Learning to fly the HobbyKing Paramotor ~ Test Flight with Touch and Goes :)

This is the second flight of my HobbyKing Paramotor. On the maiden flight the motor burnt out 3 minutes into the flight. HobbyKing promptly replaced the motor (with an upgraded Turnigy D3542/5 1250KV). Such a great fun model and lovely to fly. I use 2 x 2100mAh batteries in parallel for a flight time of over 8 minutes. Total gondolier weight about 1700g

[@Helistoeny]

Love mine, too. Nice flying

[@darkofc]

Nice field and nice flying! Spent whole modelimg life with fixed wings - didn't expected this could be so much fun ..

[@crannaford]

Indeed it is a great field, we're very lucky. I fly fixed wing too but this is my go-to model at the moment. Very enjoyable indeed. I had watched your touch and go video by the way :)

[@Dronesteve-72]

Flight time of 8 mins? I get 48 mins on a 5000 3 cell pack

[@crannaford]

Yeah, from memory I had my timer set to 8 minutes, probably flew for nearer 9 and had about 25% left when I landed. I'm also a novice flying model paramotors and I'm sure I was using too much power on the early flights. I do have some larger battery packs on the way (7200mAh) because I've got it loaded up with useless ballast at the moment...it may as well be batteries. I'll update next time I fly.