As I came at them, just at launch level, I hit full power and started climbing away again. Those pilots had another hour to wait for it to get soarable, so I headed to the beach 12 miles away with the throttle set so my vario read zero. I was about four miles away when the fuel ran out, but I had plenty of altitude to glide there. One of the things you have to restrain yourself from is flying around with power and putting yourself in a position where an engine-out is going to hurt. An engine failure with no safe out can be very hazardous to your health.
Landing seem to be easier than with a normal harness.
Having the extra weight behind you, and the landing skids that drag on the ground as you skim in, causes your hips to stay well behind the CG, resulting in good flaring even in zero wind. Just be sure to get any of the lines from the skids clear of your feet, so upon touchdown you won t pull a landing strut forward, allowing the motor and prop to hit the ground. I now have about thirty hours on my Mosquito and am really enjoying it. I just finished filming a flying segment for the 1990 s version of Fantasy Island, and the Mosquito proved to be very useful when doing multiple takes for ground cameras. With normal flying I would have had to land and relaunch for every take.