People always think you have to like one more than another, I fly or have flown: Sail planes, hang gliders, foot launch powered hang gliders, paragliders, paramotors, light aircraft, 3 axis microlight and helicopters. My answer is simple “The one I am flying at the time”.

Just had my first paramotor lesson yesterday and I'm bloody nackered but looking forward to getting in the air. Great video.

Id choose the peabee almost every time, but I still love my paramotor and they are alot easier to just setup and fly from smaller fields being foot launched, you've got the right idea having both! 😂

As a retired hang glider pilot you are making me so envious. The paramotor has the advantage of quick setup and go, the hang glider is fantastic but the setup needs time and a runway of sorts. In the end for me there is nothing like a solid structure over me. If you can manage the cost, having both would be the perfect world. Thanks.

Finally, a British video I can actually understand the English. I want to get into this hobby when I retire 10 years from now, it looks even more fun than my motorcycle!

Keen to get into the sport thanks for the info

Beautiful scenery, it seems like you can experience it a lot better with one of those.

Great comparison and actually surprised that the paramotor would be your choice in rougher conditions. That's helped concrete more confidence in my paramotor, cheers :)

From a youtube lurker who flew hang gliders 35 years ago this was very informative and fun to watch - thank you 🙂

Great video, I enjoyed it! I have nearly 30 years of flying virtually everything and my conclusion is that I have enjoyed them all for very different reasons and ultimately there is no one answer for everyone as people’s flight situations are all very different. For me, the paramotor wins out over my trike flying simply because of the simplicity of set up and the ability to transport so easily in my car. But if I lived on a ranch or had access to a very cheap hanger nearby I would go for the quicksilver ultralight as this is the least restrictive in terms of flying safely in a wide verity of conditions. Buuuuut, still nothing like driving to the beach on a light wind day and motoring down the coast. Like you, I have had free flight HG and FF Paragliders on comparison (bywingwal) and finally the paraglider won out due to ease of use and transportability even though the HG was a superior machine as far as performance. I have also had HG trikes at the same time as Paramotors and the paramotor wins out, again, for its transportability, easy storage, simplicity and for its unmatched flight views! The paramotor is not the perfect flight solution but it is awfully sweet when the conditions are right and you have the time to wait for it to be right (parawaiting). One thing is for sure is that you should DEFINITELY FLY SOMETHING! Personally, I don’t regret a dime spent on flight over the years, theirs simply nothing like being in the air no mater what is holding you up.

That microlight landing was just like butter

I think the thing that stands out the most, is the beauty of it all. Plus I love the sound of a happy 2stroke

Interesting hearing your thoughts on both, Cheers Giles!

One day im gona buy one of these and fly over these beautiful mountain in my homeland

both are great. one is much safer

An interesting video on a form of aviation that I know very little about. Thanks.

You know what Giles, the more I watch your PeaBee videos the more I want one!

I fly paragliders and now I'm working towards getting Hang 2 rating for Hang Gliding :) as you said both crafts are different, in my novice opinion the pitch authority of a hang glider compared to a paraglider is what I like about hang gliding the most so far. Much to learn :)

Super job mate! Looks like you have the best of both worlds! : D

Excellent way to scope out an area if you are attempting to learn a new area for understanding roads etc.

Overall cost and fitting the plane in the back seat of a small honda civic, made my choice clear. Thanks for the vid, both look like a blast!

Great video. I agree. My personal experience: In a trike had 2 near crashes due to sudden wind coming up and no where to land. Had one crash, trike was a writeoff, some scatches lucky nothing serious. Was due to turbulence near the ground, lifting and falling the trike unexpectedly. So wind made me change my mind - I prefer a para now. Anything that can handle some wind. I have also seen some army guys doing loops and stunts in very strong winds with parachutes.

Just started my training up at flyschool uk. Been eyeing this sport up for years, I look forward to getting in the air! (when the damn weather improves)

Excellent video Sir. Beautiful scenery. Clear audio. Great presentation. 👍

I think hang glider are better. In paragliding, you need just the right amount of wind flow. Not too much, not too less. But electric hang glider you can launch from anywhere, any day. Even a beach. Electric hang gliders are the best.

Looks like this is a question alot of people wanted an answer too great view count. And very informative.

As someone who was locked in on paramotoring since day 1, this is a nice change of view. That PB looks like a nifty little craft. I can't wait to be a PPG pilot myself ! :)

I had an original paraplane. A little of both. Thnx.

I've been interested in flight since I was a kid, particularly fascinated with paramotors and powered hang gliders/ultralights so I've gotta say, mad jelly dawg, mad jelly. That countryside looks absolutely stunning from above.

A very informative and well put together video for a SEP pilot who hasn't a clue about parameter or ultraight flying. But I do now! Thank you Giles 👌👍

Loved the video sir! Thank you for sharing your well articulated thoughts!

Lovely and congratulations on an effective demo and your advice...

Great video, I’m keen to try Paramotoring and exploring on KZfaq. That landing was smooth.

Great video thank you for taking us for a nice air ride!

This looks like fun 👍🤙

I hate heights and would never get on one of these things yet I find myself binge watching paramotor videos

Love to see again...n again.Beauty.

Thanks for that! Great to have to comparison for someone like me trying to choose which way to go.

objective comparison to anyone thinking of which sport is best for them. I've done both extensively. Paragliding is sketchy in any kind of wind unless you have expert skills....ie you kite and fly regularly and have the muscle memory to instantly sort out a misbehaving paraglider. I've never been able to develop enough skill to fly in anything but mellow conditions....and that makes it unsafe as there were many many times I took off in calm conditions but had things pickup before landing. And anytime you go cross country, weather conditions change....which makes cross country in a paramotor. Ultralights are more capable of actually going places. They can handle more wind...so way more flying opportunities. ultralights are faster ....often 200-300% faster so you can go places. Once I took off in my paramotor trike and went 5 miles from the airport. The wind picked up and I barely made it back.....my ground speed on the way back was less than 3mph....if the wind picked up any more I would have been going backwards. Ultralights can have engines such as the Rotax 503....which is going to be massively more reliable than ANY paramotor toy tiny 2 stroke that most have. The Rotax 503 is a work of art.....a Pollini or Thor 2 stroke is a joke by way of comparison. So the ultralight is safer, faster, stronger, more reliable, more versatile. I'd say they are equally fun. The main advantage of the paramotor is that they are super compact and portable. And that is the huge advantage. If it was not for that...an ultralight is far superior. I

Great landing Giles, brilliant footage with the shadow.

I have paramotor and I fly hang glider too( not motorized yet) but I would say paramotors are much slower and less efficient because of less aspect ratio of the wing, also they are prone to collapse in some bad weather conditions ( windy or wet sail close to clouds ), also they dont have much of life time to them so u need to buy a new paramotor wing every 250 hours or so since there is more stress on the sail flying faster than paragliders so if u add up the cost of the wings that u need to buy over time, it makes paramotoring much more expensive than trikes or foot launch motorized hang gliders Hang gliders have much larger aspect ratio and tend to be more efficient and because you dont need to use engine on higher RPM most of the time, the engine will last longer and will cost less overall to operate.. If you use let say a mosquito harness combined with a double surface more efficient hang glider like willswing sport 3 , you will have up to 60 mph speed as well as capability to soar like any none motorized hang glider and stay in air for many hours with out even needing to use the engine at all except for take off and that can effect on the fuel use and engine hours and cost almost nothing to operate... and more importantly that the hang glider wing like willswing sport 3 will last u 2 decades of fun not 250 hours like paramotor wings. I fly paramotor and it's not like I say paramotors are bad or anything like that but I am very positive about capabilities of hang gliders and efficiency and their higher speeds, so for people whom wants to know which one is better, I would say, if u dont have a storage space for hang glider or a tike , you simply dont have any option than going with paramotors but if you have some place to keep your equipment that is large enough to house a hang glider or trike, I would say definitely go with hang gliders and I mean not even the trike version but the foot launch mosquito harness that you can soar like an eagle for hours without worrying about the fuel at all, willswing sport 3 170 will be that eagle... The very beginner hang glider wings have more aspect ratio than top end D class paragliding wings and that will give you idea about the efficiency of hang gliders.. the lowest aspect ratio on hang gliders can not be less than 4.6 but the top end paramotor wing will never exceed even 4.5 ( u need to consider the projected aspect ratio not flat aspect ratio of a paramotor wing ) Willswing sport 3 has aspect ratio of 6.6 and that means it's almost 1.5 times more efficient than the best paraglider XC wing .. that's the meaning for engine RPM and fuel use and cost of maintenance of engine.. and that's why mosquito harness with 14 hp can lift an elephant with hang gliders but 14 hp paramotor can not lift even a mosquito... U will feel much more in control on hang gliders than any known paramotor wing and the reason is the pitch control... what I mean is in hang glider u will have %100 capability of pitch control but in paraglider and paramotor wings that doesn't exist,, the trim setting is not actual pitch control simply because u can not control them every single second and you can not go to negative pitch angle at all unlike hang glider wings that actually you can make negative pitch on the wing meaning you can go up or down at any moment on your wish..that means if you get in to massive thermals with paramotors, most definitely your pants will be different colors but in hang gliders it much more controllable and less worry.. Hang gliders are much more true flying machine than any paramotor or paragliding wings.. you are in control 360 on any direction including up and down but in paramotor wings you are not in controlling of going up and down except using your engine to help u go up and coming down is almost not %100 on your control.. I truly feel much more safe when flying my hang glider than flying my paramotor or paraglider or even my speed wing.. I feel absolutely in control and I have zero worry and every single second of it is a pleasure... I can dive down 65mph and instantly pitch it up to go up like a rocket without worrying about any wing collapse like paramotor wing.. i had 4 times wing collapse on my paraglider wing in past and i know how shitty it can be.. but i can dive down with my hang glider and an inch from the ground i can pull up and go up with hundreds of feet per minute.. there is no way in the world you can do that with any paragliding or paramotoring wing at all.. if u want live longer I suggest being more cautious about type of equipments u fly with..

solid comparison, maybe I need to try the other form of flying fun!

This man is a Guru

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I envy the hell out of this dude, I would LOVE to try this if I could afford it.

I fly paramotor and Autogyro MTO, I could say the same sir, it's great to fly both

Thanks for the comparison. All of your PeaBee vids have me thinking about an UL with wheels now. LOL

Great video, this is something I'm considering

This again was excellent enjoyed every minute thank you

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Excellent video thank you 👍

At some point, you want to go somewhere. Not just hang out in the air. I'd go with the trike, but I fly gyros.

Excellent. Not my style of flight but enjoyed the illustration of both. If you have a microlight licence then different categories beckon; either a two seater with all the bureacracy and permit/check flight hassles, but you can take mates up for a spin, or a sub-300 kilo SSDR. To cater for the latter there's precious little around unless you buy a cheap two eater and blank the back seat off, usually an elderly two stroke.

Good vlog, Giles. Horses for courses is an accurate analogy.

Yes Giles!! Love this. And the videos done amazingly - rightly so. Interesting insight 👍👍

I really enjoyed that thank you

Hey I found this really interesting and it must be exciting thrilling to feel the freedom nice video👌👍

Thanks I was about to waste my money on buying a PeaBee, now I will look at Paramotoring. I wanted to do powered flight and I thought the PeaBee would be safer in rougher air. Great review. Cheers

The paramotor is also much easier to transport, much quicker to get in the air. When the weather is right, you want to get up there ASAP

Thank you for your insight. I am a newbie and I do not know where to start.

Thought about paragliding for a while, but after thinking about it I realised the only exposure to the sport i ever have had was a dude dropping out the sky just out of town here while I was out the lakes getting in some 4x4 fun. Sucks when something is marred by negativity.

Now, that's a short T/O! 🤙🏻 Nice video! 👍🏻

Another alternative could be a Paramotor trike. When my knees pack up that’s where I’ll be heading.

3 years ago already?? Doesn't seem possible Giles.. Look at the channel now!! 😁👍🏼

I cannot wait to learn!

Great video and looking forward to watching the others now 😉

Once you are in the air, there is less which can go wrong with a hang glider than with a paraglider.

Found you on Short Field link. Nice video. PPC pilot in Ky, US.

I'm from bangladesh, bagerhat city .... wow amazing 😍😍💙

I couldn't agree more. I started with Experimental class biplane, then Ultralight Fokker EIII, then flexwing, and now PPG. All have advantages and disadvantages, but all are fun. What's next? Cluster balloons?🤔 Most Sincerely, Ron.

For a number of reasons I prefer to fly with spars.

Thanks. Very informative video.

i would love to see a revisit to this video now that you have more experience in the PB. Especially your confidence in flying the two in various wind conditions and crosswind landing in the PB.

Just seen your channel, and was impressed with both content and quality - hence, you have another subscriber!

This comparison skews in favor of PPG. Better would be PPG trike vs Nanotrike as both are wheeled (specially trikes that fold into the trunk to even up more). Or if foot launch is preferred, PPG vs Powered HG. Then the lines blur more, the choice more subjective.

That was a very interesting video Giles, nice comparisons. I knew you would summarize that way, they both have their pro's and cons. I reckon for camping though the Peabee is better cos you won't have to launch with all the extra weight, but wait a moment, on the paramotor I can land almost anywhere...........:)

Great video Giles, one of your best👌

Thumbs up! Fly safe my friend.

You are crazy dude!Great vid!

Thanks for making this comparison. I really can't afford to explore both options. I believe I'm going to grab an electric paramotor.

Great VIDEO.

Nice vid Giles, looking forward to some PeaBee camping 🏕

Qué bello ,,,me gustaría estar allí

amazing i love this .

Wish I had the garage space for a Peabee. Definitely looks good fun, especially for days when I don't have the energy to run into the air 😁

I would assume the Ultralight is superior because less chance of the wing collapsing, but of course it is more cumbersome to move around and cant be packed easily on foot like a parachute.

Well presented - cheers 🍻

has it ever been considered to try and fit a dampener to the front wheel to help with landings it would help stop the front wheel from snatching same principle to the steering on a motor cycle ?

Liked & Subscribed! Thank you for this video content.

Pretty sweet. Considered both... Looking more into the PPG direction now. Useful video.

Hi there! I love your KZfaq channel!! How costly is the trike with wheels that you fly. I want to buy one ASAP!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND MAKING MY DAYS!!!!!!!

Great and unusual video, Giles. I have to say your approach on the paramotor was interesting to watch; that application of power to prevent the descent during the turn to final, then a more sustained power burst once on final to bring the aim point back on track. All done knowing you had an undershoot field in the event of an engine failure. The approach from that direction reminds me of the approach to Talgarth (Black Mountains Gliding Club) where if you're not careful you'll end up looking uphill on approach. Not good when you don't have power...😉

They both like great fun, subscribed for more fun! :)

Greased that landing!

The cruise speed (more efficient speed) in the hadron 3 is with trim open, so to be fair the difference in cruise speed is 34mph for paramotor and 40mph for flex wing microlight. Top speed in paramotor a speed bar is needed and it's last safe to.

paramotorings seems to have the body fully exposed to the elements and zero room for error in a crash, I think Ultralight trikes are safer as they have a metal structure around the pilot.

Nice one.

What an amazing area you're flying in! Great video :)

I say powered paraglider, because it makes you think of safety when flying it. If you try to do a flip, it would be hard, especially if you tried to do any tricks with it as well. So it makes you think if flying it the right way, each time you take off with it. With a paramotor, people seems to get lazy and trust the parachute, more than the motor! Sometimes, it's ok in certain situations but the wing could collapse easily with certain tricks etc. It's nice and simple to start flying, but nit good if you want something to travel from point a to pint b without any real problems, that you don't really understand why they happen. At least the han glider is pretty straight forward to, you just need more room for take off so that's another safe thought or habit to put in your mind, each time you fly. Don't think you can do this when you only did so little, just because of your trust with the plane. ultra lights do have a mind on their own sometimes as well.

paramotor can fit in a suit case, the ultra light needs a hangar and a run way