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Summary: An exciting combo of powered paragliding and go kart riding! Learn what a paragliding trike buggy is in this free video clip in the extreme sport of powered paragliding.
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Chad Bastian Chad Bastian has been flying paragliders since 1993. He has owned one of the top US paragliding flight schools, Fly Above All, since 1998. He has since ope... read more
CHAD BASTIAN: Hi, this is Chad Bastian, welcome to Expert Village. We're here to talk about the trike buggy and PPG triking with paragliders. In this clip, we're going to ask the question what is a trike buggy. Trike buggy is simply a PPG trike, that is a powered paragliding trike, that uses a paramotor, a simple paramotor, a foot launched paramotor attached to a trike with a regular paraglider that allows you to achieve flight with basically the same glider that you would use if you were free flying. It's an ultralight in the U.S., classified under FAR 103, which is ultralight, legal. We're under 254 pounds. It's also sometimes called a microlight or a nanolight. So, these are all different versions of this ultralight vehicle which is very lightweight aircraft.