Thank you for posting your accident and all the details. Sry for the hate some dummies have given you. For the rest of us it's a stark reminder to be more thorough. I for one have double checked my wing once airborne thoroughly and before watching your video I had nearly stopped doing so past the wingtip checks on taxi.
Hi Adam , really enjoyed thkis video again, you have great understanding Neigbhors and wow what a lovely place/Area to fly in , great especially for the 30 minute hop up air time flights .Nice to hear the SP140 is still used , im grounded now so my dream of continued flight will have to pass :-( but seeing you guys flying is worth it . thanks for posting another great clip
Nice! enjoyed flying with you and Mitch the other day! Love your comment about the silver lining. I flew 2 days ago and found my self giving the lines/wing a triple check...thinking of Anthony as I did it. Looking forward to the next time! Cheers!
EVERYTHING you said makes sense and i agree with you 100%. - from the anxiety of a faulty unit - sp140 is really nice to fly - anthonys situation and wing talk - wind makes difference i was sitting here having your video on fullscreen and kept nodding my head off until the last minute please do more of these longer random flying vlogs
Yes, the silver lining of Anthony's accident is that he is reminding others to double check the lines and glider. It may just save someone else from tragedy.
Great video Adam and I have known Anthony for a while as well, we both have the Xenit trike and I think you are spot on. I am so glad he is around to tell this story and I believe it does make us all better pilots for the information. Be interesting if they ever come up with a big enough E-motor and battery for a trike like mine. Most of my flights are about 45 minutes to an hour. Where is it you fly out of? Beautiful area!
Great job Adam👏Thank you for the content. I’ve ordered my sp140, but it’s not yet delivered due to back order items. Obviously I haven’t tested it, so can’t comment on that. But, I did had an excellent so far customer support experience with Paul. Keep rocking it 👍🏼
Adam do you have experience with modifying the ESC settings for the SP140? Random question to ask on here, but I'm struggling to find the correct information on OpenPPG's forum. Any help would be appreciated!
Yeah there's always a risk of something catastrophic... I'm trusting the bms to cut off as it's likely more conservative when it comes to temps. I had a lithium battery start of fire (in my trailer) and it didn't blow up or burst into flames but I had a toxic smoke for about 20 min... burned itself from the inside out. So I'm hoping there would be time to land (or jump 😅)
Nice flight. I'd love to try out that SP140 (maybe I'll win Tucker's LOL). MT-based PG/PPG pilot here. Personal well-wishes aside (which I have in spades for Vella, he's the bomb), the unfortunate [and IMHO most critical] factor in his accident had nothing to do with the tension knot, or testing speedbar (he still had ~1-1/2" available even), or even the hands-off flying. It was all about terrain separation. If the exact same incident happened at 800' AGL instead of 80', he'd have almost certainly recovered it (or at least could have tossed the laundry) and it just would have been a scare. I see a lot of pilots blaming the gear, or getting after him for holding his phone, or being more dedicated to line checks, and all of those are great things. But it's altitude that saves us. I haven't seen enough people talk about that.
Spot on! I definitely should have brought that up as though I do use speed bar quite often I'm not under 500' usually closer to 1k for that buffer. I might modify the description to make that point thanks for bringing that up..
You’re welcome! Love you, brother.
Thank you for posting your accident and all the details. Sry for the hate some dummies have given you. For the rest of us it's a stark reminder to be more thorough. I for one have double checked my wing once airborne thoroughly and before watching your video I had nearly stopped doing so past the wingtip checks on taxi.
@@nathanadkins58 That is great! He'll appreciate knowing he's helped people make better choices!
Hi Adam , really enjoyed thkis video again, you have great understanding Neigbhors and wow what a lovely place/Area to fly in , great especially for the 30 minute hop up air time flights .Nice to hear the SP140 is still used , im grounded now so my dream of continued flight will have to pass :-( but seeing you guys flying is worth it . thanks for posting another great clip
I apprecitate it brother, glad you are finding a way to get a "partial" fix for flight.
Nice! enjoyed flying with you and Mitch the other day! Love your comment about the silver lining. I flew 2 days ago and found my self giving the lines/wing a triple check...thinking of Anthony as I did it. Looking forward to the next time! Cheers!
Yeah that was a fun little cross country. We'll have to get up again soon!
EVERYTHING you said makes sense and i agree with you 100%.
- from the anxiety of a faulty unit
- sp140 is really nice to fly
- anthonys situation and wing talk
- wind makes difference
i was sitting here having your video on fullscreen and kept nodding my head off until the last minute
please do more of these longer random flying vlogs
Thanks buddy... these types of videos are much easier to edit and post 😅
@@adam-newbloom i am working on an EPPG to fix all issues. did you see it adam?
Yes, the silver lining of Anthony's accident is that he is reminding others to double check the lines and glider. It may just save someone else from tragedy.
Great video Adam and I have known Anthony for a while as well, we both have the Xenit trike and I think you are spot on. I am so glad he is around to tell this story and I believe it does make us all better pilots for the information. Be interesting if they ever come up with a big enough E-motor and battery for a trike like mine. Most of my flights are about 45 minutes to an hour. Where is it you fly out of? Beautiful area!
About 30 min from Knoxville, TN. Yeah it is a great place to fly. A trike version would be amazing! Load up the batteries
Great job Adam👏Thank you for the content. I’ve ordered my sp140, but it’s not yet delivered due to back order items. Obviously I haven’t tested it, so can’t comment on that. But, I did had an excellent so far customer support experience with Paul.
Keep rocking it 👍🏼
That's awesome, I'm sure you're going to really enjoy the machine!
Adam do you have experience with modifying the ESC settings for the SP140? Random question to ask on here, but I'm struggling to find the correct information on OpenPPG's forum. Any help would be appreciated!
My worry is if the esc catches fire like the drones do on heavy load
Yeah there's always a risk of something catastrophic... I'm trusting the bms to cut off as it's likely more conservative when it comes to temps. I had a lithium battery start of fire (in my trailer) and it didn't blow up or burst into flames but I had a toxic smoke for about 20 min... burned itself from the inside out.
So I'm hoping there would be time to land (or jump 😅)
Nice flight. I'd love to try out that SP140 (maybe I'll win Tucker's LOL). MT-based PG/PPG pilot here. Personal well-wishes aside (which I have in spades for Vella, he's the bomb), the unfortunate [and IMHO most critical] factor in his accident had nothing to do with the tension knot, or testing speedbar (he still had ~1-1/2" available even), or even the hands-off flying. It was all about terrain separation. If the exact same incident happened at 800' AGL instead of 80', he'd have almost certainly recovered it (or at least could have tossed the laundry) and it just would have been a scare. I see a lot of pilots blaming the gear, or getting after him for holding his phone, or being more dedicated to line checks, and all of those are great things. But it's altitude that saves us. I haven't seen enough people talk about that.
agree so much!
Spot on! I definitely should have brought that up as though I do use speed bar quite often I'm not under 500' usually closer to 1k for that buffer. I might modify the description to make that point thanks for bringing that up..