Another option for placing the wingtip strobes... Open the velcro on the leaky butt holes(LBH). Use some zip-ties to close the sleeve inside. Pop your strobes in and close the velcro back up.
Glad you’re getting some winter flying in. Strobes look good. I looked up “self healing wireless synchronization” as noted in the product description. Cool stuff 😎
Cool video, but I guess I was hoping to see the strobes in action. Mine just arrived, and with no instructions included, I guess we just turn them on? I thought we could turn them on/off in flight, but don’t see how that’d work.
Looking forward to how the strobes do over time, I only have one from the original set of 3 that still work thank goodness it's the master. With out the master the rest don't work. Of the group of guys i fly with regularly we all seem to have parts & trash bins full of the first gen smoke strobes... Great flight, great vid, good luck with your purchase! And yes keep us informed with your experience with them.
Lookin good. Im also wishing for spring! Skyflar user here. Lights are well worth it for the safety and the less worry for those late sunset flights... Atom 80 is defintely a smooth little motor.
very nice. i am searching for strobes as well... i saw you launch and land in zero wind. what are your trim settings? dudes at my local park say trims all out for full speed (in my last video i kinda crashed because i was way too fast and didnt even want to try stand that landing in case you wanna have a look). others say 50% and my paraglider manual say all the way in for slowest speed(25km/h). but then they are very close to the stall point of 23km/h. i am really confused. teachers here where i live know nothing and everybody have another opinion.
The reason that you would land trims out, is to land very fast which gives you more flare authority. This is great for somebody who is dialed in. Sometimes I do land trimmed out, and it feels great if you nail it. But 80% of the time, I takeoff and land in the slowest position. It works well for me given my wing, weighting, and nil wind conditions. I would probably trim out if there were 10 kn of wind, or if I were landing at the beach.
@@ParamotorNC my dude. you literally might saved my life. thank you so much for that answer. so tomorrow i have my 3. flight. and trims all way in it is! my wing is 31m and the biggest i could buy last year. max weight is rated for 165kg for PPG. include my moster 185 and all gear i am around 170kg so its already on the faster side to fly that wing. and that means i dont need to worry about stall points now right? 🤗
Yeah , i'm afraid i have to agree . I've been looking at strobes in general , over the last couple of years , to enhance visibility from a safety point of view , but frankly i seriously doubted they are little more than a gimmick . Unfortunately this video has proved exactly that . The honest truth is , even with the close up filming , the wing tip strobes were only just visible , with the helmet strobe basically invisible amongst the clutter behind the guys head . I'm afraid , from videos i've seen , very few people would actually see them let alone be looking for them . I suspect they would be on top of you , before they even saw you , and by then the strobes would be the least of their worries . And i'm afraid that even includes military pilots , who often have an even higher workload . An aircraft flying at 100mph , is covering a single mile , in something like one and a half minutes , some of the high performance stuff reduces that to seconds . I will concede closer to sunset they may well give a small advantage , but these lights are so low output , it would be easy for them to get lost in low level clutter , at dusk . The only time they may gain is with an aircraft on the same level , or lower than ones self . Of course it could be argued that's the point , but remember i said may , other factors become involved here . Hands up here , it's rare for me to be airborne late evening anyway . I fly a hang glider , and also being power rated , i use a Doodlebug power harness . Disassembly of this outfit , in the dark , is a sure way of losing something . I've done it , but didn't enjoy it . Nah in conclusion , this review was very good , but to be honest , i think i'll start looking in a different direction , strobes are definitely not the answer .
@@ParamotorNC I bet. Definitely been a bit chilly here in the Carolinas. I just ordered my skymax star paramotor from Brad Roper so eagerly awaiting it to arrive straight from Russia and then off to training this spring with Brook
Bought these strobe a week or so ago. They have not worked correctly yet. I have to play with the on and off switch to get it to turn on over half the time. After charging for 3 hours, I went for a 15 minute flight and when I landed, only two were still blinking. You have any suggestions or have you had issues as well?
It says to tether them into the wing tips. Can you please upload a video showing how or upload a TikTok? Or did you just leave them in the corners freely?
Awesome strobes, thanks for sharing 🪂🪂
I've been looking at these, thanks for doing a quick review on them! I like it!
Nice vid, thanks for the info. Yes, the PPG Smoke Strobes are awesome!
Had a chance to see a set of these last week. Impressive system. 👍
Another option for placing the wingtip strobes... Open the velcro on the leaky butt holes(LBH). Use some zip-ties to close the sleeve inside. Pop your strobes in and close the velcro back up.
Strobes are cool ... esp at dusk ...
Glad you’re getting some winter flying in. Strobes look good. I looked up “self healing wireless synchronization” as noted in the product description. Cool stuff 😎
Watching for the next weather window... thinking we might have smooth air on Sunday.
Cool video, but I guess I was hoping to see the strobes in action. Mine just arrived, and with no instructions included, I guess we just turn them on? I thought we could turn them on/off in flight, but don’t see how that’d work.
Looking forward to how the strobes do over time, I only have one from the original set of 3 that still work thank goodness it's the master. With out the master the rest don't work. Of the group of guys i fly with regularly we all seem to have parts & trash bins full of the first gen smoke strobes...
Great flight, great vid, good luck with your purchase! And yes keep us informed with your experience with them.
Yeah, I think the track record on gen 1 is good context. We will see how these hold up. Appreciate the note. - Ben
Lookin good. Im also wishing for spring! Skyflar user here. Lights are well worth it for the safety and the less worry for those late sunset flights... Atom 80 is defintely a smooth little motor.
Thanks Shane. Hope you are getting some flight time too!
@@ParamotorNC Im a warm weather weenie. Soon tho, soon....
Great video I hope they improved the charging port over the last version.
Thanks. I was having fun out there. Yeah I’ll let you know if these things hold up over time.
Nice review (and stunning scenery!). Did you notice any difference on the "recovery" of the wing after the pulling of big ears?
Thank you. I have not pulled big ears with the strobe yet.
very nice. i am searching for strobes as well...
i saw you launch and land in zero wind. what are your trim settings? dudes at my local park say trims all out for full speed (in my last video i kinda crashed because i was way too fast and didnt even want to try stand that landing in case you wanna have a look). others say 50% and my paraglider manual say all the way in for slowest speed(25km/h).
but then they are very close to the stall point of 23km/h. i am really confused. teachers here where i live know nothing and everybody have another opinion.
The reason that you would land trims out, is to land very fast which gives you more flare authority. This is great for somebody who is dialed in. Sometimes I do land trimmed out, and it feels great if you nail it. But 80% of the time, I takeoff and land in the slowest position. It works well for me given my wing, weighting, and nil wind conditions. I would probably trim out if there were 10 kn of wind, or if I were landing at the beach.
@@ParamotorNC my dude. you literally might saved my life. thank you so much for that answer. so tomorrow i have my 3. flight.
and trims all way in it is! my wing is 31m and the biggest i could buy last year. max weight is rated for 165kg for PPG. include my moster 185 and all gear i am around 170kg so its already on the faster side to fly that wing. and that means i dont need to worry about stall points now right? 🤗
Nice
Don't know when you turned them on. Didnt see them till about 7.30 in.
Yeah , i'm afraid i have to agree . I've been looking at strobes in general , over the last couple of years , to enhance visibility from a safety point of view , but frankly i seriously doubted they are little more than a gimmick . Unfortunately this video has proved exactly that .
The honest truth is , even with the close up filming , the wing tip strobes were only just visible , with the helmet strobe basically invisible amongst the clutter behind the guys head . I'm afraid , from videos i've seen , very few people would actually see them let alone be looking for them . I suspect they would be on top of you , before they even saw you , and by then the strobes would be the least of their worries . And i'm afraid that even includes military pilots , who often have an even higher workload . An aircraft flying at 100mph , is covering a single mile , in something like one and a half minutes , some of the high performance stuff reduces that to seconds .
I will concede closer to sunset they may well give a small advantage , but these lights are so low output , it would be easy for them to get lost in low level clutter , at dusk . The only time they may gain is with an aircraft on the same level , or lower than ones self . Of course it could be argued that's the point , but remember i said may , other factors become involved here .
Hands up here , it's rare for me to be airborne late evening anyway . I fly a hang glider , and also being power rated , i use a Doodlebug power harness . Disassembly of this outfit , in the dark , is a sure way of losing something . I've done it , but didn't enjoy it .
Nah in conclusion , this review was very good , but to be honest , i think i'll start looking in a different direction , strobes are definitely not the answer .
Love the video
Thanks, it felt so good to be up in the air.
@@ParamotorNC I bet. Definitely been a bit chilly here in the Carolinas. I just ordered my skymax star paramotor from Brad Roper so eagerly awaiting it to arrive straight from Russia and then off to training this spring with Brook
@@tango_sierra8608 awesome. Good stuff. Look forward to flying with you!
Bought these strobe a week or so ago. They have not worked correctly yet. I have to play with the on and off switch to get it to turn on over half the time. After charging for 3 hours, I went for a 15 minute flight and when I landed, only two were still blinking. You have any suggestions or have you had issues as well?
Yikes. I have had zero issues with these strobe. I thought they just releases an improved version recently.
Hoping they will replace one of them. I think it is the switch or the battery. I will probably post a video of the issue that I'm having.
It says to tether them into the wing tips. Can you please upload a video showing how or upload a TikTok? Or did you just leave them in the corners freely?
I just left them in the corners freely. But that may have been a mistake because one of my strobes went missing and I don’t know when or how. 😳
Where can I buy it?! Can you send me a link pease?
ppgsmoke.com/products/strobe-system
I was thinking of picking them up, but I see you no longer use them can I ask why?
I do still use one of the 3 strobes on my helmet. But I only turn it on as I get close to sunset. I think I lost one.