Swiss pilot Andy Aebi foot-launched his paramotor from Wildberg airport in Germany and flew a 883km FAI triangle on 15 July. He has put in a claim with the FAI for a paramotor closed-circuit World distance record.
Andy launched at 5:46am and was in the air for 14 hours and five minutes. His sights were initially set on a 1,000km flight, but he experienced problems with the fuel system, losing some fuel, and had to shorten the second leg, making it a 911km tracklog distance and an 883km FAI triangle.
Phi’s Benni Hörburger commented, “He still had two hours – he had time, but it was rather difficult without petrol!”
Andy was flying a Phi Scala 2 13, the smaller-than-standard size made specially for the record. It was powered by a Miniplane paramotor with a Top 80 engine. He launched with 60 litres of fuel onboard, and a take-off weight of 150kg. It was some take-off run!
The Scala 2 is a high EN-C wing, the full-weight version of Phi’s X-Alps wing. Phi say it has an “extremely stable aerofoil”. Hannes Papesh answered a question on Facebook, “So does this mean Phi are coming in to paramotoring?” with a “Yes, we try to!”
See the flight on XContest.
