Dogman

Hi, is a paraglider wing also suitable for paramotoring? Thanks Gareth

Hi, my apologies. I preffer to sign my name as Gareth on forums as I have had my ex Mrs tracking my expenditure on certain forums Gareth

Thats a relief, yes I enjoy looking out of aeroplane windows etc. Gareth

Having watched that and not having yet trained to fly a paramotor I am bginning to worry I might not be cut out for it. My stomach was lurching and had a horrible tension in my head! Gareth

Hi, thanks for that link. Great advice. Re teaching, its a mine field. Who do you trust, you just have to take a teachers word for it. Gareth

Cheers for the replies so far. As I like my food I have decided to go down the gym route for losing weight. I started last week with 20 mins rowing, 20 mins cross trainer and 20 mins treadmill. I will up this until I am doing 1.5 hours of cardio type work over the next few weeks. I envisage being in the gym 3-4 days per week. I don't have a teenage weight in mind and am looking really at what I weighed when in my late 20's at about 19st, which would be nearly a 6st loss. I should be able to comfortably achieve that before next year. I think if I am going to get a brand new wing, I might get one with some company advertising on it and put a proportion through the books As for the paramotor, the favourites so far in my limited experience (i.e. Nil) Would be the Flat Top 200 or Evo and the Bailey 4 stroke 200. If spending all that money does not scare me shitless then paramotoring certainly will Gareth

Hi, I am interested in learning to fly a paramotor and as I am based in North Yorkshire, I have done my homework and will be training with AXB sports. From what I can work out I will want my own kit as soon as I have trained. But the cost is really out of the question until next year now. But I really want to get an idea of cost. I am very interested in flying places rather than just 30 min flights so interested in endurance. My next problem is that I am 6'7", weigh 155kg 58 inch chest etc. As I am not training until next year and having read a few blog posts I have decided to use the time to get fit and lose weight. Even so I envisage a trimmed down me will still be 120-130kg. Am I going to be able to get reasonably priced kit that will last and get me off the ground without having to re purchase the following year? Cheers Gareth