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This is who should be worried about. Matt because he is small and sneaks up behind quick and Neilzy because he is big and you just CANT say no!

Clive, unless the vicar still has them, you should be in possession of the wellies and the peedos. I told you to look after them???!!!

I'm trying to decide on a new wing. I want to learn to do SAT's. I really like the look of and write ups that the new speedster is getting. The viper I know will be perfectly suited for learning to SAT but does anyone know how the Speedster fly's/reacts to this sort of flying? The speedster is a little cheaper and not so competition as the viper but will it still do what I want it to?

Pete, you will get the same reputation as me then and we will all get thrown in the river....but i'm totally up for it I'm still wondering if paintballs hitting a prop would damage it? I'm seeing Neil later today so might do some tests on his motor Mind you, its flat top so not really a good test as they are TOTALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE AWSOME MACHINES DUDE

This was in paramotor mag a while back.... Turn off main ignition switch if you have one If you have a remote choke, pull it on and apply throttle If you can reach air intake safely, cover it with your hand If you have a primer bulb pump it to flood the engine Cover the end of the exhaust. Do not attempt this if prop is spinning. Press the pin on the membrane on the carb Kink fuel lines and/or close fuel tank breather pull off the spark plug cap. Be very careful of getting electrocuted

Lol Neil, no ones gonna come now ive upset them all yesterday, especially pete.b, so thats one tandem rig down I was reading a book the other night, how to make friends in 3 easy steps...wish I had finished it now. Paintball guns attached to harnesses is what we could have. Glen tupper had a great one set up on his harness, but that would be breaking the rules Got me wondering now if the lazer guns and sensors would work??? could be a good game good game throwing me in the crouch wont do no good, it would only drown my ankles There is still a few weeks left until the fly in so I will keep quiet on here and try not to dwindle the numbers any further

For now...I will crawl back under my stone...

As for any ACCIDENTS that may of occurred during training...they are exactly that, ACCIDENTS I know that when teaching, some students are so stupid that they shouldn't even be allowed to cross the road without assistance, but we have to give them the chance to improve and can not always stop these things from happening. I have never criticised your teaching. I just wanted to know how you policed it and what experience you have in being able to teach. I personally used to bin people off instructor courses if I thought and proved they didn't have the necessary skills to be able to teach. Not everyone that has skills and knowledge can pass that on to others safely and confidently. And as my old instructors used to say, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing! Thanks for sharing your background and how you came to be doing what your doing.

Simon.W. Thank you for answering my points. I really am not having a go at anyone, just trying to understand the way things are done and the legalities of it all. It may sound from these posts that im getting all hot under the collar about it but really im not I think it is a great thing that you and others are doing in teaching others to be safe and better pilots. I break the rules all the time and stick two fingers up to anyone that says YOU CANT DO THAT. I'm not whiter than white. The PMC is a great tool and school for paramotoring for all from newbs to experienced pilots. Just trying to get things clear on what really is a sport that does need regulating when it comes to teaching. In my mind if someone is teaching something then yes it does have to be overlooked and checked on from time to time by assessments and thank you for clearing it up that you do keep a watchful eye over instructors and the way it is administered to students. Any school needs regulating. I dont think it should be just the BHPA that teaches and issues certs...thats a monopoly and I hate them with a passion (monopolies that is, not the BHPA. I'm not BHPA through n through and stopped my membership years ago. I am however for competion and the safety of students/pilots. I said about testimonials and you corrected me and I apologise for getting that wrong. The rac/aa thing is silly as they just fix cars and offer a service, fair competition, no need to regulate. teaching is a different matter completely. And to pete B...it was a clear violation of the 500ft rule full stop. I agree that the BHPA does have many hoops to jump through and I dont blame you for saying poke it I will do it my way as there are no official rules for setting up training. The BHPA to me just holds weight with other organisations and getting it all policed, even with all the burning hoops. I hope that the PMC does get more weight with the CAA. And coming out of the woodwork?? cheap dig! check my posts pete.

I can't see any benefits from going the BHPA route apart from getting a BHPA rating if you are into that sort of thing. Dan, you said "if your into that sort of thing" re the BHPA rating....The pmc shouts quite loudly about the PPG1 rating that students get when completing a course and thats is what its all about at the end of the day, A piece of paper saying yes you have been assessed and you are safe to fly. If its only about the training then why Simon.W do you have the PPG1 rating at all? Just offer the training?

NAME: Simon Westmore QUALIFIACTIONS: PMC QFI CONTACT: 07983 428 453 FLYING FOR: 11 years TEACHING FOR: 4 years COURSE COST: £900 Simon.w. I've just pulled the above from your training site. 4 years ago when you decided to teach there was definitely BHPA paramotoring instructor courses available that were very comprehensive and policed very well. On your page you have testimonials from your own instructors? Biased? I just don't see how you can give yourselves these qualifications when there is the BHPA to do it. Do you actually tell your students that what they are actually getting at the end of your courses is only recognised by PMC? Do you regulate and check other instructors that YOU QUALIFY to teach? Its like me teaching someone to fit gas pipes and then giving them a cert to say well done off you go and do it for yourself when it means nothing as the government regulated Gas Safe Register covers all that. I'm still not saying its wrong what you are doing, im saying if your going to do it, then you need to regulate it and let students know the full picture. reading your training site comes across as the students will be getting a recognised qualification? PPG1 rating sounds very official. How does the insurance really stand with that? It wouldn't hold up in any other industry i know that. If instructors break rules then what chance have students got. If instructors break rules in any other industry they have teaching qualifications taken away. I'm sure the training manuals are very comprehensive and yes you have many students singing your praises. Students get your PPG1 rating and it is all made to sound very official, but at the end of the day its just a group of unregulated pilots saying yeah there go you can fly, join our club. Simon.W when was the last time you actually went and checked any of the instructors that you have umbrella'd under the pmc to make sure its all being done correctly? The Driving Standards Agency send examiners to check instructors as do most industries that have training/teaching programmes. Im not saying its not being done right im saying it does need regulating by you, if you sign off instructors to teach people then you need to keep control over it all, maybe you do? I'm just asking how its all run.

Actually, I will show him from the banned field...He has the cheek to slate my flying skills! Learn what you should be doing with your brakes and get a newbee wing until you do! [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]

Simon  I do think this simple thread has mileage in it and scope to cover what I was referring to, but as you don’t, and it is your site, I will start a new one for it so I can answer your points. I seem, as friends have pointed out to me, to have the ability/mis-fortune to say what others are thinking  Your thread started by pointing out that chase cam footage is both incriminating and breaking the law by “towing” an item and you were being good enough to say heads up guys don’t be doing it. My thoughts immediately went to air law and all it covers including the 500ft rule. Now as regular readers of this forum might of noticed I posted some questions re tandem flying a while back and was kindly informed by one of your “PMC qualified” instructors that there are no ratings for tandem, therefore no insurance cover. Which then leads me onto the point that should anyone really be flying tandem without adequate 3rd party insurance to cover against all the dangers that you point out on your courses and your site? I find it incredulous that as FULLY QUALIFIED AND FULLY INSURED INSTRUCTORS? That 1.you fly tandem uninsured and 2.as seen in the video break the rules that bring our sport into disrepute (500ft rule) My next point now covers the fact that PMC instructors are all self regulated and give yourselves instructor ratings. How can you issue certificates to say that you have assessed someone and they are qualified if you first give yourselves these qualifications? Do they really hold any water? Why not use the BHPA ratings and sit their exams? It seems to me that you were assessed yourself by a PMC board of pilots which would have been chosen by yourself as you are el capitain of it all. Who is this board made up of? Other PMC pilots? I’m under the impression that you started the PMC? In which case why not use the already in place, tried and tested BHPA. After all they are the official body for foot launched pilots, at least thats the way I see it? Maybe I'm wrong and they are not? Anyway it doesn't seem good practice to be breaking CAA Air law if you want to be classed as fully qualified and insured instructors Its like a motorcycle instructor teaching all day and then going off down the road at 100mph on the back wheel. By the way all motorcycle instructors are assessed by the Driving standards agency which is the government authority for it and very regulated and assessed. Next point and question... Do you Simon want this sport to be regulated? If it was regulated you would be in a very good position to be one of the leading schools and yes then massively profiting from all the regulation as wannabe pilots would HAVE to go through a school and get licensed. Yours would obviously be one of the leading schools and have quite a say in the way it was all administered. You already have other pilots all over the country running their own schools under the umbrella of the PMC as PMC qualified instructors. Assessed again by yourselves and issued with certificates which again don't come from any official authority or agency. Does anyone carry out regular assessments of these instructors to keep them current and make sure they are doing what they should be in the proper manner and adhering to the rules and regulations and sticking to the training programs? So would you really leave the sport if it became regulated? In my opinion you would be mad to Don't get me wrong on this Simon and no I have never met you, but by all accounts your a top bloke and hopefully we will meet one day (come to our fly-in) but im really not having a go at anyone just raising points that I would like answers to. I’m not saying your in it for the money at all and yes it is a great lifestyle I’m saying on one hand your all for certificates and proper training but on the other not for regulation? How do the two go together and get policed correctly? Have a chill pill?..lol, ask anyone that knows me, I regularly get my arse kicked by fellow pilots and have even been banned from flying one of our local sites as “they don't like the way I fly” Seems ok for others to do spirals so why cant I?. Seems ok for others to fly near churches taking photos but not me? The pilots that banned me fall out of the sky more often than fly in it LMAO!!! I’m sure if Pascal or Mathieu turned up at their site they would sit there jaw on the floor and start getting all wet with excitement I wont mention names but you know who you are and I would appreciate you telling me this face to face as your local instead of telling other members we don't Want his sort over here. I say they need to come and do a course with you All the best and happy unregulated flying to all Simon X

Bunch of hypocritical outlaws. No one should be flying tandem without insurance, as you have said before there is no rating and you cant get insured. 500ft rule??? Breaking laws....Especially take note at 1min28 How many other instances have not been caught on camera done by 'professional FULLY insured instructors' that essentially licence yourselves to teach.Who really wants this sport regulated I wonder and who would most likely profit most from it being regulated??

Got yours back up n running yet Clive? I was thinking of having the pull start plastic parts copied and cnc machined. I think it was luke banks's pics on yahoo forum where i have seen it done. Wont bloody snap and break then will it!

Believe me when I say and it really pains me to say this, but, I have recently seen first hand one of those dell shamz flying twister/torque rockets slam the ground with 19 stones onboard (several times,sorry Neil!) and not once did the prop get even chipped. the cage has a slight bend in it but nothing to even blink at. ANY other machine i think would of come of a lot worse. I really hate saying it but those "missing top paramotors really are strong. I would still never fly one though!! (lol sorry again Neil)

Its on route clive

.....come and get your ros pistons! or any other ros125 engine part. I hate monopolies. I love perfect competition. In economics, a monopoly (from Greek monos / μονος (alone or single) + polein / πωλειν (to sell)) exists when a specific individual or an enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it. (This is in contrast to a monopsony which relates to a single entity's control over a market to purchase a good or service, and contrasted with oligopoly where a few entities exert considerable influence over an industry)[1] Monopolies are thus characterised by a lack of economic competition to produce the good or service and a lack of viable substitute goods.[2] The verb "monopolise" refers to the process by which a firm gains persistently greater market share than what is expected under perfect competition.

Doesn't get much more epic than that. Best of luck to him.

might as well jump on the ferry and over to France Dave? I will gladly jump in the van down there with you if you fancy taking the kit for a flight or two.

I'm glad we've got Friday off and I for one will be glued to my TV. I was working during the events of 9/11 and I don't intend to miss another terrorist attack.

(posted this in the wrong forum branch 1st but its here now) It should be good...Got Mathieu Rouanet, Pal Takats, Alex Mateos, Robbie Whittall, Pascal and even The Acro twinz all booked for daytime entertainment. Then Jordan is bringing some mates for the pole dancing (saves you a job Clive) and we have the Stig driving a golf cart taking anyone anywhere they need to go on site. That is what you said the other day wasn't it Neil? Dell still not replied to his invite???

It should be good...Got Mathieu Rouanet, Pal Takats, Alex Mateos, Robbie Whittall, Pascal and even The Acro twinz all booked for daytime entertainment. Then Jordan is bringing some mates for the pole dancing (saves you a job Clive) and we have the Stig driving a golf cart taking anyone anywhere they need to go on site. That is what you said the other day wasn't it Neil? Dell still replied to his invite???

Dave, I landed last night in a field I dont ever use and a friend of yours came over thinking it was you going to visit him. Nice chap that goes to secret nuclear bunkers or somewhere with you