FIVE Paramotor Tricks & How To Do Them!

[@TuckerGott]

What other tutorial, tips and tricks, or top 5 style videos would you like to see?

[@SMW32]

I can't wait to get a paramotor when I am order 😄

[@EvilKen01]

I’d love to know how you handle big collapses, especially trimmed out and on bar.

[@keithdolezel]

fat swoops

[@jindrichjochec296]

Twisted tumbling entered by stalling and leting it shoot pretty pleeease

[@TimonLeuzinger]

Infinity Tumbling!😅

[@CaptainPeterRMiller]

Tucker, this episode is SO magic. I'm in the recliner, 1.6 metres from my 164 cm UHD screen. It almost fills my field of view. I can see every string, every detail, every drop of heel drag water. I fly with you vicariously. It's a wonder of modern technology. Keep flying and keep on entertaining and instructing us. You're the man. 🎉

[@TuckerGott]

Thank you!! I was pretty stoked on the quality.

[@evancrowley84]

My branch is weird, second pronunciation of the last name was correct! Aviator training so close, only days away! What an ideal time to have a GoPro dropped in my lap!

[@nedmacallen]

So you’re a real person not a paid actor like Mr.beast does? lol jk jk that’s awesome congratulations.

[@evancrowley84]

@@nedmacallen confirmed not a paid actor! Hope to be able to record some of my own videos after (maybe even during?) training and post them up for everyone to criticize 😂

[@TuckerGott]

Stoked for you man! 😌

[@westonkenyonmusic]

Actually, the name is always meant to be pronounced crow like the bird. Ozzy Osbourne just mispronounced Aleister Crowley's last name.

[@AzzKara]

Congrats!!!🎊🎉🎈 Enjoy it at its fullest… Time LITERALLY flies by…

[@tango_sierra8608]

My new favorite video. So glad you touched on not only what they are but tips on them too

[@frenchfry4792]

Life is dangerous if you choose to live it! Lots of content out there of these maneuvers, but not much step by step explanation. Thanks so much. I’ve been Risky Biscuitsing for years,but I didn’t know it had a name. Keep inspiring!

[@bluesilex78]

Great video as always 👍 and very informative but I've been flying paramotors for 22 years and have never had the slightest interest in doing any of these maneuvers 😮 Just sitting in a deckchair dangling under a duvet at 2000ft is enough adrenaline for me😊

[@MrJdsenior]

Man, that mic you've got there really does the job well. I understand how they work, physically, but it is amazing the rejection attenuation level on that motor vs your voice. Your production and editing has gotten very slick, too. Kinda, sorta, professional. :-)

[@RobinsonGingerich]

Love the new office set-up, looks clean

[@TuckerGott]

Thank you! I’m liking the shot. Would like to improve the lighting.

[@Matts_ahclimbing]

Tucker I can taste the color with all the quality jeez !!!

[@Paramotor4fun]

Thanks Tucker for showing how this is done! Keep sharing and flying safe!

[@mikepierce1228]

What a trip! Love the way you walk through the potential failures and risk assessments. Got dizzy watching the vid! Thx Mr. T!!

[@hutinho]

Spirals (specially talking about non powered parigliders) is a REALLY useful maneuver for descending when you really need to go down fast. There is a LOT of reasons to learn and do that.

[@TuckerGott]

Take one hand, pull it down to your shoulder. There, you’ve learned. 😉

[@baritone_vocalist]

Thanks for the info! Definitely saving this video for if I ever get that deep into PPG!

[@keithdolezel]

this is a great video tucker. would be soo cool if you had a live throttle and brake meter on the screen so we can see timing of everything. similar to that of F1 racing :D maybe someday.

[@catmojo3882]

What’s the best trim setting to do wing overs and spirals in?

[@butchdavis2703]

Awesome video Tucker. I believe I’ll stick with the foot drag. I personally don’t like to be dizzy or blackout.

[@timentz737]

"Sometimes you start to black out but that's ok just squeeze yr legs and usually you'll come back" LMAO So true but I like how casually u said that lol

[@MrMinusTwo]

The Dunning-Kruger effect is so huge with this stuff. I have never touched a paraglider, but I feel like I am an expert now.

[@GabrielManzanero]

This new music is funky I like it Bro!

[@MrZedjones]

Nice Video Tucker!!! Love it.

[@740nate]

Heck yea dude!! Loved this video!

[@青タンパンダ]

nice to meet you. That's great, motor paragliding...it's really popular in Western countries. I'm Japanese, but it's not that popular in Japan, and I only see a small number of people there. I think the reason it hasn't become popular is because it costs money and there aren't many places to do it. I'm 58 years old, and I'm thinking of getting my license in a few years, but I'm hesitant because the financial aspect is the biggest problem. I have a fleeting dream of flying overseas someday, such as the United States, the European Alps, or Scotland in the United Kingdom, but I'm finding it increasingly difficult financially...I'm studying by watching various videos. I'm looking forward to your future videos. I would also like to express my deepest condolences to your friends Jeff and Brandon. Please enjoy your time and be sure to put safety first and avoid any accidents. From a dreaming boy in Japan... (Note: This comment was translated using a translation app. Please forgive me if there are any typos or omissions.)

[@michroz]

For the initial footdrag I highly recommend some crops field. You touch the top of the crops, the resistance is low and you safely learn how to fly horizontally. Also, to get out of your seat forward onto your straps might be a good idea - you have more clearance between your prop and the ground (or water!) and you are basically ready to run just in case you're too low. Best Regards!

[@sandrainthesky1011]

I don't know about ready to run. I think I would rather butt slide than hook a toe. Just my opinion.

[@sandrainthesky1011]

I'm feeling willy-nilly lol! This was a really cool aspect IMO because I don't paramotor and it looks like quite a bit more work to do all this with a butt-fan. Great episode!!

[@Punkk1980]

One thing that got me learning wing overs is how much outside brake you need.

[@TuckerGott]

For sure. And when you get on an advanced glider, how little directional input you actually need.

[@badchoice44]

I don’t have tip steering tied in yet. What can a pilot do or should not do using just tip steering?

[@anthonyburke5656]

Hey Tucker, good haircut, good clip

[@BoredFlyer]

Water foot drags are best with the wind That way you have more airspeed in the water does not drag you in it gives you the water ski effect . Foot drags over hard ground into the wind that way you’re going slow so if you mess up the road rash is not as bad

[@el0zilcho]

Or if you're standing in your harness in landing positions just run a few steps while adding throttle and voila: touch and go.

[@flierbill]

Another good one!

[@RealWorldEvent]

Thx Tucker, I learned a lot!🐦‍🔥

[@Jay-ParaOz]

As always a great video how you do tricks. Not a teaching video. I noticed you didn’t do a spiral, just fast turns. Paraglider Pilot perspective: Asymmetric spiral has nothing much in common with a spiral. It’s a wing over lead in by a wing over usually after 3rd pulled on the same side. An asymmetric spiral is taught after you’ve learned wingovers because it has higher dynamic energy. Info: 12m/s descent rate for Sat entry. Start training spiral upto -12s/m then you’ll be more prepared for Sat. Higher if you can stand it the better. Haven’t used motor for tricks yet - I always turn mine off and stow the throttle under the leg.

[@NUMB3RL3SS]

Instant Classic.

[@joshperryppg]

Man, what a great video!

[@risingtide_official]

What camera are you using for your chase camera? I'm not seeing much if any rolling shutter. Thanks!

[@tango_sierra8608]

So question- proper energy management to kill a wingover session (without cheating and going into a spiral) would be to start pulling brake later in the swing? I wasn’t aware that timing earlier was building and later was killing. No wonder mine get so big so fast haha. I thought the timing was kind of set in stone and pulling early just means it’s safer so you never run the risk of going slack. So I suppose proper killing would be incorporating tiny bit later and tiny bit less pressure wash time? What is the latest pull that is still safe? Around 7-8o’clock ?

[@russellyoung8812]

VIDEO IDEA, do a spin off of Hot Ones. Like Fly a tandem to a fast food place while doing an interview. Maybe start with friends and family? "Talk and Eat at 2000 Feet"

[@MrBigjoecincy]

I have a bunch of videos on my page flying out of that same place back in the day.

[@ProfessorPhysics]

Why do you carry (and sell) just a square reserve? What do you find undesirable about the steerable triangles? Would you be so relieved at escaping an aerial incident that trees or hydro lines are less of a concern?

[@ioanenache6686]

Thank you for the awesome video!! So at the end of the barrel roll you actually ease up a little on the throttle to avoid surging?

[@TuckerGott]

Yeah, you want to be dropping throttle as you exit.

[@jackwild9459]

Mint ❤

[@abimaelvalentihscckkjun6244]

Thanks

[@DrAElemayo]

How come you don't have gigantic forward surges that you have to catch when you exit from spirals? I'm a paraglider pilot, is it just a difference of the wings?

[@TuckerGott]

It’s a difference in technique. If you’re surging, you’re coming out too quick and not dissipating the energy.

[@DrAElemayo]

@@TuckerGott But for your SAT exit at the end for example, you exited really quick and it didn't look like you had any surge

[@23technoid]

Back to Internal brake at the end

[@Miniminimumm]

I'm a little late to getting to this video, but I would like to add my experience here anyways. I am a very lightweight pilot with a light motor, but fly a really big floaty glider. I would like to get a glider that is more appropriately sized, but can not currently afford it. With my setup, my glider does not have very much roll control, which makes many of these maneuvers difficult (or possibly impossible). I have flown for about 2 years, but have not been able to progress much past past wingtip-to-horizon wingovers. Another thing is that I can't do foot drags. I think my carburetor switches jets right at the straight and level flight throttle level, and I can't keep a consistent altitude. I'm also pretty sure that a large glider does not retain energy very well, so I can't use my brakes for precise inputs.

[@TuckerGott]

I am curious, what glider, size, and all up weight are you at?

[@Miniminimumm]

​@@TuckerGott I fly a Medium sized Gin Bolero 4 (28m I believe) and a miniplane top 80. I haven't actually checked my weight, but it is calculated to be about 82 kg. The paramotor weight range for my wing is 105-130kg from what I have found.

[@TuckerGott]

@@Miniminimumm Wow. If you are 82kg all up, you are very under loaded. That could be dangerous. 😬

[@Miniminimumm]

​@@TuckerGott Looking at the wing specs, it says that the paragliding weight is 80-105kg. That probably doesn't mean it's really that safe to fly with a motor though. I am hoping to get a smaller (and safer) wing some day when I can.

[@cball8315]

@TuckerGott - Bro...a better lens on that chase cam water foot drag could be a prise winner photgraph or video. Like long game play for solar position (near sunset & aligned w/ spillway) then some clouds and that glass like water & your skills...I can see it...hope you can ;-)

[@joshuapatrick682]

14:35 definitely don't ever try to learn this one by yourself or you'll probably die, the first time you do it should be in a simulation with no motor, 16 reserves and a full search and rescue team on standby, so here's how ya do one!....... dude....

[@killtime351]

What is a safe height above the ground to pratice these as a new pilot?

[@TuckerGott]

The higher the better! I would say at least 2-3,000ft. In a recent crash video, we saw a pilot lose 1,000ft before deploying a reserve.

[@killtime351]

@@TuckerGott Send me a reserved man! Even if it's a used cheap one. I shook your hand at EAA 6 or 7 years ago at a white tent in the middle of the the runways (not in the ultralight area) Anyway you where always an inspiration for me to get into this! I purchased a spyder 3 and a fly products rider and with the helmet and the gear I ran out of cash. I'll send you my first attempts video I promise, I have about 40 hours of flight time in and I was trained by someone you know who I won't mention out of respect from them. Well regardless you truely are an inspiration to me and I thank you for giving me the knowledge and curage to run run into the sky. I was star struck when I met you.

[@Ruslanlitvin907]

you should visit alaska and we can go paragliding

[@jim87vette]

Well, that was fun.

[@hendrikhanso]

This would have been the prefect video to show how many Gs each trick gives. Your gopro can show that. But great video even with out it.

[@tonyparamotor9487]

what would you do if ding a spiral. and it got locked in . how would you get out of a spiral. without useing your reserve.

[@23technoid]

External brake, a wing in good conditions should get out of an spiral with external brake.

[@turkeyphant]

Isn't it annoying to hold the selfie stick while footdragging?

[@TuckerGott]

Yeah it’s awkward.

[@lili-qt9uo]

👍

[@Birdymannn]

I've been flying for about a year and have about 40 hours. I feel pretty comfortable flying low and foot dragging. I've been trying to learn the asymmetric spiral but can't seem to get it figured out. I'm on a size S itv baja and it seems like I'm just doing an oscillation instead of a spiral lol. Do I need to be pulling a lot of brake to get this to work or does anyone have any suggestions?

[@thatGUYbehindthemask]

madeit in the first 10 comments!

[@lili-qt9uo]

WAIT

[@Dole111]

Scary 😱

[@mexican1gangster]

I don't like you doing stunts either, just fly that's it and I don't even really like you doing this paramotoring stuff either to be honest but that's how i first found you so i figure i shouldn't try to stop you from doing that too just no more base jumping and everything will be good, I'm serious about the base jumping Tucker I hate to keep harping on you about it. as long as your not doing that all will be good!😂

[@asphaltmilkshake4596]

Don't know how much attention Tucker pays to these comments, but if he or anyone else who flies can address: just out of curiosity, has anyone ever encountered a drone while flying that wasn't related to them or their crew? What did you do/how did you handle? I live in an area where some, er, let's say 'less than savory' types of people fly drones and can easily see one of them being like "Oh, cool, let's harass that dude on the paramotor!"

[@baris_erdogan_]

niceee

[@paulnelson5314]

Don’t know if it applies to paramotoring, but when pond swooping while skydiving, if the front foot gets wet…….results in a “chow”!😂

[@lobbyrobby]

What percentage of the people that fly actually try barrel rolls? 10 %? 50%? And how about SATS? 5%?

[@ppg63]

If Paramotoring is nerdy and stupid not sure why I even watch this channel

[@turkeyphant]

Oh dear. Now people are going to be trying acro over land without training... (and maybe one single reserve if they're lucky)

[@TuckerGott]

I think learning wingovers by yourself over land is pretty standard. Pretty much everyone does it. Did you see a large increase in accidents after team fly halos freestyle 101 series? I didn’t.

[@sandrainthesky1011]

Well, as they say, knowledge is power. I feel much braver now. But by the time I get all my gear and launch I'll be the same old chicken shit as before haha!

[@Sky_Pony_1_mic_sierra]

No, we're not...or maybe we will. We're all grown ups, and everyone knows to fly their own flight and slowly open up their personal minimums

[@emovard3n]

For a person without paragliding experience it feels for me weird that you did not mention some obvious mostakes. Like for a footdrag, what if you get too low? Maybe is it obvious for a person who has experience, bot for me it looks like you do not say about stupid mistakes and how to avoit that. So you do not think like I am hater person, I love your channel, super fun, and I like that you do not du stupid stuff =)

[@michaelcorderoppg]

"Nerdy and stupid"... nope, paramotoring is cool AF!😁

[@michroz]

I don't remember if you ever done a "helicopter"? Wanna try?

[@ytwhiletrue]

Thanks for sharing. Hopefully, this video is not intended to influence or enrich content for the accidents video series (just kidding), as it seems too risky to handle.

[@UpBeatYamaha]

“Just squeeze your legs and it normally comes back”

[@Michael-xz8tp]

another good reason to watch this video is so you don't accidentally make these maneuvers lol

[@handpiecehealer]

freestyle 201

[@wompstopm123]

2:30 how to break your ass

[@catherinesarah5831]

🦘🇦🇺 Thanks Tucker. Love the “Risky” on the wall. Looks great. Unless I need these manoeuvres to get myself out of unexpected atmospheric conditions, I’ll stick to be a boring point to point girl. 🪂🙏

[@RubyS.1]

"and its kinda stupid" should be a shirt

[@nedmacallen]

Just got trained, im gonna try this right now! lol jk guys

[@calinutza33]

Freakin’ AWESOME 🤩 dude ! 👏

[@mikescap]

How the hell do you call foot-dragging and paramotors nerdy and stupid Tucker? The looks I get when I run right at the top of a corn field next to a road or park turn heads and stop people in their tracks lol No other aircraft can do what we do other than a jetpack. You've been flying too long bro hahaha

[@TuckerGott]

I mean, it does look stupid. 😂

[@joshuapatrick682]

4:15 I don't think this is a cool trick, it can be dangerous and you shouldnt do it, so here is how you do it....?

[@EvilBikerGangOfTheSky]

In my current learning curve. I feel like i've been labeled pointless, a monkey, with bad form, and stupid. I think i'm done learning here, I can't do the shit you can do. Thanks Tucker. ✌

[@mendi1122]

accidents generator video

[@TuckerGott]

Are you the type to not accept personal responsibility? 🤔

[@mendi1122]

​@@TuckerGott I believe that anyone who is involved in a chain of events that results in an accident should feel responsible for their role.

[@TuckerGott]

@@mendi1122 I don’t. If I watch a video on how to wheelie a motorcycle, then go out and crash trying to do a wheelie, I am solely responsible for my own decision.

[@mendi1122]

​@@TuckerGott That's fine; everyone is responsible for their own actions. I believe this video could lead to multiple accidents, injuries, and even deaths in the coming time. I'm curious if you think so too?

[@bobkelly2447]

this video cements what I have previously said "RISKY" you are flying a cloth wing that can collapse, yet you risk this to do those maneuvers.... I agree it takes a great deal of skill to pull this off.... but you are Risking Death in so doing ! a normal person would not do these maneuvers....but you in your wisdom show people how ..... this reminds me of a fella telling others how to fly a gyro copter safely..... it's essentially a horizontal elevator.... you add throttle to go up and reduce throttle to go down.... anything else enters the realm of danger. the question is are you willing to risk your life to do these things? because that is exactly what you are doing.... so it's not a question of if...but when !one day you will decide to do a wing over and instead of it going like it has a thousand times before this time a gust of wind or air pocket will cause the sail to collapse. when you could have just turned calmly taking little risk, instead you decided to do a wing over instead..... this is what Kills pilots, and the more you fly like this the shorter your lifespan. stop flying like a teenager ! and live longer !

[@23technoid]

😪😪

[@terrylutke]

..Here's an idea, ignore everything in this video. There is enough risk inherent to PPG without getting stupid.

[@JustOutHereTinkering]

Tucker didn't say you have to do this. You don't. You don't have to do this to be a good pilot. But if you WANT to do this, better to have more info going in than less. I've opted to stop at the Barrel roll and not continue to the SAT or any further. Magical how I have that choice isn't it. The fact you think it's stupid shows your ignorance. Or dare is say, stupidity 😂

[@TuckerGott]

I think if you subscribe to this mindset, you shouldn’t be flying at all. If there’s too much risk in some basic maneuvers, there’s too much risk leaving the ground. It would be like getting a motorcycle but never leaning it over. You are flying around completely unaware of several layers of performance your glider possesses just by pointing it at the ground. What if one day you need to do a steep turn to avoid a collision or a collapse puts you into a dive and you have absolutely no idea how to manage energy? I would argue learning some advanced maneuvers actually makes you a safer pilot.

[@terrylutke]

@@TuckerGott I seriously doubt it's a good thing to normalize extreme maneuvers.

[@TuckerGott]

I don’t think wingovers are extreme. I think they’re an advanced skill. A SAT, yes. Which is why I made it clear you should go to an SIV course.

[@2feetaheartbeat472]

Could catch Covid just stay home.

[@milesb4231]

Mixed feelings about this video. The mentality is poor. It ignores pilot-specific challenges and progression.

[@lili-qt9uo]

👍👍

[@alextownsend6662]

Now I don’t need to go to training. 🤔 😂

[@kreterakete]

Your agriculture settings are a nightmare with no nature at all. Horrible landscape