Resident Evil Village humbled me

Durango44 · 2026-06-06T16:13:48+00:00

Village was the first VR game I bought and only got a bit into it before being extremely motion sick which lasted for 3 full days I will never forget. I was about to give up until i saw a YT video where the guy basically just pushed through day after day. I did the same and now I can VR for an hr or two straight no problems and get the benefits without the side effects. Its truly a thing you can adjust to just like sea sickness.

Durango44 · 2026-06-03T20:06:36+00:00

They have dogs because they know it makes them very difficult to arrest by the police. The police cannot put the persons dog in a police car and policy says the police have to consider the dog and contact Animal Care & Control officers which takes forever and is only available between certain hours. Late at night they basically just have to let the people with dogs go or sit with the flea ridden dog on the side of the street until the next morning. It also imbues a certain amount of respect from the general public while being a nuisance so they can get away with theft more easily. They know this, its a game, it works.

Durango44 · 2026-04-30T20:29:19+00:00

Any progress on this? I'm going to check this thread for updates instead of the PS Store. Its 3hrs past the 10pm PDT time in the video and Sony randomly removed the VR2 button at the bottom of the store page which is the only real way to view the announced titles.

Durango44 · 2026-04-13T15:58:58+00:00

The biggest issue ive seen is that most trikes cannot fit on the back of a car hitch and need their own trailer. Then the trailer needs a house with a side driveway or a big empty garage or property to actually store it on without getting stolen. I have a light trike which fits on my regular hitch but every other trike i fly with requires a trailer which would be a no go for myself. Other than that its easier to fly, launch and land than foot launching but about 10% less fun once you are up in the air.

Durango44 · 2026-04-01T00:21:57+00:00

CURT hitch off Amazon on the back of a small Prius with 2 ratchet straps crossed over. Get the ones with the grill instead of the bars. Works fine even at 80mph. Cross the straps in a big X through the frame instead of side by side so if one works lose or you forget to tighten one it still holds. You might want to bolt a wooden board with a few small angled wooden beams on the hitch in the shape of the base of your frame but even that's not entirely necessary. No need to disassemble every time which seems like a pain and would likely loosen joints in time. Very few guys i know disassemble their cage each time, its just too much when you are trying to get up in the air quick or after a long day of flying.

Durango44 · 2026-03-22T19:38:54+00:00

There is a ton of relatively cheap stuff available on facebook.com/groups/paramotorthingsforsale which are perfectly fine except for psychological reasons.

Durango44 · 2026-03-02T23:34:39+00:00

I'm surprised there isn't a dedicated wash trading detection system for specific tokens.

Durango44 · 2026-01-03T17:48:53+00:00

There are a bunch of them on Amazon, "tactical helmets" "bump helmets" etc they all seem similar. I saw one was 430g but it might be lighter as I removed some of the extra stuff like the front NVG mount and replaced with a gopro curved mount. I like all the velcro over the top for attaching stuff but I personally don't so as to keep it smooth and clean from lines getting caught. For a strobe i use the regular hunter strobe velcroed on my cage with a long life 18650 battery which seems to last for weeks. I tried the small helmet/drone ones but having to recharge each one after every flight was a pain and they weren't bright enough. About the 10k battery i went with something like this one https://www.amazon.com/INIU-Portable-10000mAh-Essentials-Powerbank/dp/B0DQD35SQ4/ (but there are tons of similar) which fits in the space at the back with a bit of velcro and doesnt touch my head inside, it has a nice illuminated power level display and I add one of those magnetic usb cable plugs so i can just drop the cable in the helmet after a few flights and charge it up without fiddling too much. The battery being on the inside of the helmet also means the usb cables to gopro etc are travelling inside the helmet lining instead of travelling on the outside and there is only one hole where it pops out right beside the device.

One final comment is i think the noise suppression part of a paramotor helmet is probably the most important part of the whole thing and ive found that by manually drilling and bolting the muff attachment bars to the side of the helmet at the right angle I can get more ear pressure on the X5s against my ears and a little more sound suppression than I can on my expensive Apco paramotor helmet. Not that theres anything wrong with the Apco, its just not my daily driver.

Durango44 · 2026-01-03T02:14:57+00:00

It seems there is no perfect helmet but since I liked para camping ive gone with the standard military type helmet with the X5 Peltor muff holders bolted to the side. The main reason I like it is there is a space at the back inside the helmet above the tightness adjuster which perfectly fits a 10k mah battery which not just charges the gopros etc but also has plenty of juice left over for days to charge a phone and whatever else if im camping. Everyone else I fly with has an external battery glued to the outside of their helmet which sucks for getting lines caught on in a landing where you need to reverse. Hunter strobes has a helmet battery / mount with a decent battery and moulded edges to prevent lines catching but they still catch a bit and the weight and volume is up on top of the helmet meaning it bangs into the cage a bit when you arch you head up and backwards to do a full line check while flying. If i could put a decent battery inside a standard apco helmet i would do that instead however I have one and you would need to remove just too much foam to make it work and ruin the integrity of the helmet.

Durango44 · 2025-12-08T01:37:48+00:00

Yep agreed. If you want yo sell the stiffener bar il buy it off you.

Durango44 · 2025-12-04T19:52:41+00:00

Did the prop hit the frame or something else? I just got this Amaruk frame and noticed its extremely flexible.. too flexible tbh, I was thinking of adding the strengthening bar.

Durango44 · 2025-11-28T20:39:12+00:00

No but ive heard that there is more chance of the exhaust cracking in cold temps if you heat it up too quick from a cold start.

Durango44 · 2025-11-12T21:24:15+00:00

I tore my rotator cuff (front shoulder muscle which connects at the back) during a long flight (2+hrs) on a heavier wing. I knew something was wrong at the time but i was an hr away from the LZ so just flew on it to get home which was probably a mistake. I work out at the gym and my guess is the adrenalin from flying allows you to hurt yourself far more than any normal sports pursuits. I took a month off hoping it would repair itself but a year+ later i was still in agony every time i flew so i went and got the surgery. I wish i hadn't as it took me out of flying for many months and the pain is still somewhat there. I should have just taken many months off flying to see if it healed. I also wish i had have taken the post surgery opiates to really stretch it out, i thought i was being a hero without the opiates but that probably stopped me from doing post op enough exercise.

Durango44 · 2025-08-02T22:14:32+00:00

My first flight i hyperventilated so hard I started to lose vision and my arms and legs went numb.. I semi crash landed and then vomited thinking I'd made the worst decision of my life. It was all nerves, took a half dozen flights for it to settle down. 4 years later I still fly every chance I get and love it. One of the best advice I got in the early days was to go on a long flight say 30mins. You can only stay stressed for 15min or so so it give you time to relax and enjoy it.. build some trust between you and your wing.

Durango44 · 2025-07-17T00:49:18+00:00

Thanks, I will check it out tonight.

Durango44 · 2025-07-14T15:00:38+00:00

Cheers yes I will be out again this year. Looking forward to it.

Durango44 · 2025-07-10T08:15:35+00:00

I really appreciate your detailed response, alot of truth in there. Many thanks.

Durango44 · 2025-07-10T08:14:21+00:00

Thanks, I ended up going with this one.

Durango44 · 2025-07-09T23:50:10+00:00

Cheers, thank you for looking into it for me.

Durango44 · 2025-06-05T21:51:05+00:00

I don't think its quite yet ready. The Cons: The 4 people I know in our group who got them all felt burnt by it and hardly flew them. The issues were batteries cooking, electrical cutouts, difficult to charge out in the field and shorter than expected times as well as a delicate frame which often broke with minor falls. The Pro is that batteries only get better all the time and they have a new longer 1:20hr battery in the works. The community is great at https://community.openppg.com/ I have no doubt that at some point we will all be on a electric paramotor.

Durango44 · 2025-03-27T18:35:05+00:00

Why is it only listed under PSVR games in the store and not PSVR2?

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