{"id":11230,"date":"2017-01-11T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-11T19:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2017-01-20T23:50:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T06:50:04","slug":"how-cheaply-can-one-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/how-cheaply-can-one-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cheaply Can One Fly?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How low(cost) can you go and still fly?\u00a0\u00a0 That question forms one of the pursuits of the Minimalist Airplane Study Group<\/a><\/em>, hosted by William Rich on Yahoo Groups.\u00a0 He may have found an answer that leads to several intriguing alternative uses for the type of electric powerplant described below. \u00a0Use of model aircraft components leads to a low-cost build, and judicious use of off-the-shelf parts from other hobbies keeps costs low and speeds up the development process.<\/p>\n

He points to a hack from Laserhacker.com<\/a><\/em>, which uses a motor, controller, propeller batteries and connectors one might find at the local hobby shop.\u00a0 This assemblage manages to fly a paramotor despite the small size of the motor and the relatively small size of the propeller.<\/p>\n