I Built Skis For My Trike!!!

[@cameronlapworth2284]

Super good production skills mate.

[@Aran2323]

My man's got endless wilderness, flying machines, and a whole workshop available to him. You're gonna go far on KZbin haha, can't wait to see what you get up to next. I'd love to learn a bit more about you in your next videos. Your flying experience, how you got into paramotoring, things like that!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man, I appreciate the support! I will keep that in mind and try to share a little bit more about myself. Thanks for watching!

[@doctaran]

I flew an original paraplane trike off Lake George in NY in 1986…. When I was 12.

[@coltenwenger]

Cool! Well ya beat me to it! 🤣

[@kelwinf]

Professional grade editing dude! Nice workshop. You got skills. Keep the vids coming!

[@coltenwenger]

Thank you very much! Love to hear it!

[@mauzz2513]

this is incredible, keep up the good work

[@RwP223]

You did a better job than I could engineering this, no worries not a one-up here, I just had a thought that you may want a "fail safe" for the front bungie cords, if one were to come off or fail in flight it would tend to flip forward and down, with could lead to a costly landing like that. The idea would be similar to extension limiters on hardcore offroad trucks, so maybe some paracord in parallel with the bungie, and independent clip too.

[@coltenwenger]

Hey man thanks for the feedback! Your absolutely right! I had the same thought after I finished them. I think I probably will put a backup piece of cord on them, just in case. If I could do them over I would have mounted the aluminum brackets slightly further forward on the skis, so that way if bungees ever did fail the ski would rotate back and I would still be able to land. Which I may still do that. Thanks again man!

[@walachaviation9171]

keep the content coming, I like you filming and editing style.

[@Kyle.Mooney]

Damn dude. Well Done 👏🏼

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks so much man! 😁

[@tango_sierra8608]

Absolutely loving this channel already. Such great quality stuff

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks dude, so glad to hear it!

[@NavidSaleki]

looking gööd! having fun! awesome

[@coltenwenger]

Thank you!!

[@adam-newbloom]

You nailed it brother, excellent job on the build and the video! That would be so fun to land and do touch and gos. Love the comment "damn geese never shut up!!"

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks again bro! Haha yeah those geese were so loud! 😂

[@asksteevs]

At first I questioned your ski selection, (friction + weight) but seeing you launch made me think that sticky high-friction waterski solution might actually be a good thing due to you not having wheel brakes. No need to coast forever, helps slow you down. Great work!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man! Yeah I think I’m going to wax the skis before I use them again. Although they worked great, it wouldn’t hurt to have them a little slicker when I go to takeoff.

[@karlawenger5033]

Wow! Great job!!! So proud of you!! And...landing at sunset?! Gorgeous!!!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks you! It was a lot of fun!!

[@stuartkortus1200]

Rad. Just Rad. 🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

[@coletonholzer4757]

What a beautiful place to live and fly. Keep the videos coming man!

[@garywheeler2055]

Classy well made videos so far ….. keep ‘em coming 👍🍻

[@comeflywithmeohio]

Nice work. Enjoyed the video. Fly safe.

[@debbierichards485]

Great job Colten!!! Awesome see to our area from the air in winter!!! Looking forward to more great content!!!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks Debbie! Glad you are liking it!

[@johngemmi3576]

Wonderful content! Well edited. Keep up the nice work!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man!!

[@judahdrax]

Totally sick! Amazing content! Keep ‘em coming!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man! Will do!!

[@MikeSparamotor]

I have thought about doing this for years but never did. Congrats on a great design. Pontoons sound a little dangerous but I’d sure watch that video 😄 subscribed to your channel so will be fun to see what you come up with next

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man! I doubt I’ll actually end up building pontoons for it. It would be pretty hard to make it work and actually be safe, but we will see 😏

[@JoshuaCarpenter316]

Great video!

[@gregvence7356]

Nice idea. I'll be doing this later. Any chance you'd do a video on your trailer? I'm looking at a Xenit or Eco2 as I'm a bigger guy but love the idea of trike camping & backwoods.

[@markallisonparamotor]

Absolutely love this, keep up the great content!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks buddy!!

[@techi3075]

Beautiful country, where are you ?I’d love to fly mine there. Killer edit job too

[@robertpatterson149]

Good job. Very cool!

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man!

[@robertpatterson149]

@@coltenwenger the pontoons would be cool if you can do it.

[@coltenwenger]

I know right?! I need to find someone who could sew me some inflatable ones, so that they are light enough!

[@parakhin]

Круто снято! What is the place?

[@MelissaCaldas-z4l]

Maravilhoso demais 😎 Jorge caldas 😮Deus yahu proteja sempre você 😮em nome de seu filho amado yahushua ❤

[@RwP223]

Enjoyed the edit and filmwork, I thought you were just another low effort PPG vlogger (like me), just sub'd hope to enjoy more of your content.

[@mmcowan]

Well done! Those look so professional. Presumably you waxed the skis?

[@HAJensen19987]

Great stuff! Keep up the channel! Do you use the Cosmos 300 for your regular paramotor too?

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man! No I only use the cosmo for the trike

[@HAJensen19987]

@@coltenwenger cool! Keep up the videos man! You’ve just started the channel it seems; Soon you’ll be more popular. Good luck

[@ParamotorNC]

Amazing!

[@dillonmech7206]

thankyou for this vid totally going to do this been thinking about it for awhile but the ski kits are super expensive...thankyou for the inspiration, I will have questions.. Nice trike who made that?

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man! You should definitely do it! That is the xenit trike made by fly products!

[@cloudpandarism2627]

16:32min the skis are good and all but dude................ that external B roll was unreal. who stand there all the time freezing, waiting you to come back and get EXACTLY that kind of footage?!

[@coltenwenger]

Haha well thank you! That was my wife who did that. Although she didn’t stand out there the whole time. I just texted her when I was headed back and she came back out and got the shots.

[@cloudpandarism2627]

@@coltenwenger send best greetings and thanks from china for that. besides all the awesomeness from your build i enjoyed those shots the most. seeing your channel with all the effort and work going into each video i am thinking you are a secret professional youtuber who deleted his million subscriber main account to start from zero just for the heck of it. strange vibes coming from your channel mate. and i am loving it. keep the blue side up 👊

[@coltenwenger]

@@cloudpandarism2627 wow thanks so much man! That’s very kind of you! Very happy your enjoying the content! I’ve got much more on the way! Thanks again! ✌🏻

[@ironeagletrike]

Colten, that is so awesome! I don't live where is enough snow to add them to my Xenit but if I lived in an area like you I would definitely copy you! The water part scares me unless I could come up with some great floatation for me and the trike. I was curious how it was going to go but looked like everything was perfect! Any changes or mods you would make after flying them now or are you completely happy with them?

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks so much man! Yeah I doubt I’ll actual end up making pontoons for the trike, it would be pretty difficult to make the usable and safe. I’m very happy with them, the only thing I think I would do different, is mount the bracket on the ski slightly further forward so that the ski is back heavy. That way just in case one of the bungees ever broke or came loose in the air the ski would rotate straight up which would still allow me to land. They are a little front heavy the way they are right now, so if the bungees were to come loose the front end would rotate down and I’d have to reach out and disconnect the ski in order to land it

[@sethlangford2558]

What are the two orange/black pucks on your flight deck?

[@coltenwenger]

Those are adjustable magnets, that hold my phone in flight, which I use as a 3rd instrument often times. Just didn’t have it connect on this flight.

[@Larzukk]

Sick dude! Got a sub here if you keep the good content coming.

[@coltenwenger]

Thanks man! I’ll try my best! 😅

[@keithgrey]

VN!

[@ericrypkema2476]

What size velcro straps did you use for the wheels. Tia

[@coltenwenger]

@@ericrypkema2476 I don’t remember exactly but I believe they were 3” wide by around 3’ long

[@80sDweeb]

Your content is marked as "for kids," which prevents it from being subscribed to (notifications) and limiting it. Please change that so that it will work like other channels. It seems counterintuitive, but kids content on KZbin prevents engagement.

[@coltenwenger]

No sure how to change that. I went into my setting to double check that and it’s already marked not made for kids…

[@dillonmech7206]

RIGHT?! where have you been bro!