Good show, wouldnt it be great if we all had one to run about in lol!!

Hi Jason, at £30 -£40k it would have to be a rich pers toy.

Good show though! Got me to wonder how much genuine flying was done. I have the suspicion that
there was relatively little?

Still it has me working out the logistics of if we were to mount a paramotoring expedition down the west coast of Africa.
What kind of vehicles would be needed?
How many pilots would be interested/would be needed?
Pilots flying every second day/driving every second day, recovery bikes, what charities could we involve?
What sponsership? etc etc etc

mmmmmmm?


Mike Hastings

Yes- Good show but i was a little dissapointed with the car.... I think they focused too heavily on ruggedising the car aspect.... and with a lighter car, they could have flown more of the trip.
Not that i'm biased, but i do like the FB Excitor.... I'd much prefer a car that looked like this, and has proven flying characteristics.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jguj9fE_4uc
The back/front seating arrangement also has many more advantages instead of the side by side arrangement.

There were also some silly little things that just shouldn't have happened in the show...... (reminded me of Mission Everest) i couldn't belive Gilo pushed on for a take off despite the long run.... and ultimately hit the tree....
Thermic conditions here are bad enough, North Africa... it's gotta be worse!!!

Would be a great expetition to do Mike... I'd rather keep the whole expetiton a lot more mobile.... with air support if possible (heli).. Would be more expensive, but safer. Also security would be a real big issue... it's a real dangerous place!!!!


GD

certainly a riviting watch - although it looked like they had made the skycar and then done the math, a two seater car but a one seater aircraft. the morroco landing, the first spanish take off and Gilos sarahan attempted take off can only reinforce the CAAs position.

Just back from spain some great free flying and met up with jerrys old flying partner in motril http://www.youtube.com/user/parapentetropical#p/a the lad in this video (ex motor racing engineer) has tricked out one of these buggies for acro, low c of g and extra power on his tuned 4 stroke daihatsu combined with a 3 plade prop for more thrust, watch out for a few more records being broken

Must remember to bring spare spark plug on next long trip!...? All left a bit late in terms of flight testing etc, but good show, and brave effort. Oisin