Team Fly Halo 2016 European factory tour is complete! Shane and I cleared our schedules and headed to Europe to meet up with SCOUT manufacturer and innovator Miroslav Svec, Team Niviuk in Spain, ParaJet in the UK, and Vittorazi Engines in Italy. The tour started in Spain at the 2016 Las Candelas Paramotor fly-in located just outside the sleepy town of La Puebla. Known for being the first fly-in of the year in Europe, Las Candelas was a well organized event which included: a giant tent for PPG and food vendors, plenty of spectators, lots of flying demos, trike tandem rides, and plenty of amazing views and beautiful countryside …
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SCOUT 185 Plus “Clutch” Carbon Paramotor Testing
SCOUT paramotors HQ recently began testing of a highly anticipated new engine on the carbon paramotor frame. This new engine is from Vittorazi Engines ad we’re hoping it will be a great success for the industry. Formally called the Vittorazi Moster 185 Plus this new engine is utilizing a clutch system and belt drive system to keep the prop spinning in the same direction as regular Moster 185’s. Apparently the paramotor gods realized how many pilots wanted a setup like this and we are happy to say the least! Here are some quick highlights on this new paramotor …
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SCOUT Paramotor Meets the New Thor 190 Lite
13.8KG of engine weight, 27 hp, wrapped up in a sleek carbon fiber frame? Yes please! The first Thor 190 Lite powered SCOUT paramotor has been completed and just arrived here in the USA today. Testing will begin immediately on this new engine. The SCOUT team in Slovakia redesigned the frame to accommodate this new engine from Polini. We plan on putting 50 hours on it before we make the call to equip customer SCOUTs with this new engine or not. We want you to enjoy your time in the air, let us do the testing to …
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The Aerial Vehicle of Choice – Dude I Want That!
It’s always fun when our sport gets “maintstream coverage.” Recently DudeIWantThat.com found our SCOUT paramotor online and shared one of our favorite films from Javi Malaguita as well. “…would paramotoring not be a fantastic, traffic-and-other-human-being-free form of transportation? I could literally fly to work. Cars, stoplights, construction, bodies of water: Hasta la vista, Gilipollas!” They later went on to add: “To ensure people who have no business using a SCOUT do not buy one, one of Jeff Bezos’ drones will trail all paramotor deliveries to take a photograph of required licensing. Those who cannot produce the proper documents will be punished either …
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A Major Success At Las Candelas
Photo Credit – Paramotor Magazine. Paco Guerra banks the SCOUT. The SCOUT was the interest of many pilots at Las Candelas this year! We had pilots from all over Europe get to see the SCOUT in person and of course fly each of our models too. Here’s a video showcasing some of the fun had as well as some SCOUT flying action!
Scout Paramotor Update – Delivery Schedule – Intro Pricing Ending
Quick update on the SCOUT – We are expecting the first wave of deliveries of the SCOUT to start arriving in just a few weeks time. Introductory pricing expires at the end of this week (August 31st) which will include SCOUT cage bags, SCOUT prop, SafeStart and is $500.00 less than the upcoming standard pricing of the SCOUT paramotor. Contact us for more details.
Scout Paramotor Getting Air Time in Twin Falls, Idaho
Check out this video that Shane Denherder put together of a recent flight in Twin Falls, Idaho. The Scout Paramotor is a pleasure to fly in many different environments. It lets you enjoy the scenery more and worry about flying a little bit less. Everything just works, and it works well!