Flying Across the State of South Carolina on my Paramotor in 1 Day!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

295 miles in 1 day woo! This video is half the land to cross compared to NC so half the video 😛 If you enjoyed the video please leave me some love in the comments and subscribe! Enjoy!

[@ddhsd]

Haven't seen a Huneycutt video in a while YT algorithm remembered I subbed to you way back in Korea days. Good video great views and music choices.

[@stephenkeen6044]

Saweeet! Some jaw-dropping views there, flying adventures for the win! Got top quality support / ground crew to boot.

[@DAS-Videos]

That was a heck of a flight, not a minor accomplishment. And a rare appearance of Alayna.

[@austinbirchett4731]

I somehow went my whole life without knowing this was a thing. I'm obsessed now and always have paramotoring videos playing in the background haha

[@MrTyler8877]

I was in a similar situation about 5 years ago when I started watching Tucker Gott and Anthony Vella and fast forward to today I finished my paramotor training a little over a week ago and have my own gear now. You should do it!

[@tacohikes9692]

I was into ultralights in the 1990s but never could afford them. Also the struggle of airports and trailers and hangars… but this PPG stuff is amazing. It’s cheaper, it’s lighter, and it all goes in the trunk of a car. I literally learned the details of it in october and i plan to be flying by may.

[@zeuslamak3651]

😂😂😂 same

[@justharryjohnson7250]

Everything seemed to fall in place. Great flight and a fantastic effort. 😀

[@wernersunkel]

You are a legend bro!! Greetings from Cape Town

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thanks! Almost went to school at Cape Town University while in college.

[@tacohikes9692]

Amazing that so many south carolina airports are non towered and you can pretty much draw a straight line across the state and say “i’ll just do that”. I love the backpack on the front idea to carry all your stuff. The solid cloud layer bit was a little unnerving, glad you explained you could see straight down. I’ve done that with a drone, where I can see straight up from the ground and when you pop it up it’s a solid floor of clouds. must be way different seeing it from above.

[@danielw4468]

I have been watching your videos for a while now and have never commented, until now. Just gotta say, your channel and content is super underrated. Keep it going bro!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thank you!

[@stevewilliams904]

Another Great Adventure, another Great Video, and a Great Person meeting you at the beach. That dancing bear cloud shot at 0:24 is wild. Thanks for sharing Mark!!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Ah didn't even think of a dancing bear, nice. Alayna was a great reward

[@joehays5903]

Videos like this inspired me to learn and start flying Paramotors, absolutely beautiful flight. I live in Georgia so I love watching your videos, great inspiration for new places to fly!!! Thank you

[@sandorrendeczky8549]

Awesome, Mark! Epic flight! I really want to do flights like this! Great job, Mark and Alayna!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thanks man

[@tacohikes9692]

Same here! I’m not really interested in low flying over corn fields or doing crazy maneuvers through tree tunnels. I want to get up there and fly around and see stuff.

[@wellsd1959]

Nice flight! You guys are great together!

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

The first minutes really sets up this video, some epic views. I bet it was such a rewarding trip. Shame about the mic failure and then recovery.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Very rewarding! I'll get it fixed. I almost flew back and luckily had Alayna's helmet so I switched it out

[@greglaney6317]

Hi Mark, love the videos. Very well done. Thanks for sharing your adventures.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thank you!

[@TonyEssig]

That is awesome. Alot of miles wow. Great job ! Maybe one day.

[@rickwetzel6643]

Congrats

[@slodays1158]

Awesome! Sweet flight. You made it look easy.

[@robt8561]

Nice flight! Sunset beach is one of my favorite places!

[@jasonweaver5622]

Chattanooga Belle is such a beautiful place! Cool to see you launching from there

[@claverton]

Great vid Mark, looked like absolutely perfect conditions

[@adventureland693]

Very cool buddy, I love those long XC flights. Good job, great views!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thanks!

[@conquistadorppg417]

Great flight. 👌

[@kylewolfman]

Amazing flight and video. Rock on guys stay safe🤘🕊️

[@adam-newbloom]

Very cool adventure, inspires me to want to try that in Tennessee!

[@pittsjohn57]

Excellent!!

[@flierbill]

Much love from North West Louisiana ! I'm still yall's biggest fan !

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thanks! Hope all is well

[@flyingparamotors-scottcrat5569]

Very cool flight, can't wait to do the same down here in Florida.

[@JohnHansknecht]

Awesome! I barely like to cross from johns island to Kiawah. I'm such a wimp!

[@rule1dontgosplat]

That’s so cool. Love that you landed in bishopville. I’ve been to ultralight flyins there, but it’s been a long time. Nice to see Butters Field got some upgrades

[@jasondickerson]

Amazing!!! Great Video!!!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thanks!

[@alexjackson1809]

I love these cross country trips. So cool

[@GlennTupper]

Awesome ❤🎉

[@kelwinf]

Awesome flight dude. Great to see you covering ground I’m familiar with. Sunset Beach is only 15 minutes from my home in Shallotte NC. Great vid!

[@kevinschwebs1404]

Awesome bro, congrats! Looking to get into paramotoring soon when I retire, in south Florida now and have been looking in the area of Ocean Isle....That area looks awesome to fly

[@MarkHuneycutt]

I grew up going to Ocean Isle. You'll enjoy flying near there

[@CourtneyTakesFlight]

Quite the adventure! Impressive.

[@davidmurren7071]

i work in laurens county SC n i feel i saw u flying over the store i work at…now this was very recent (10-4) n i just gotta say it was by far the coolest thing ive ever seen in my life to a point im insta obsessed watching countless paramotor videos….SO….if that was u i just wanna thank u for opening my eyes up to this activity

[@MarkHuneycutt]

It was someone else bubt you're welcome on their behalf!

[@automan1223]

You are Tough ! To brave the elements even this time of year it’s cold and not so friendly to open frame fun !!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

it's not my favorite time of the year that's for sure

[@automan1223]

@@MarkHuneycutt just 2 cents but if you stopped in along the way to visit other friends and airfields could make the videos more interesting. My airfield is over by Oriental NC but outside the restricted. If you are interested I can give you coordinates. I am a gyro pilot but enjoy the PPC content from you and others.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

@@automan1223 I'd love to see where it is if you'll send the coordinates! You can find me on Facebook if needed

[@SEANRMZ]

Wow awesome flight!! Conratz on the mic fix at 8k in the air. Could you go over your flight apps and plan before your next flight. Thanks sean future pilot

[@TheVanlander]

Sick Launch site!!! Trimmed in on the first leg because you were trying to maintain a slower speed with the tail wind? Or was it to be a little more safe?

[@shanez416]

I think it was for better fuel efficiency, as he was already going plenty fast.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Staying aloft longer by increasing fuel efficiency and allowing wind to do the job to get me where I'm going.

[@blobby11]

What a fucking flight that sunrise views were insane

[@JohnUllrey]

Congratulations on another successful PPG journey! I live in the middle of SC and have spent untold hours searching google maps/earth for somewhere close to free fly. I always thought that the escarpment (dune wall) on the beach at the Bird Island Reserve looked doable in the right wind conditions. When you said you had flown there before did you try free-flying the dunes, or only PPG? I'm also wondering if you avoided Sunset beach and stayed over the Bird Island reserve? I have heard that a lot of beach towns have enacted ordinances to restrict flying from their beaches, especially in SC. (I think we can thank the Parasailing operators for that.)

[@Twinjeremy]

as a SC resident, our beaches have some dumb rules.

[@skinneroutdoors2177]

Love the video guys! It's my hope to get a paramotor one day!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Do it!

[@skinneroutdoors2177]

@@MarkHuneycutt I'm still doing research at this point. Then pick out my setup. Then save some dollars.

[@lashley370z]

Great video. Beautiful scenes. Didn't let that pesky gopro mic get in the way of an awesome documentary. And... Who catches a shark with their bare hands? All I ever get is a left behind water bottle. 👍

[@williamgarland8565]

Great 👍 video

[@ParaglidingManiac]

Dear Mark, I have a question to you. I've been freeflying for 10 years, recently got into paramotoring. I am easily running 5 miles etc, so in good physical shape. However, every landing is making me nervous, as it is hard on impact for me (I'm at the lower half of my wing's weight range and I flare good). It is as if my legs fail me and I'm practically faceplanting most of the time. Do you get used to having 50 lbs on your back? Will I get used to it and everything's gonna be alright? Perhaps I need to learn some special technique or I'm there is something I don't know about flying paramotors? Thank you very much, you are my inspiration!

[@Paraegg]

You gotta run it out on a paramotor. You can't tippy toe touch down like a paraglider, if that's the problem you're having. I had a skydiving background and did the tippy toe touchdowns. It doesn't work in paramotoring except in higher winds. Good luck I hope you get it down. There is always trike. That's what I fly as my knees, back and neck are bad. Lol

[@stephenkeen6044]

Also, which motor do you have and how much do you weigh? If you can get away with only 16hp motor, may be worth investing in a light frame with Atom80 motor. Best thing to do, though is to visit an instructor and show them how you do it, I'm sure they will be able to advise you much better than random internet people 😁

[@windsailsurf]

@@Paraegg you can land a paramotor in no wind and do a one step landing. you have to come in hands up and skim the ground (ground effect) and the brake at end you ill lift a little and drop for a one step landing

[@MrEmiosk]

To preface I have no flight experience, but I will say what other youtube instructors say on this subject. The flare is too much, too fast. You are most likely pulling the breaks too much before you hit the ground, you lose all speed and that extra bit of lift before you are properly on the ground so most of the weight is dumped on you, more than you are comfortable with at least. It could be that you are not pretensioning your core and leg muscles properly so when you do land your legs aren't ready to bear any weight, you lose that fraction of a second needed to bring the next leg forward in time. Any more advice I cannot give, I do not know how good you are at estimating yourself and while you describe yourself as doing good doesn't mean terribly much since you are doing something wrong (if the problem hasn't been fixed yet). Further advice would be to have someone record your approach and landings, if not set up a camera, then see if a third person perspective could give you a clue. Excessive bending of the knees could also be a root cause for your legs failing. Try doing lounges with a backpack with roughly 15-20 pounds in it and see if that works. As sad there could be many issues, from overestimating your speed (you simply do not have time to bring next foot forward), underestimating your speed (leading to loss of lift and the weight coming down on you faster than you are ready for. Flaring too soon too fast so that you have no more break to utilise and therefore lift once you touchdown. Too having not slowed down nearly enough so you touchdown and your feet are simply dragged away under you. Too it simply being a confidence issue, like not trusting the grip of your bicycle tyres meaning you do not lean in the curves enough and end up in the ditch instead cause didn't turn enough.

[@ParamotorNC]

I'm not sure which site is more pretty, the mountain top vineyard where you launched, or the coast where you landed. Epic flight!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

That farm was purty. I'm more a mountain person myself

[@YankeeinSC1]

What? No “Fly Faster I Hear Banjos...” merch?

[@fwkb2]

Love this! I really like seeing those high altitude shots. Amazing that you got that far with only one stop. Hey are those Gin heated gloves? How do you like them?

[@MarkHuneycutt]

They're great. I don't even turn them on. Gin made them for paragliding so they feel smaller than they are if that makes any sense.

[@fwkb2]

@@MarkHuneycutt Nice!

[@SkyTapAngel]

Love the hair

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Don't know when I'm gonna cut it. Haven't touched it in over 1.5 years since getting out

[@ron4498]

Honest question to mark, what happens if ??you must go to the bathroom in flight ??, after all you were flying for almost 4 full hours. just wondering??

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Well I needed to go and held it. Peed like a racehorse when I landed. Some people use condom catheters

[@ron4498]

@@MarkHuneycutt Ha, ha thanks mark, and I love all your videos keep them flying week after week after week.

[@kompanetspro2116]

Great video! How do you choose landing direction in a new place? I think it's hard to define wind direction when you're up in the sky

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Look at the forecast 1st. Use something like a METAR at your airport's LZ to get current winds as well. Then you can also do a circle at the LZ to see which way you're going slower.

[@kompanetspro2116]

@@MarkHuneycutt thanks)

[@HugWTW]

Wow your awesome

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Thanks!

[@leo_perigee]

Mark, what is the flight tracking software you use to show your route, altitude, etc...? Great vid!

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Navigating with Avare. Tracking with XCTrack. Thanks

[@garywheeler2055]

Is that the “limitless” frame ?

[@jaytate7899]

I’d be so terrified to drop my phone I’d have to have like a tether or something. How do you plan your gas trips? Can you just stop at any airport? Do you need permission?

[@TONYPARAMOTOR]

hi . a new video" paramotor new type of helmet" from tony lawrence

[@Thewindingstairs747]

Have you ever dropped your pocket computer from the air? Seems like it’d be easy to do!🤣

[@choca9540]

Im curious you have to use av fuel for paramotors or non ethanol or. Regular?

[@MarkHuneycutt]

All of them work

[@tzep3256]

Hello. Nice videos. How much does your wing and motor costs ? I want to start doing this, can you recommend me good ones or just tell me whatever you use ?

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Roughly 12k new for all of it. The ones in this video are an Air Conception Revolution 200 paramotor and a Gin Falcon paraglider. The reserve is not mentioned, but that's needed, too. The Gin Falcon is not for beginners

[@chadkline4268]

What do you do if you get sick or need to take a dump or maybe have a medical emergency? 🤔

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Have to land I guess. Poop your pants? Throw up on the peasants below? Die in flight?

[@Kolbra2004]

Mark, what app do you use on your phone to track your flight and show your speed?

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Avare for android. XCtrack for livetracking and flight recording

[@joyfulpyro2589]

Hi what are your settings for your headset or did you not use the helmet mic? I bought one using your code.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12 down. 2, 3, 9, 11 up. I did use the mic

[@joyfulpyro2589]

@@MarkHuneycutt hey thank you so much for the reply. I recorded my 13th flight the other day but the audio was not good so I am trying to get it figured out.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

@@joyfulpyro2589 hope that helps

[@MrEmiosk]

The old folk sound like my own, not flying, but sailing and biking. It's always why do that? It's dangerous, too far, easier/faster driving! Do not do it! Sell that boat you do not need it, think about if something happens! Why bike when you got a car! Said to me constantly while I am trying to lose weight by using a bike on all trips that is not time sensitive. Eat more! They say after I have consumed near 1600 calories in one sitting, you must eat three whole meals! Or being confused when I say I have already eaten more than I should've. They worry mostly because they don't know any better, but they mean well, despite how repetitive and frustrating it is.

[@candidoalcantara6718]

which paramotor you have mark?

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Air conception revolution 200

[@candidoalcantara6718]

hey mark how long take you to go cross south carolina?

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Watch the video

[@candidoalcantara6718]

@@MarkHuneycutt ok

[@TheNikitis]

We should hook up sometime. I'm in Rock Hill, SC and fly occasionally. I might need help getting back up in the air as it's been awhile.

[@MarkHuneycutt]

We teach up here in Brevard, NC area

[@daleplus1345]

@TheNikitis Where do you usually fly?

[@matt281075]

👌👍

[@cannonblasthistory76]

Why go to dirty Myrtle and not charleston 😢

[@MarkHuneycutt]

wouldn't make sense for my route

[@davidbolduc828]

If I used gloves while handling my phonewhile flying, I would have dropped it!

[@michaelalphin]

Dibs on Rhode island haha

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Do it!

[@annehechesliverdonation9624]

Nice hair... Fay e g

[@sheilahyoung1797]

Aren't you afraid that you'll drop your phone?

[@Paraegg]

Why are you flying? Because she's driving. Lmao

[@brianball2002]

"Why are you flying?"...... "Because she's driving!!".

[@brutusbarnabus8098]

Animal Crossing?? That is SO 2010s!! 😁

[@MarkHuneycutt]

Just bought it a couple months ago!