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I think it's a pretty neat device (based on the last time I checked out their website, a year or so ago.) Generally safe since it's a dune buggy under a parachu
by jerrya 13y ago
I think it's a pretty neat device (based on the last time I checked out their website, a year or so ago.) Generally safe since it's a dune buggy under a parachute, and entirely appropriate or so it seems for their mission, flying a few supplies in and out of Africa and other places with no roads.
And even readily field reparable.
(I am a bit shocked by the $100K price tag.)
- jimzvz 13y ago>...flying a few supplies in and out of Africa and other places with no roads. Maybe you should re-word that.
- sp332 13y agoI thought it was mostly South American jungles. I know of a missionary group that used planes to reach isolated tribes, and the natives switched to cheap(er) paragliders to reach neighboring tribes. https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITEC-Steve-Saint/41142728065 https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITEC-Steve-Saint/41142728065 The group has been working with the Maverick company for years now.
- jerrya 13y agoI thought it was missionaries in Africa, but it's been a year since I looked at their page. I had thought they had a demonstration mission flying from Europe into Africa, but perhaps it was a different "para-car" solution.
- Wingman4l7 13y agoYeah, that's horribly overpriced. You can get a nice powered paraglider with a fancy trike for well under that.
- mbrameld 13y agoYou can get more modest powered paragliders for <$10k. Paratoys and Fresh Breeze are a couple of the more popular brands.