OK, so i went and saw this guys stuff. what he has for sale is a 2007 fly products Race C deluxe for 4800, and an epsilon 4 wing. the fly products he bought new, and put 4 hours on it, the wing he bought new and put about 40 hours on it. the wing was manufactured in 2004. He has a TON of PPG type stuff, and what he;s been flying the most the last few years is his powered parachute, and ppg trike. this is one of the reasons the fly products motor has hardly been used, and is willing to part with it. He also has a 3 blade carbon fiber prop for this unit he'll give me for free, and he said he'd work with me on ground control to give me a head start on getting licensed.
so what i get:
2007 fly products race C deluxe with 2 blade wood prop and 3 blade carbon fiber puzzle prop - $4800 (it also comes with the suit case)
2004 epsilon 4 - $1000
head start on lessons - free
My big question here is on the carbon fiber 3 blade. how much more thrust can one gain from going from the stock 2 blade to the CF 3 blade? is there a gain at all, or is it just more efficient?
my second question is the hang points. im 6'4 170 lbs, nice n skinny, but can someone explain to me this whole active hang points thing? i feel like i understand hi and low points, but not active points. what does that do, and are there benefits?
Here is some background on the guy. He lives here in my town, a super small town of 1300 people in utah. He's 62 years old, flew F4's in Vietnam, went back to the armed forces as an aircraft mechanic, moved to utah to go back to school and decided against it. he became an aircraft mechanic, and then fleet manager for a large comapy here, then retired and opened his own auto repair shop. that's acutally where i met him, and kept going back as i too was a mechanic once and he is as honest and no BS as they come. he got into hang gliders, then para gliders and eventually the powered stuff about 20 years ago, he has a powered hang glider, and powered parachute, a trike that he uses both with a paraglider and hang glider. the trike has a walker jet with Simonini 200 in it, every now and again when he does foot launch stuff, he uses this ppg instead of the fly products.
Now here;s what im thinking. i was able to strap this unit on, and really liked it, plus the goodies i got for the money. i think i may buy this paramotor from him, then buy a new wing. i'm still really liking the cima K2.
thanks again you guys.