A PPG Phone DEBACLE (see Description)
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- Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
- EDIT: I posted this video on Saturday night, and 5 minutes later saw Anthony Vella's harrowing crash video that he had posted. (yikes. YIKES!) First, prayed that he makes a full and complete recovery. It was good of him to post that video to instruct others and shake us out of possible complacency.
Second, Anthony's incident gives perspective to this flight where I bemoan the things that went wrong. Breaking/losing equipment stinks. Those are never going to be anyone's favorite PPG experiences. But a flight where you launch and land safely is a GOOD flight.
Fellow pilots, stay safe out there. Make good decisions!
ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: This one cost me some $$ on an otherwise beautiful summer day. I’ve just gotten around to making enough peace with it that I could edit and post a video.
Let me know if you’ve ever had a similar experience in the comments.
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Track: Moonshine Creek
Artist: Your Homie Swoop @swooptcn
just came from anthony vellas crash video. considered all the circumstances i say your flight was perfect. you didnt loose enough prop to be unable to climb. a damaged propeller like this usually falls apart some seconds later and would have send you straight into the woods/hospital. you didnt panic. you continue to fly and even stand the landing. dont care about the money. you walked away from that one to tell the tale for years to come. UNSCRATCHED! watch anthony´s video and then come back to tell me that you are super lucky. because this could have become so much worse mate
I saw that video 5 min after I posted this one! That was harrowing. And a reminder that any landing where you walk away is a great one, whether you have your phone or not!
Here’s to Anthony’s recovery.
@@djunclemilo
Excellent production quality!!
That’s generous of you to say- I’ll take it!
Ugh, I hate when flights go like this! A few months ago I had my shroud cover bolts vibrate loose and fall out and take some chunks out of my prop. I hobbled back to my LZ. Had to purchase new prop and new shroud cover hardware. The sucky part of paramotoring for sure.
Glad you hobbled successfully- and thanks for reawakening my paranoia about my own shroud bolts ;-)
Do you secure them any special way now?
@@djunclemilo I use blue threadlocker and orange indicator paste.
Expensive day. Hope your next flight is awesome.
I know the feeling, I recall one time I landed, got my gear together, packed up, had a drink, checked everything and left. Next day I went to go out and looked for my VERY expensive sunglasses, made for me in Paris, gold designer frames, then tried to remember the last time I saw them. I knew I had them arriving at the LZ, went back the next weekend, didn’t find them. Then, about a month later I remembered, I sat down to have a cold drink, took the glasses off, wiped my face and hung the glasses from a twig on a bush! I went back the next weekend, they had mowed the field! The bush was gone!
NoOooOOooo...
I've had at least two phones go through the Prop. You think I'd learn by first one, I hope the horses are okay.
Thankfully I didn't drop anything on them ;^) They probably were a little startled when I aborted the landing and zoomed out of there though. Thanks for sharing in my phone misery! Hope it's the last time for both of us
Yes, it does happen and not just to you..get back up there and have a better flight next time
I did my friend! My next flight was chasing lake freighters along the Michigan/Canada border and it was uneventful and glorious!