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I had a video come up on my recommended, had a look.
This guy took his paramotor up to 17,500' and I was thinking what the heck rules do these large parasail type motor propelled aircraft have to follow ??!!
Looking about, I found rules with nothing mentioned about altitude limits, mostly separation from clouds.
Part 103 rules and registration etc
So, is a much larger aircraft like this able to get away without 400', 1000' or whatever altitude limits because someone is sitting in a pilots seat ?
Further, there are no requirements to be licensed at all to fly these !!
Just aircraft registration (airman certification ?) and certification of the aircraft.
I guess VLOS is irrelevant, having someone in the pilots seat to avoid other aircraft is the big difference, just kind of astounding that there seems to be very little need for this type of aircraft to abide by more stringent rules.
Any similar paramotor type pilots out there that can share some insights / experiences ?
Thoughts from anyone are welcome too.
I wasn't going to post the video, but figure he says it was all legal / legit, so no foul I guess . . .
This guy took his paramotor up to 17,500' and I was thinking what the heck rules do these large parasail type motor propelled aircraft have to follow ??!!
Looking about, I found rules with nothing mentioned about altitude limits, mostly separation from clouds.
Part 103 rules and registration etc
So, is a much larger aircraft like this able to get away without 400', 1000' or whatever altitude limits because someone is sitting in a pilots seat ?
Further, there are no requirements to be licensed at all to fly these !!
Just aircraft registration (airman certification ?) and certification of the aircraft.
I guess VLOS is irrelevant, having someone in the pilots seat to avoid other aircraft is the big difference, just kind of astounding that there seems to be very little need for this type of aircraft to abide by more stringent rules.
Any similar paramotor type pilots out there that can share some insights / experiences ?
Thoughts from anyone are welcome too.
I wasn't going to post the video, but figure he says it was all legal / legit, so no foul I guess . . .