Build Your Own BETTER Paramotor Smoke System! - Under $200 - WHOLE NEW CONCEPT!
For under $200 you can easily build your own BETTER paramotor smoke system!
There is something indescribably fun about both making and chasing your friends laying thick smoke trails while paramotoring. Smoke is also a huge attention getter during demo flights and airshows.
There are so MANY advantages to this "NEW CONCEPT" smoke system:
1) Detaches from paramotor with "click" of a button.
2) Oil tubes "self seal" upon detachment.
3) Smoke easily activates with tactile "bite" switch.
4) Makes thick billowing smoke!
5) Chest worn by pilot (with lots of extra room for "snacks" and cell phone in reservoir bag).
6) LARGE 2.5L Smoke BLADDER (no vent required, completely sealed, NO oily mess).
7) Bladder reservoir is easily filled and uses safer NSF certified Food Grade Mineral Oil
8) Inexpensive off the shelve components available "next day" on Amazon.
9) Easily "feel" smoke oil remaining in bladder by tapping reservoir bag with palm of hand.
We've both built our own and employed a variety of off the shelve smoke systems over the last 10-years both for fun and also professionally while performing at major airshows. Everything we've used before has been messy, difficult to fill, difficult to install, not easy to uninstall (meaning extra weight permanently attached to the paramotor), hard to get replacement components for, has had a small capacity oil reservoir, and was difficult to mount activation switches on the throttle (switches that were also ergonomically difficult to use, your hands are FULL ENOUGH when paramotoring).
We believe we've solved all OUR previous issues and complaints!
Rather then sell this system, we want to share how we built it and where to purchase the majority of components.
DISCLAIMERS:
1) We do not endorse any of the smoke system components in this video.
2) We do not endorse you voiding your engine warranty.
3) Drilling into your paramotor exhaust voids your engine warranty.
4) Injecting smoke oil into your exhaust is harmful to your silencer packing and may require more frequent replacement or repacking of your silencer.
5) Drilling into your exhaust and injecting cold smoke oil hot exhaust gases may lead to premature cracking or failure of your exhaust.
6) WHEN ACTIVATED EXPECT TO LOSE 300-500 engine RPMS from max RPMS! The injecting of smoke oil into the tuned exhaust changes the tuning causing a power loss. If this is unexpected and not planned for it could lead to accident, injury or loss of life!
IS IT WORTH IT? That's up to YOU!
If you hurt yourself or your paramotor building this or using this system, that's a YOU issue. You need to decide if it meets YOUR risk profile to strap 2.5 liters of flammable liquid in a plastic bladder to your chest, adjacent to a lipo battery, your own wiring, and a cheap pump and then attempt to inject this oil into an over 1000F paramotor exhaust system for the sake of self-entertainment or show!
IN VIDEO:
Gliders: https://www.flybgdusa.com
Paramotors: https://www.flyproductsusa.com
BITE SWITCH: https://www.airturn.com/products/airturn-bite-switch?srsltid=AfmBOopgLj518vrZls_7SaLuN-HdRhBYaxoHdVhLnoHFkHdLAEBa9zjP
OIL INJECTOR NOZZLE: https://aviatorppg.com/catalog/accessories/aviator-stainless-steel-smoke-nozzle-and-nozzle-installation-kit/
Smoke/Mineral Oil - https://amzn.to/3YnSLoE
Lipo Charger - https://amzn.to/3Yyx45q
Pump - https://amzn.to/3YtFtHw
Better Reservoir - https://amzn.to/4hxma8E
Rivet Nut Gun - https://amzn.to/4hy1c9J
Backpack - https://amzn.to/3YOAsdG
XT 60 connectors - https://amzn.to/3YN7kUp
Check Valve - https://amzn.to/4hriQfp
Quick Release Connector - https://amzn.to/40w0T9o
Lipo Battery - https://amzn.to/3YurqBh
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