Then the thermalling fun starts.
Also: what is the weight of this configuration and could add some more?
Thanks that is a weight I could cope with I guess.
And you don’t want to go full throttle on your gas Paramotor either. The engine manufacturer recommend to go full throttle only a short amount of time, if necessary.
Yeah, flying lower is what is most of fun
I have logged about 50 flights with my electric setup and compared amp hours to flying minutes. A large effect is the wing you are flying. The best we have achieved is about 1.3Ah per minute and the worst about 2.1 ah/min. Where we fly near the coast, in good conditions you can fly until you have to pee… one thing about height, low is more fun, BUT flying near cloud, what I call 'kissing" clouds is awe inspiring. it IS cold though…
hello, statements about power consumption are always very interesting. even more interesting for other pilots if you know the total take-off weight. if you like you can write it yes. just as interesting would be the voltage to the ampere. It is a huge difference if you use with 40 V, 45 V or 50 V at 1.3 A.Thank you
Look for a thermal and climb at lower power settings
In our case, pilot weight is 80 kG, paramotor is 27 kG… so 107 kG
I’d like to see some rethinking about weight distribution while we’re at it. With gas paramotors it’s all about the motor, with electric paramotors it’s about the batteries, and there’s no reason that all that weight needs to be on the back. Some could be chest-mounted, some could even be attached to the thighs - eliminating the tired backbone from the equation entirely!
it does not have to do with the project here. I mention it only as an info. since 2014 i use seat boards on some e-ppg where i install the half 20 Ah in the carbon seatboard. the other 20 Ah are very close to the back. since 2016 I use in pure XC projects a container which is built under the thigh in the harness with 37 Ah. I personally do not like a battery on the front container because my parachute and the flying instruments are there. With a classic paramotor like the 4 engine concept, I would like the design like the engineer of the 4 Motor concept to make the battery very close to the back. So handling is the easiest for everyday flights and does not bother…
What volts are you running at? 24? Knowing the volts is pretty important to figure your power usage.
Not sure if its posted somewhere else, but what is the capacity of the two packs?
Here’s one place we’ve gone over it. Just look through the power system category for all the battery related discussion. Paul got some really awesome Bonka brand LiPos that he tested out in this thread.
Right now the Bonkas are looking like the top contenders in terms of batteries available.
Where in the UK would we order batteries and what’s the price For them generally?
The battery im using are the Bonka 22000mah 6s 25c. We have been just ordering directly from the manufacturer to save money on the batteries and shipping cost. If you want in on the nex buy group let me know we are doing one here in the next few days. Each of the 22000mah is $220 just to give you an idea.
I’d like to get 4 on the next buy group also.
I’d like to get in on the next Bonka buy too.