Take-off tutorial - SCOUT Zero pod harness with climb assist

SCOUT Zero is not a paramotor. It is a true paragliding pod harness that can be flown with or without climb assist.
It allows the pilots to take off in flat land and use to engine to climb to the nearest thermal. No more waking up at 6am to travel to the mountains hoping for flyable weather. Simply look out of the window to check the weather and if it seems promising just get out of town to any suitable field. And be ready to take off in 5 minutes from parking your car.
Therefor take-off procedure is VERY DIFFERENT from that with a paramotor. So even if you have paramotor experience you must watch this tutorial. If you do it right, your experience will be joyful.
Have the shoulder straps very tight to keep the engine stable. Having the shoulder straps lose would cause the climb assist to wiggle on your back under power and you will notice some tendencies to twist.
Have the leg straps tight. Having them loose will make it more difficult to get seated.
Watch our other video tutorials:
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See all the details and specs: • Scout Zero details, sp...
Full uncut video of the take-off: • Full uncut video of th...
How to adjust the harness: • Initial adjustment tut...
How to install the climb assist: • Converting paragliding...
How to assemble the cage: • Ready to fly in 5 minu...
We hope the SCOUT Zero will allow many pilots to do more paragliding.
- less forecast checking
- lees traveling
- less trying and failing
- more paragliding = anywhere, anytime and in any wind direction
For more information please visit www.scoutaviation.com/paragliding

[@adamsilver7268]

My wife never watches ppg videos with me, but she sat through this one from start to finish. Then oddly enough, she made me play many other videos from this channel and couldn't take her eyes off screen. I found this strange but I'm just happy she's watching paramotor content with me.

[@SCOUTaviation]

Hugs and kisses!

[@moonsynth]

Someone likes Miro! =)

[@kalbic]

I think your wife may have been paying more attention to Miroslav than anything else

[@error.418]

@@moonsynth same

[@Paradicted]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but my wife who has less than zero interest in paramotoring or paragliding, watched the entire video as well. Apparently, Miro has some strange effect on women. 😉

[@skywalk_India]

Your videos are very much informative for pilots.

[@mateuszk8616]

Great to see it's final

[@tomasmrazik2862]

Tnx for nice video and simple instructions 👍🏻

[@kemaldeveci1978]

it was a very good vt informative video I wish you continued success I think it is a very good video for beginners.

[@SCOUTaviation]

Our intention was not to replace training. We intentionalyy did not make this a complete guide. We only wanted to highlight the specifics of our harness and the differences in techniques compared to taking-off with regular harness off the hill or with a regular paramotor.

[@VishTa_7]

Admired! Thanks.

[@michroz]

I sometimes use the pod from APCO. I like that it is attached to pilot's front on takeoff and in the air pilot puts their legs to the pod from below, not from above. The cocoon trailing behind on takeoff looks a little dangerously close to the prop (hence the power start is not allowed). Maybe the same would be possible with your pod, if you make an opening on the pod's bottom and step into this opening on takeoff (temporarily attaching the pod's legs part to the pilot's front).

[@SCOUTaviation]

We tried the cocoon in the front. The previous version was like that. I think this is better because I can get into the cocoon without using my hands. No power starts rule is but related to cocoon at all. It is because we made wanted to keep the cage light and thin and aerodynamic, thus not so strong. Power start might flex the cage into the prop in stronger winds. You can’t have it all.

[@marzojo]

This is an amazing achievement, I'm amazed. I had an idea which you might try, to help ease the need for so much strap pressure with the harness. Instead of just a seat-board, why not a couple of additional segments? Like a lower-back/lumbar region, cup? And then a second segment for the shoulder area. 3D printing, but 3 to 4 mm thick carbon fiber creations could be nice. To transfer that engine force into the pilot. Ha! The lumbar unit sells for $40 and is called a "back-joy". It is a beautifully molded combination of molded, tough polyethylene, and soft/resilient polyurethane foam. Thanks for this creation of flying excellence.

[@rshch2893]

Комент в поддержку.

[@turkeyphant]

What is the total weight of engine, frame and harness?

[@HeliFly1987]

What's that thing your scout is sitting on before you put the harness on? That looks cool.. would it work with other paramotors?

[@AdiAsaf]

Great vid to say the least. Wanted to know why you chose to use the cocoon? Is this for competition?

[@SCOUTaviation]

Maybe one day there will be a separate competition category for assisted paragliding. For now it is meant for frustrated flat land pilots who refused to give up their paragliding identity. Like me:-)

[@johnmarkharris]

Shake the ‘what?’ on your back, did you say?

[@Michael-xz8tp]

this is real ppg

[@pavolsliva3198]

Kedy to už bude v predaji aká tam bude cena stále to tu len videá fotky a stroja nikde

[@3398511285g]

Why not electric?

[@SCOUTaviation]

We never said no to electric. At this moment electric and combustion seem to be equivalent for the first take-off but then comes the difference. If you are inpatient and you take off to find out the thermals not there yet, you consumed your battery and go home. With combustion you still have plenty fuel for next try. If you end up flying the thermals with the wind far away, with combustion engine you would have still enough fuel to fly home low to the ground where the headwind is lower. yet our invention is based in the variable geometry. We can fit any motor to it.

[@slazmojj]

Can you loosen the hip belt in flight? Do you need to tighten the shoulder straps, etc. again before landing?

[@SCOUTaviation]

Never had the need to loosen the hip strap. I sometimes tighten the shoulder straps for landing if I want to land on power. For off power landing it does not matter.

[@sillstars]

Wouldn't this be the perfect environment for an electric motor?

[@SCOUTaviation]

True. We hope the batteries will get better in the near future

[@sillstars]

@@SCOUTaviation Yes but in this case, the runtime for the motor will be less then 20 minutes

[@itsADL]

How does it behave it the bumpy air we usually like in paragliding?

[@SCOUTaviation]

Surprisingly well. At the beginning I was afraid that the extra weight in the back would cause some twisting tendencies or something but it felt the same.

[@itsADL]

@@SCOUTaviation Do you plan on doing a SIV with it?

[@stanleydenning]

Who does this?

[@SCOUTaviation]

scoutaviation.com

[@Paradicted]

What are the pros and cons in comparison with the soon to be released (no drag) ducted fan power pod?

[@SCOUTaviation]

I can only answer theoretically as I have not seen or flown the fulcrum pod. First there is no reason to believe the ducted pod has less drag than the Zero. Small props are very inefficient (even if ducted) so to transmit same power with a small diameter they must use many more blades inside the duct, more like a fan. Those blades are exposed to airflow and cause drag when engine switched off . Also the drag is a function of the frontal area and the duct itself is quite robust. The cage of the Zero is minimalistic and a folding prop is in development to minimize drag. Secondly, the ducted pod utilizes metal bars under the arms of the pilot like regular paramotors do. The Zero is a regular paragliding harness flyable without the engine too and preserves the same agility, weight-shift and feeling. Thirdly, they developed a brand new engine for this purpose which makes the development process much longer and comes with questions about reliability and availability of spares. I guess they did it because with a small and inefficient prop they need a lot more power to get the same thrust. We used a well proven and reliable engine widely used on paramotors by lightweight pilots... and made the development easier for us and maintenance easier for the pilots. But i am a huge fan of any innovation and I like some aspects of it. I wonder how the metal bars work because I tried them too but failed to utilize them well. respect if they succeeded. I also think the duct looks cool and less like a paramotor. I am curious how they managed to do the duct with a two stroke engine. Based om a NASA study, in order to exploit the benefits of the duct the gap between the prop tip and the duct must be just few millimeters. We tried but the vibrations made the prop hitting the duct. Also upon a hard/impact landing the engine's momentum will make it swing on the rubber mounts and the prop hits the duct on inside. They must have done an excellent job in reducing vibrations or they made the gap larger and thus lost he benefits of the duct. Anyway, I am curious to see it once they release it. Do you have any updates on the release date> Haven't heard of them since then. wow, i did not think i would ever write such a long comment.

[@tartaria936]

this is not a paramotor. so do i need paramotor or regular flying licence? :D

[@SCOUTaviation]

Depends on the legislation in upper country.

[@tartaria936]

czech and netherlands?@@SCOUTaviation

[@MechInvent]

How is it not a paramotor with a motor? Brb I'm going to go ride my motorized bicycle that isn't a motorcycle.

[@SCOUTaviation]

If you want a paramotor don’t buy this one. You would be disappointed. If you want to do paragliding soaring thermals with engine off, this is the best for you.

[@misterdeplorable2088]

Cool now when you crash into the water and they have to fish you out you will already be in a body bag ....convenient

[@SCOUTaviation]

All paragliding pod harnesses are like this. And it is no problem because there are no thermals over the water, so we have no reason to fly over water. For paramotoring flying over water is not advised but certainly done more often. But the SCOUT Zero is not a paramotor.

[@carltonamarion5978]

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