15 Gusting 25mph: Insane Paramotor Flying How, Why, and What

[@RockinRobbins13]

_“The man who wishes to keep at the problem long enough to really learn anything positively must not take dangerous risks. Carelessness and overconfidence are usually more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.”_ - Wilbur Wright The Wright Brothers sought out and practiced extensively in high winds.

[@jerrysharp9722]

I like it too much . I would test back country skills would wait for severe storms to go into the back country gauntlet . I can relate to your mindset . Awesome and for sure I recognize near injury or death , experience is not free great job well done .

[@80sDweeb]

Rather than make me want to fly in these conditions, this video shows me just how challenging they are to an experienced pilot, giving me the desire to become experienced enough to handle something that difficult, should conditions unexpectedly require it. Appreciate all your efforts to let us in on your thoughts and activities!

[@MoMadNU]

On your first screaming downwind to base turn I saw that oh sh** moment where you discover brakes ain't doing nothing. Then you do this massive weight shift and actually ADD power to swing you out to be able to make the glider turn. Kyle, this is hands down THE most skilled paramotor flying I've seen to date. Please let the glory of this sink in and don't do it again.. seriously.

[@davidis7]

Hey Kyle, the good news is that I shit my pants for you, so you didn’t have to (clean up in aisle 7).

[@mattcowan822]

Thanks for putting this out there, Kyle! Grade A content. ;-) I had a fun day once playing around in a 10-15mph day inland (but not too thermally or switchy). I impressed the beginners on the ground, enjoyed honing my skills, and it got me thinking about stepping it up. But, watching you wrangle the big wind shows me I'm not ready/worthy.

[@kyleoglee]

It takes a LOT of practice! Remember, only bite off what you can swallow!

[@J10on4ds]

Looked like a great skill building session Kyle. Thanks so much for taking us along, and walking us thru the details of your "process". I imagine butter air will be even more appreciated after a session like this.

[@Linkman81]

Watching your hands manage all the different gusts and direction changes of the wing was very helpful for me to see. I've taken paramotor training, but not yet had my first flight and watching videos where I can study hand movements and how much and when you pull the breaks is gold. When the wing would fall back, you'd come off the breaks, then immediately check it when it surged ahead... when you were being dropped, you get back on the gas, and vice versa. It was just great to see all these skills come together in a video where you can watch the wing and how an experienced pilot reacts with their hands and throttle.

[@Linkman81]

*brakes

[@scottjulius2834]

Your observation skills will serve you well in your paramotoring endeavors padawan. Always be mindful of your wing and never underestimate the power of a 25mph gust

[@Alligatorrick]

Kyle O' You got mad skillz bro, and a tiny bit of CRAZY!!!... Thanks for sharing and be safe brother...

[@kyleoglee]

Thanks Rick!

[@whileistillcan9338]

Thanks pal for the show. Just proves that if you have the right experience and skill these paramotors can be safely flown in wind if your caught off guard with a weather change while your out. I'm 52 with an ultralight license here in Canada. I think paramotoring is a younger man's sport. Wish I had tried it years ago. I'll live vicariously. 👍

[@kyleoglee]

You're not too old my friend! Only pick easy days, and it can be minimally physical. I use ppg as excercise myself to keep physically and mentally healthy. Kiting = Winning!

[@dragostefanov]

Hey Shane, you are nor so old! I started paragliding at 50. Look me here strong wind paramotoring at 53 :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYHRZYiVm5tgarc

[@grahamlockley4435]

52 ? you are a youngster in my eyes. I started PG when I was 59 then transferred to PPG a few years later. Go for it, you wont regret it.

[@don7294]

OK!!! Now you are just showing off. Amazing skilz. Love it. Stay safe big guy.

[@CloudWalker33]

Superb display of skills brother. I was glued to the screen the whole time. Great flying!!

[@wilderb]

Awesome Kyle, A great learning video, I cant wait to fly with ya!

[@parapilot09]

Very educational for sure, to see how that Zeno paragliding wing and you + your motor handle such manky air. Yes good pilots can save most collapses but if you were bitten by a big one more that 2.5m above the ground and less then 10, then the chances are it would have hurt at best and broken bones+ at the other end of the scale, but you knew and know that. Collapses taken close to the ground have happened to very very good skillful pilot friends of mine in paragliding. One lost his life and the other broke his back and had to have it rebuilt with titanium rods and screws. Both were PG instructors and commercial PG tandem pilots. You're certainly bold, that's for sure. I want you to get old as you create my favourite channel. ✌🏼👍🏼

[@kyleoglee]

A thought I keep in my psyche anytime I'm below 50 feet! Never forgetting that is important.

[@jamesturncliff5960]

😀 I watch the rest of the video with commentary. You got bigger kajonayes than most people and the skills to go with it. Good job. But you scared the bejeebers out of me without the comontary. I'm glad you had fun 😊

[@craigbeavers8764]

Incentive to step it up a notch at a time safely.Thanks Kyle!

[@DennisZylstra]

I was getting ready to go to bed and saw this insane..your words.. video and im so traumatized I cant sleep. Way better then coffee . THANKS Kyle . My wife even wached. Great show.

[@davidnickerson1157]

AMAZING active flying! Yesterday was my most thermal day of flying. Timing of thus video was perfect for me for reflection. I need lots more kiting time. Thanks for all you do to teach and share.

[@verticallines212]

It is all precision and skill from experience, love coming back to enjoy this video!

[@kevincanfly]

Dude, the Tropic Thunder references were funny AF but also on point! That was an epic display of the edge of true control. “Super” guy would have sent a greenhorn out there to get hammered.... self risk is all part of the “IAMSAFE” checklist. Good points and tips here to follow!!

[@chadepierce]

Probably my favorite content.

[@darcynafe7821]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting it. Very informative.

[@kberry3065]

It looks like someone got a new truck!

[@SharkyintheSky]

Dude, you have skills and you are crazy :' )

[@chadmurray4934]

That was a great and INFORMATIVE video. Thoroughly enjoyed it!! 🤘🌮🤘🌮🤘🌮

[@dhorn7500]

Hardcore to the max, awesome vid thanks

[@johnmelnick6537]

Now that's what I call Funn , Sharpening those skills , looked like a jet pack flight 🦅

[@mikefogle5874]

Holy Crapola. You have some crazy skill bro! Awesome!!

[@justinreich3486]

SUPER? Lmao I died laughing 😂 your a legend Kyle and these videos really help me out a lot and probably save lives.

[@mikecolley-]

I learned a lot from this vid, do you have more, this was GREAT! This could be a multiple hour instruction showing and teaching all the skills used here.

[@handpiecehealer]

Nice you posted it! I will watch it again on my big screen 😁

[@matthewbigliardi4476]

Super cool and dont worry, I wont go out there in those condition any time soon. I do kite in those winds and it's super fun. BUT the blackhawk stays home. Thanks dude, big fan!

[@chadepierce]

Very helpful to visualize thermals. Thanks

[@marknewvine1073]

WOW thanks for sharing. awesome !

[@pkskyter]

Best video on flying on the limit, period!! I was most interested in your ground handling with the motor on your back. I free fly inland in 35km/h winds using a 23m Niviuk Kougar 2 or my 19m Yoti by Flow and I find the wings extremely responsive and I love ground handling at that wind speed but with the motor on my back I don't dare to venture out in those sort of winds as I am concerned about turtling 🙂, especially when it is turbulent like in your video. I always kite for a while when it is border line, taking advice from Jocky Sanderson, "If you don't like the air kiting, you'll like it even less flying" I found your video most educational especially to watch you ground handle basically the same way as free flying 🙂Great skills there Kyle, and don't worry, I won't fly in those conditions 🙂

[@kyleoglee]

Thanks Peter!

[@ckl5822]

Dang... I gotta tell ya, this was a pucker-factor 9!

[@kyleoglee]

PF9, One of my favorite spices 😉

[@shawncrossfield9219]

High skills learn so much from your video this is craze flying but you have the skills to do it love your video s bud

[@THE-APEX]

Nicely done Kyle. My first thought while watching this was that one has to have a keen understanding of the basic principals of flight to pull this session off. You clearly do - I have never questioned that. Well executed. I’m also in agreement that at your level of experience, this keeps you fresh. I’ve done a couple of track days on my motorcycle. Why? So you can find your limits. I low sided coming out of a turn at one point and a woman back at the pits later asked me “do you think you were riding over your head”? Hell no! I did exactly what I came to do - in a controlled enviro where I am focused on pushing the limits. Great stuff as always. Been watchin’ too many of your vids. I’m up in CT and I’m starting to use yal’ll in my business emails. :)

[@Amac-uz9hm]

Very brave but skill full manoeuvres kyle, great xmas video👌

[@aaronhorn6849]

The staying lose thing is also physics. Your legs will act like a mass damper and reducing the pendulum effect. You can see it happening @20:00

[@Sethgolas]

That's some impressive flying there.

[@billcallahan9303]

"Flights almost daily." It shows! Great vid Kyle! Amazing throttle, body, line control. That treeline didn't help either. P.S. I'm almost healed from prop strike. Vid coming soon. Hey Kyle! You keep a pistola at the shop? I know you won't answer that so don't. Just popped in my head at the end.

[@johnofthejungle5699]

im definately no where near ready for those conditions! my heart was beating fast just watching you do it lol

[@WiltshireMan]

LOL You was just "Feelin" the air and havin a good time Kyle:) Happy Christmas Man:)) It's good to feel that air and be in tune with things but as you say you need to develop those skills gradually Sandy

[@kyleoglee]

My entire point Sandy!

[@jaybovision3350]

Beautiful Kyle! i LOVE YOU BUDDY

[@torrypope3218]

That Zeno was bobbing like a cork!Def working your butt off out there!

[@kyleoglee]

Yes I was!

[@SmittySmithsonite]

WOW, that was some rowdy air right there brother! When you turned downwind, man you were haulin'!! Was cool to watch. Handled like a boss.😎 No chance in hell of me attempting that any time soon, if ever. Still learning in dead calm conditions, lol! I think that would be alot more dangerous on a trike, just due to the pendulum effect there - easy to get flipped over. I almost did that in calm conditions when the wing came up sideways. Merry Christmas, Kyle O. and family! 🍻

[@kyleoglee]

Yep, you see all the side stepping involved. Impossible on wheels....edit: And thanks!

[@SmittySmithsonite]

@@kyleoglee - You're welcome - thanks for the great vids & information, man! 👍🍻

[@claudiawilliams5180]

Amazing control

[@patrickmckowen2999]

Great stuff I am a few years away from this. Cheers

[@12vibaba]

I sometimes do this but i never feel comfortable at this low altitude. It amazes me that you do this with a class D glider.That Zeno must be a fantastic glider.

[@kyleoglee]

It was not a flight for the unseasoned. Love that Zeno!

[@handpiecehealer]

you trust your wing to handle that ...shooooo special kind of something?! Can't wait to fly with ya

[@ScubaVapes]

Kyle..Great stuff...I doubt even if I have flown for years that my balls would get that BIG.....great control of that wing!!!

[@kyleoglee]

Never doubt yourself! Merry Christmas Scuba!

[@mtb330]

love those super skills brother!

[@Flattopk2]

Approve of the new DOO, and the mad skills🤙

[@carlosdrane500]

Mighty fine SUPER instruction, thanks for sharing! ;-)

[@SarahKohl]

My palms started to sweat watching this. :x

[@kyleoglee]

Merry Christmas Sarah!

[@DuttonWebb]

It's mucho good content. That angle looks good. I like that angle. Keep up the angle. Very Content, much angle. wow.

[@patrickfain9318]

There was some vtol, some hovering, some really scary moments too. This was awesome! I bet super students are drooling

[@jeffvandyke785]

I think Your a size Zeno/Atom 80 ;0) Nice throttle control!!! You were one with Your gear here. Good Job Kyle!!!

[@StanBarankiewicz]

Love the God smack!

[@briantrent1928]

Well done

[@gregson99]

looks like a SUPER way to break something. skilled or not skilled.

[@kyleoglee]

Yep!

[@brandonnonya3680]

When and where did you get your super license?

[@stevestuertzel1152]

Like the new hear cut!!!!!

[@kyleoglee]

Thanks, it was time.

[@stemtosternms4438]

Impressive skills man! That was intense... You were obviously in control 99% of the time, but did you land feeling like there was a slight bit of luck involved? In other words, if you had 10 more of those flights are you confident you would have the same outcome? Love your channel...Merry X-mas!!

[@kyleoglee]

Yep, I am confident.

[@DuttonWebb]

That is such a beautiful glider. 16:55

[@fiberinspector1304]

If you learn to swim in the rapids, you will never drown in the calm.

[@mark675]

No but you can drown in the rapids practicing to swim in them lol

[@kyleoglee]

I like this analogy.

[@PPGGORILLA]

That downwind. Damn son, haulin A$$

[@PPGATL]

Cool. That looks easy. Now that I see how it's done I'm sure your "don't do this at home" warning is just to keep the rest of us uneducated people from having so much fun. Totally kidding of course. Making these kinds of videos must be a rough job, but I'm glad someone has to do it. :-) Excellent explanation, great teaching, thanks! Is that wing the new Ozone TwoByFour? Aspect ratio about 43? :-)

[@joshperryppg]

I had to hear about this video, and go to facebook to find the link! Blasphemy!

[@ranman58635]

The wing you used for this flight, would you say that's a performance geared wing? Would you take a A or a B wing up in those conditions? Yes I'm a newb

[@kyleoglee]

At my current level, I could likely use any modern glider of appropriate loading with good results. More the Indian, not the arrow.

[@ranman58635]

Nice! Thanks.

[@walterpriori9589]

Perfecto moondo kyleO....Cheers..

[@kyleoglee]

Thanks Walter!

[@aricellis]

"Super" Kyle.

[@Brazillianize]

0:00 - " ... is this good content? You like that angle, is this a good angle?? HAHAHA! ... " - thumb upped right there!

[@helihandler]

Hi again Kyle not sure if you've been asked this before, or even noticed it mate ? In my years of watching windsocks before flying, and trying to establish a 'trend' to the actual local wind pattern is that if my windsock (or even a steamer) flaps like a dogs tail...BUT UP and DOWN and above and beyond the top of the pole (not l to r). I kinda think that's a risky turbulent wind...?? I've flown that scenario a few times and found it to be ugly :-( so have then always waited out the wind. WOT you say SIR? Cheers from UK :-)

[@kyleoglee]

It's more about how abrupt the changes are vs. the magnitude of them.

[@michaelthompson9127]

Excellent

[@1falconron]

Is that a C class wing? 80cc? Great skills

[@kyleoglee]

EN-D Glider. A 2-liner. Thanks Ronald!

[@theresnobodyhere5778]

was that a demo review of latest VTOL glider wing on the market, 😂😂😂😳🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅

[@helihandler]

BTW Kyle I should have added that @ 4:17 You're streamer was doing the exact same? Is it really better to be... on the ground looking up... etc ;-)

[@ytfpv2627]

That looked pretty scary indeed! How much trouble would you have got into if you had a motor out during this flight? (if we can call it that!)

[@kyleoglee]

Definitely was a flight. Motor out would mean immediate landing and controlling the glider. The only trouble would be losing it, getting turtled, then dragged. Being I know how to disable the glider in such a scenario would mean not too much trouble. Also, the location is good because there is nothing to get dragged into. I've practiced all this stuff before, so it's doing the proper moves, just with stronger winds.

[@grahamlockley4435]

Now y'see if you was a SUPER trained pilot with a Flat Top and a Cima, oops sorry, Dominator then you would have taken off and flown all the the way to Mexico, had a three course lunch and a shower and landed smelling of roses. Much love from the other side of the pond Kyle :)

[@Lontist]

It`s good to get out of your comfort zone,to windy for me,but respect. Evel Knievel off the sky. 😁 😁 😁

[@lawrencebessette754]

Your wife needs to get more insurance on you lmao Way cool video

[@X36hypnotizeX36hypnotize-nb6of]

That's crazy dude practice yes fun? Hell no. Merry Christmas Kyle 🎄👍

[@kyleoglee]

Was kinda fun.

[@copayj1678]

What size wing is that? It looks giant

[@kyleoglee]

It's a size L.

[@Karbide3084]

Party on Garth 🤘

[@kyleoglee]

😆 Party on Wayne!

[@JulietsMan]

Ego carves your epitaph.

[@nedmacallen]

Lmao I love your passive aggressive comments on super BS ❤️ haha “not your daddy’s beach wind” rofl 🤣

[@Efntodd]

How big was that wing?

[@kyleoglee]

23 meters squared

[@Efntodd]

Would you have felt OK about attempting the same thing on a larger wing? Like a 28? Or would increased wing size make it harder to control in those high winds

[@kyleoglee]

@@Efntodd It would depend on the wing loading.

[@MarkLoves2Fly]

That's good stuff right there! Woot! (>* You've got me grinning real big :D Such great memories you have provoked! Man! I've gotta get out and kite some more! North West Weather is not great for it now, but Man! I miss it!

[@matthewbigliardi4476]

Someday!!!

[@32laurens]

Like Spinal Tap: 11 on the bump scale!

[@vmlinuxz]

Where do I send your Amarillo Certified Flying Certificate to? The scary winds are where you are trims out just to not land backwards! I try to avoid them now. We have had folks get drug across fields into barbed wire, that's just no fun. In fact I think Will Gadd crash landed his paraglider a few miles south of here and got drug into a barbed wire fence, and he's a bad ass, so shit happens! The most challenging thing on days like this to me is the flare on landing. The perspective is just so much different when you are coming straight down or even a little backwards, and an overflare is a terrible thing. It took a long long time to get my flares and micro controls down right without overflaring then coming down too hard, I hate to admit that, but it's the truth.

[@XenoVI]

It almost doesn't seem real when you turn into the wind wow

[@clubsnapperuk]

yay, finally, your super skills and super attitude is developing nicely, How is the Darkside.

[@kyleoglee]

The coffee is great over here!

[@n2daair23]

Then there’s luck, and brother, you’re pushin it! Great job, I guess. BTW, you do have a family, yes?

[@kyleoglee]

Yessir, wife, children, and others. Luck is only a small factor, not something I bank on though.

[@n2daair23]

Ok, but I still say yur pushin it bro.

[@kyleoglee]

Fair assessment@@n2daair23

[@helihandler]

HA! You're sounding like my Dad :-) "Don't do what I do but do what I say! YO !!! OK, but still good advice mate!

[@briantrent1928]

Wow

[@helihandler]

Altho.. by 15:20 you are good man! Most pilots would be on there ass... on there way home... and on the phone to the spare parts department...! And still thinking how NOT to explain it to the wife :-(

[@JohnHansknecht]

That one requires too many brain synapses firing quickly in the proper order. I shall not attempt that one. Scary to watch too.