Paramotor Overheating

Heat is a paramotor's mortal enemy. Worst cases have the piston welding itself to the cylinder wall in the mother of all motor failures: a seizure. A close cousin is the piston burning a hole through it's top. Molten material drops harmfully into the engine's lower, and most expensive, workings.

There are a number of reasons why heat gets to this point. Here are most, starting with the most common.

1. Mixture is too lean.