44 year old İbrahim Dinçer own a flight school in his native Turkey and decided to combine his love of skiing with a paramotor rig he uses for powered paragliding. Through trial and error he discover that the fan used in powered paragliding was too powerful for practical use in skiing. He found a sweet spot at about 50% power. He plans on producing a purpose built ski motor in the near future. For a full article on this innovation go HERE.

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