How to Maintain Powered Paraglider

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Welcome to Expert Village. My name is Hugh Murphy with Surf the Sky Paragliding. In this clip, we're going to talk about engine care and maintenance. And, the nice start point is with two cycle motors is to be aware that you're going to be mixing your oil and your fuel. There are several very good oils that usually go anywhere from thirty to one gas to oil to fifty to one. And, this particular one is a fifty to one gas to oil mixture for your unit. In the subject of fuel, one important thing to remember is since units can hold anywhere up to five gallons of fuel, you want to know that fuel weighs approximately seven to eight pounds per gallon. So, if you're going to carry five gallons of fuel, you've got a lot more weight. For your small first practice flights, it's nice just to put in just a half a tank of fuel because the less fuel you have, the less weight. And, it's quite easy on these units to fill the fuel tank with a nozzle. You just come in to the side and fill it right here to whatever level relevant to the weight and the distance you want to fly. And, you'll notice on some of the larger units there is a larger tank because it's going to take a bit more fuel. And, it also could add to your range. An important aspect of once you have the right blend of oil fuel mixture, and it's in your tank, the carburetor is one of the weak links of the fuel system. So, if you're not going to be flying for approximately thirty days, what you're going to want to do is either siphon the gas out and then start the unit and let it run. So, that all the fuel runs out of the carburetor. So, that there's not any evaporation in the carburetor or gumming up. So, you have all the power that the carb can run your fuel. Another very important maintenance feature is if you have a unit with electric start is keeping your battery appropriately charged, a big challenge with para motors as well as radios. One of the nice accessories you can get is an automatic charger. Plug that into your battery and plug it into your electrical outlet, for instance in your garage. And, the way this unit works is if the battery ever drops below a certain point, it automatically kicks in to a charge and keeps your battery at an optimum level.

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