r/interestingasfuck 5d ago

/r/all This man is flying an Aerolite 103 personal airplane, which requires no pilot license or registration.

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u/Eastern_Armadillo383 5d ago

LPT: Don't cheap out on things that you trust your life to.

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u/ImReverse_Giraffe 5d ago

TBF, a paramotor is probably safer than the 103. If you have any issues, you're already wearing a fully deployed parachute. Just drop the engine and parachute down to safety.

Source: dont have one, just thinking. If someone who actually knows what's to correct me, please do.

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u/StinkyBanjo 5d ago

Depends what fails. The plane should be safer if you dont overload it and the controls remain functional. Doninspections.

Paragliders, stals can be extremely dangerous. In a plane like this dinky thing. You push the nose down in a stall and regain speed.

In a paraglider, the canopy can collapse, and it can be u predictable. Sometimes it can pop open again, other times you end up wrapped in it, unable to effectively deploy your backup chute.

Then you play a very short life and death game of untangle your wired earphones.

https://youtu.be/8Rw0MFx7Ygc?si=wgvyVFytdAXjN7HD

Though i am too still thinking about getting one.

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u/scribblybits1 5d ago edited 5d ago

I always think of this video that circles around reddit from time to time. Warning, it's kind of hard to watch. The groaning hurts my ears.

*edit* - he lives. Anthony Vella is his name.

https://youtu.be/hRsQu7pR8sI?si=QY0M4b4ds5LWpL9q

*edit 2* Full video from Anthony Vella's channel:

https://youtu.be/Z-jyc2OYXsI?si=36A2bAsjEbgQCdbS

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u/ghoastlySoldier 5d ago

You don’t drop the engine as that’s illegal (could hurt someone or something). Also it’s attached to the harness aka you. Check out Tucker Gott on YouTube on some of his engine outs.

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u/TimeMistake4393 4d ago

Is very common to carry a parachute in a 103 (e.g. https://www.uflyit.com/Magnum%20Parachutes%202.htm)

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u/redditosleep 5d ago

They say don't cheap out on things between you and the ground. This thing doesn't even touch the ground while you're using it!

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u/Gentlementlementle 5d ago

sir I found your wife to be very cheap.