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Paramotoring

Paramotoring is powered paragliding with a backpack motor or trike. Training and competition revolve around wing control, takeoff/landing, weather, navigation, precision, slalom, endurance and air-law/safety discipline.

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Classification

Category Air sport

Family Air Sport

Level Discipline

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Paramotoring is paraglider flight with own motor power as foot-launch or trike.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who want to learn flying and take weather, training, risk and rules seriously.

Cost Taster day/tandem flight or course first; buy equipment only after school and advice. Training, wing, motor/trike, helmet, reserve/protection, maintenance, launch-site/transport costs. Paramotor school, pilot group, national body or permitted launch site. Weather and air law are core skills, not side topics.

First progress Ground handling in first course days; safe solo routine takes much longer.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

school/instructor
wing
paramotor or trike
helmet
reserve/protection
weather check
launch site

First steps

tandem flight or taster day
choose school
practise ground handling
plan first flights supervised

USPPA/APPI/nationally recognised school, local body or pilot group.

Fly only with qualified training, conservative weather decisions, preflight check and legal launch/airspace.

Weitere Angaben

Tags air, flying, motor, paramotoring, air-sport, luftsport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Fly a powered paraglider safely and complete navigation, slalom, endurance or precision tasks by format.

Teilnehmer

Individual pilot or trike/multi-person class by rulebook.

Teamgröße

Mostly individual; team scoring possible by competition.

Spielfeld

Launch/landing area, airspace, course or pylon/task field.

Dauer

Task-dependent from short slalom runs to endurance/navigation flights.

Wertung

Time, precision, navigation, economy/endurance, penalties and class points.

Gewinnbedingung

Best overall score in class/format.

Ausrüstung

wing
paramotor/trike
harness
safety equipment

Wichtige Regelpunkte

airspace breach
unsafe launch
task/course error
equipment/class breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

How to start paramotoring Paramotor Planet · beginner-blog · medium
How to fly a paramotor Paramotor Planet · beginner-guide · medium
Our Sport World Air Sports Federation · official-guide · high
Paramotors World Air Sports Federation · official-guide · high