FlyBoard successful 21.7 mile flight

[98valk]

https://abcnews.go.com/International/french-bird-man-franky-zapata-successfully-crosses-english/story?id=64763747&cid=social_twitter_abcn

[mhallock]

Very Cool!!! 

Mark

[old2soon]

      How KEWL is That?  Thinkin I want one Once the range is extended.  RIDE SAFE.

[0leman]

Think it is pretty KWEL also. 

Lets see he took 22 minutes to do the flight, but needed one stop in the middle.  So he actually flew 11 minutes on one "tank of gas".   Either needs a bigger tank (I/S tank) or different fuel.  Still it making progress on getting me a flying platform to zoom into town on.  Maybe before it kick the bucket.

[Tx Bohemian]

"...progress on getting me a flying platform to zoom..."

Don't you already own a Valkyrie?


But, WOW!!
100mph! On a stinking board!!

All well and good as long as everything is working properly. But have an engine failure...  YIKES!!!

[scooperhsd]

"...progress on getting me a flying platform to zoom..."

Don't you already own a Valkyrie?


But, WOW!!
100mph! On a stinking board!!

All well and good as long as everything is working properly. But have an engine failure...  YIKES!!!

I guess he would be taking a swim

[98valk]

"...progress on getting me a flying platform to zoom..."

Don't you already own a Valkyrie?


But, WOW!!
100mph! On a stinking board!!

All well and good as long as everything is working properly. But have an engine failure...  YIKES!!!

I guess he would be taking a swim

the first try he did. this was his second try.

[Tx Bohemian]

"...progress on getting me a flying platform to zoom..."

Don't you already own a Valkyrie?


But, WOW!!
100mph! On a stinking board!!

All well and good as long as everything is working properly. But have an engine failure...  YIKES!!!

I guess he would be taking a swim

Yeah, as long as he's over water!

I googled this guy and he states there is a redundant system (basically 2 motors) and if one fails the other should produce enough power to land safely, supposedly.
Hope the odds of both motors failing at the same time are astronomical!

Then you wonder how fast this thing will sink and could you free yourself quick enough.
I'm interested in "Powered Paramotors" and in researching there seems to be some units that, evidently, you're strapped in the harness at multiple points and it takes awhile to release.
Pilots have drowned after an emergency landing in water.

[Rams]

Looks like fun.

Thinking that if a guy was wearing one of those wing suits and used that set up, one might be able to get some pretty good horizontal speed up, at least until ya hit that mountain top. 

Rams