Shropshire Newbee looking for instruction and club

Hello, Im new to the sport, and am looking for a club/ training in SHROPSHIRE. I have my own set-up and have done a bit of ground handling (pants weather) Can anybody point me in the right direction please... Ian

Just out of curiosity, what set up have you bought, what weight and age are you and do you have any previous paragliding experience? Becomes a lot easier to help when you have some basic facts.

I am 46 yrs old, weigh 80kg, The set up is a RAD arrow paramotor and a nova pheron wing (120kg) I did 2 days paragliding training, but this was over 10 years ago... hope this helps

The motor is a bit light on power (and might test your welding skills in the exhaust area!) but it is nice and light on your back which coupled with your 80kg weight and relative youth you should find that combo fine for training. The 2002 designed Pheron is also sometimes branded as the Nova Rotor (unfortunate choice of name bearing in mind what we do) and I think there were a few people paramotoring on Rotors recently who said it was quite good under power for a PG wing. Bearing in mind the low power power output of the Racket engine it's probably wise to be on a non-reflex wing like the Pheron.

The 2 days PG training a few years back won't be totally lost as you have some idea of what lies ahead with regard to wing handling. How much did you pay for your kit?

thanks for the info, i paid 1500 quid for the lot, inc vario helmet and a few books and dvds.

As long as the motor runs properly with a decent prop and the wing hasn't been abused then you have done quite well. Don't be surprised if you decide you want to upgrade fairly quickly though.

not a formal "club" as such, but theres about 4 of us from stoke that regularly fly in barlaston and trentham area, ur welcome along bud, theres years of experience to draw from in the group.

cheers

From a small acorn

Growuth a big treeuth

And then it was 5....... (thats enough to set up a little club for sure)

SW