• jode@pawb.socialOPEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      I’ve been flying experimental for my whole life and a bunch of my friends have these things too. A good deal popped up on marketplace so I jumped on it. Now I’m waiting for spring so I can bang out some training and practice.

      • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Where/how do you practice?

        As a lay person, I’d guess that over water, where you can fall safely.

        But then there’s the whole drowning thing.

        • jode@pawb.socialOPEnglish
          3·
          6 days ago

          Large empty areas or small airports in class g airspace. Water is a no go, these things kill people when they splash down. There are automatic inflating floatation devices designed for these things to keep them from dragging you down.

          • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            I am not an adrenaline junkie, but I do take risks. I’ve flown in an open cockpit plane, done snowmobiles and jet skis, paraglided, and I love scuba.

            You ain’t getting me within a thousand yards* of one of those.

            [914.4 meters for the non-Americans]

            • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todayEnglish
              4·
              6 days ago

              Experimental Airships are like Experimental Firearms: They’re very interesting when you can watch someone else demonstrate them, at a safe distance.

  • bdonvrAEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    How much do these run? Is it just the seat/motor/prop or is a wing included generally?

    • jode@pawb.socialOPEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      New ones are sold separate. So you buy the “motor” which has the seat motor prop part and then pair it with a wing that you like. Used is all over the place. I couldn’t tell you what new stuff goes for these days cos tariffs but used motors are generally 4-6k and wings are around 1500 used.