my route on the map. (Thumbs down to digital maps). Others I spotted on the way and investigated after the flight. So when you were at your turn point at Uttoxeter you passed over a dual carriageway. Then other interesting things appeared along the route. If you are just playing music on the soundtrack please identify in text any landmarks you encounter. Have you changed your engine to match your new wing? I look forward to the comparison when you return from Sun'n'Fun. Please add some links to the manufacturer's websites so us landbound mortals can envy what we are missing. I have more medical stuff to come, but next time I am in England I would love to have a lesson with you. Enjoy Sun'n'Fun. You deserve a great expedition.
Great stuff, Giles - its good to see you and the machine finding the longer distance groove. Here's to happy travels and a big cheery welcome at Shobdon. 👍😁
What great detail. You need to write a book🙂 Anyway, your videos are top notch. How are you doing at Sun & Fun? Hope it's as good as you had hoped. Thanks.
great vid Giles something I've noticed when you build up speed to take off you seem to be holding the bar forward for a long time and I've noticed that a lot of USA pilots do the same. Is this a safe habit? Great if you have a long airstrip but I nearly came unstuck once when the aircraft I was flying wouldn't climb and was trying to stall out.
Hi Living, it is a perfectly valid take off technique once you are happy with the performance of the wing. A short or soft field technique is to actually move the bar forward straight away and then feel the aircraft off and then accelerate ( lots of other factors that are taught alongside my comments). If you notice, once I've lifted off, the bar comes straight back to aid the acceleration and move it away from the critical angle. I hope that clarifies things.
@@tomcoryell it was a few years back now, mid '90s. If I recall, a private strip near Gloucester, then Popham, then Headcorn, then over the channel and on to Abbeville. It was a single carb 503 & it had to work pretty hard with two up, two fuel tanks & panniers!
@@PaulUnderwood345 I’m a Yank, so I don’t understand Two up. Does that mean you and a passenger? Ha Giles! Yes the human bladder is the great duration limiter. Especially when you reach geezerhood like I have. (Geezerdom?) 😎
Hello, it's an Icaro Scarab with a long visor. Unfortunately they don't make this one any more but the closest version in the SolarX. I hope that helps.
I love to fly Powered Paragliders (foot launch has so many options to flying locations. However, as I fly Hang Gliders and Paragliders too, when wheels instead of running are in my future, I’ve got that Nine Flylight Airsports and Powered Hang Glider on my radar. Enjoy Florida (my current residence) hope I’m able to catch SunNFun this year. Love Laugh Live!!!
Hi JT, I hope you can make it, I'm here until Saturday. Fingers crossed the winds drop off. There is a NiNE there as well and it will be flying in the demo slot.
@@GolfFoxtrot22 I saw PPG Gorilla’s video of your flight. You looked rock solid! Conditions looked a bit like wet and windy… just to make you feel at home 🤣😝
@@JTWardle yes, just like home except I didn't need a flying suit and flying in a T-shirt.
Hope you're enjoying Sun'n'Fun! The Nine will make such a difference to the next tour!
It was rain and tornado day today so no flying. Hopefully better weather tomorrow.
Nice little video. Seems a useful fuel burn for lots of adventures
Hi Lee, it's always a useful figure to plan against. I can't wait to get back to Darley Moor and some good weather.
Excellant information, would be nice to do the same route (same time) with a Sub-70 too and compare the difference in the machines/time & fuel burn.
I think that I would probably burn more fuel on the Peabee just because the fuel burns are so close and the HOT between the 2 are about 10 mph different. I'll try another flight when I'm home, just for you.
Hi Giles, I hope Sun n Fun is going great, don't get burned in that lovely weather.
Excellent experimental flight. Though for another video. You can now work out your fuel costs per hour, but how much do you need to set aside per hour flown? Insurance, hangerage, and annual inspection as fixed costs. Then a/c maintenance and engine maintenance per hour flown.
Hi Simon, your suggestion was actually something Mark and myself were talking about only last week. Great minds think alike as they say. I know there is a bit more to the phrase.😁
Can’t wait to do some miles this year. As long as you resist the temptation to remind me that yours is bigger than mine . . . Engine that is 😂😂
Haha, yours burns less fuel. Yes, let's get some miles under our wings this year.
@@GolfFoxtrot22 Hey guys I'm on my way - keep the engines warm and I'll see you as soon as I can. Over and Out. Biggles.
Cheers Dan.
Hi Giles. Good Vid.
I fly (used to?) to marvel at the wonderful map called England. My XL at 41 mph gave me time to look at the things I was flying over. Some I had noted during my flight planning and marking my route on the map. (Thumbs down to digital maps). Others I spotted on the way and investigated after the flight. So when you were at your turn point at Uttoxeter you passed over a dual carriageway. Then other interesting things appeared along the route. If you are just playing music on the soundtrack please identify in text any landmarks you encounter.
Have you changed your engine to match your new wing? I look forward to the comparison when you return from Sun'n'Fun. Please add some links to the manufacturer's websites so us landbound mortals can envy what we are missing.
I have more medical stuff to come, but next time I am in England I would love to have a lesson with you.
Enjoy Sun'n'Fun. You deserve a great expedition.
Hi Neil, I hope your medical situation resolves itself. Your trip sounds absolutely amazing and one that I would love to recreate.
Great stuff, Giles - its good to see you and the machine finding the longer distance groove. Here's to happy travels and a big cheery welcome at Shobdon. 👍😁
Hi Dan, yes, really looking forward to it.
Interesting video, Giles. Sorry I can't make it to Fun 'n Sun as I had hoped.
Hi Zach, gutted but it was a very wet and windy day today. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great vid, Giles; I hope you have a great time out there! 👌🏻👍🏻
Hi Kev, it's definitely been interesting weather and very windy but the people I've met and the experiences have been wonderful so far.
Another good video, lovely scenery. More info gathered. Enjoy sun N Fun.
Hi Gerry, I'll be back soon.
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Giles, It will be good to hear how you get on flying in the warmer thermic usa…
Hi Stewart, flew yesterday but not in the heat of the day as it was too windy.
@@GolfFoxtrot22 Are well, there’s still time
Great info sir . Thank you! Enjoy Sun N Fun !
Hi Ryan, enjoying your warm weather, Sun n Fun is Awesome.
Sweet!!!
What great detail. You need to write a book🙂 Anyway, your videos are top notch. How are you doing at Sun & Fun? Hope it's as good as you had hoped. Thanks.
Hi Stone, I've been absolutely gob smacked at the scale of Sun and Fun, the night display was out of this world.
great vid Giles something I've noticed when you build up speed to take off you seem to be holding the bar forward for a long time and I've noticed that a lot of USA pilots do the same. Is this a safe habit? Great if you have a long airstrip but I nearly came unstuck once when the aircraft I was flying wouldn't climb and was trying to stall out.
Hi Living, it is a perfectly valid take off technique once you are happy with the performance of the wing. A short or soft field technique is to actually move the bar forward straight away and then feel the aircraft off and then accelerate ( lots of other factors that are taught alongside my comments). If you notice, once I've lifted off, the bar comes straight back to aid the acceleration and move it away from the critical angle. I hope that clarifies things.
Fantastic 👍
Cheers Patrick.
Good Morning from the high plains of the U.S. Are the wheels on the Nine larger than those on the Peabee? Also, have fun in Florida!
Hi Tom, nope the wheels are the same size. I certainly am enjoying the joys of the USA and SnF. I hope I can do the event justice.
I flew to France and back in a mainair mercury at 47mph. I reckon you're only limited by your bravery. Oh and your fuel tank capacity :-)
That sounds like fun, what was the distance between departure and landing spots? What engine was on the Mercury at the time?
@@tomcoryell it was a few years back now, mid '90s. If I recall, a private strip near Gloucester, then Popham, then Headcorn, then over the channel and on to Abbeville. It was a single carb 503 & it had to work pretty hard with two up, two fuel tanks & panniers!
Hi Paul, I've always thought of a fuel tank as the endurance and only limited by the bladder. I'm brave but not when water is involved 😜.
@@PaulUnderwood345 I’m a Yank, so I don’t understand Two up. Does that mean you and a passenger? Ha Giles! Yes the human bladder is the great duration limiter. Especially when you reach geezerhood like I have. (Geezerdom?) 😎
Yes, 2 up is 2 people on board.
What kind of helmet do you have and more specifically the face visor?
Hello, it's an Icaro Scarab with a long visor. Unfortunately they don't make this one any more but the closest version in the SolarX. I hope that helps.