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then sky S engine has 29hp and with the standard timber 125 prop on produces more thrust than the moster engine ! in recent independent tests the sky engine produced more thrust than the following engines polini manari moster pap ros nivarna evo I can post the videos and results if needed coupled with the 2 year warranty it's a winner all round. I have been selling flymecc's with sky engines fitted for over five years now and have never had any issues with either the motor or any warranty claims

what was it about ? can I help with any info or facts and figures ?

I never said I was a factory test pilot for the wings !!!!! wow there's some loony tunes walking the streets nowadays. sorry I digress and was thinking of somebody else i knew and NOT this Trevor. now.. what I am saying is that I tested them for a guy i knew called Trevor who used to be at a local airfield i knew and it was before he sold them on to new students as he wouldn't fly them himself. like i said this happened at a local club in front of other pilots (witnessed) and I also have the footage of all my flights I took on said wings the Trevor I knew was also asked to leave due to the way he conducted his trading and training. prob not the same guy though. for the record my name on here has no connection with Flymecc Italy, and is only a random name I selected as i thought it sounded cool. so... now that's cleared up. couple of things the trevor i knew may or may not be "mr Pirate" (there's maybe a clue in the name on how business is concluded) the trevor i knew did not fly the gliders he sold but in fact flew a Paramania, well thats when he could actually get off the ground with out crashing into buildings. for the record I still have clear HD footage of every flight I took on the gliders which I personnaly offered to test before they were sold to students as the trevor i knew wouldnt. which again I asked to do IN font of witnesses. on 1 i found that the brake lines were dangerously adjusted to wrong lengths. strangely enough the footage was actually taken on Trevor's hd camcorder and is still on my pc with embedded times and dates. all the gliders I flew flew differently (obviously my own opinion) maybe there better now. but the ones I flew we're very active and defo hands on. again my own opinion. regards letters from solicitors n police ???? wtf ? please post me a copy I have nothing to hide, maybe the Trevor I knew has ? I'm sure my good friend rich will have a few good tales to tell regards the Trevor I knew. but then again if I were the Trevor I knew I certainly wouldn't want those skeletons fetching out the cupboard now would I

I used to test fly these before they were sold on to the unsuspecting public, and found them to be very very active and a hands on wing. defo not for the faint harted. when on eBay they only fetch about £400 max secondhand ! hot potato springs to mind. there bad copy's of former good wings. stick to what you know. these of course are only my findings.

hi Dom my last Flymecc i had over 280 hrs on it when i sold it (demo modle) which It clocked up without fault. the only thing I changed was the spark plug and fluid and this was part of the standard service schedual I only sold the machine to get the latest 2012 machine in stock for people to have a look at / fly on the old demo Flymecc now has 315 hrs on it and is still going strong ! due to the engines been built specific and not derived engines there bomb proof and mega reliable if you would like to have a test flight let me know I'm in York and have my own field to fly from p.s dry weight 26kgs - 28kgs depending on which harness configuration you have thanks marko

we looked into these units even bought 6 from china but found them very fidly to use its the type of thing you buy and then get tired of trying to set it up so leave in your flight bag. summary was that there to complex to set up and use they look better than they are stick with the garmin

Heres a short vid of a take off on foot with a flymecc trike. Sorry i couldnt work out how to embed a youtube video What do you think? Legal foot launch or not.

hi, we will be flying on boxing we will be taking off from cottingham near the humber bridge and then on to the hull aero club airfield which is only a 20 mins flight, then on to the coast of hornsea {another ten mins} there you can fly to bridlington in another ten or so mins, you are more than welcome to join us, we will be meeting at a fellow pilots house around 10 am ish in cottingham, there will be at least 5-6 pilots i should think , maybe more let me know either way thanks mark flymeccuk

hi jock sorry the frame is NOT available to buy as a separate item, thanks for the interest though mark flymeccuk

hi mark, i was thinking maybe fly from jasons field then on to hac site then back to cottingham , would be a good xc, what do you think ? have we any numbers of pilots yet ? thanks mark flymeccuk

hello cobra engine comes in at £1980 i am just confirming what exactly you would be getting for that, thank you mark flymeccuk p.s is anyone coming flying on boxing day at the hull aero club ?

re brittle, i noticed it says concrete is also classed as brittle, but isn't the Humber bridge concrete, house foundations concrete, tower blocks, ect ect, and if the product was so prone to fatigue and failure why would flymecc offer a two year guarantee on there machines ? regards mark flymeccuk@hotmail.co.uk

Carbon fiber (carbon fibre), alternatively graphite fiber, carbon graphite or CF, is a material consisting of extremely thin fibers about 0.005–0.010 mm in diameter and composed mostly of carbon atoms. The carbon atoms are bonded together in microscopic crystals that are more or less aligned parallel to the long axis of the fiber. The crystal alignment makes the fiber very strong for its size. Several thousand carbon fibers are twisted together to form a yarn, which may be used by itself or woven into a fabric. Carbon fiber has many different weave patterns and can be combined with a plastic resin and wound or molded to form composite materials such as carbon fiber reinforced plastic (also referenced as carbon fiber) to provide a high strength-to-weight ratio material. The density of carbon fiber is also considerably lower than the density of steel, making it ideal for applications requiring low weight. The properties of carbon fiber such as high tensile strength, low weight, and low thermal expansion make it very popular in aerospace, civil engineering, military, and motorsports, along with other competition sports. However, it is relatively expensive when compared to similar materials such as fiberglass or plastic. Carbon fiber is very strong when stretched or bent, but weak when compressed or exposed to high shock (e.g. a carbon fiber bar is extremely difficult to bend, but will crack easily if hit with a hammer).The most widely used form of carbon fiber, called intermediate modulus (or IM) carbon fiber will break at a load around 300,000 lbs per square inch of material along the fiber direction in tension. When the carbon fiber is woven into cloth, the tensile strength drops roughly in half as half the fibers are strong in one direction and half are strong in the other direction. regards mark flymeccuk@hotmail.co.uk

hello all simon, i have relayed your specific questions onto flymecc and will post there reply when received, the cost of the carbon sections start from £40 and go up to £90 for the large motor sections and the joiners are only £14 each, the frame therefore is actually cheaper than the cost of a replacement frame for such as parajets or paps due to the fact you would only have to change the damaged section should the worse happen, and not a full or half section as like the parajet or pap, i also still standby flymeccs experience that carbon fibre IS a good material for paramotor frames but everybody is entitled to there own opinion, but just to reiterate please feel free to come and have a look feel and fly of the machine before knocking it cobra i agree the video on the flymecc site does look fiddly but once done a few times is no more time consuming than the pap 3 piece cage, and please don't forget that the cage breaks down and goes into a bag a only little bigger than an umbrella ! so some sacrifices of assembly time would be made, 60 seconds or so, however it is an easy process that even my 7 year old daughter CAN do.... but that said you should NEVER be in a rush to get into the air NOR should you be flying after the sun has set it can have deadly consequences, we are just in the process of manufacturing are our own assembly and disassemble videos and will post them on here when done, they will also be avaialble on our youtube channel under flymeccuk or simply click here http://www.youtube.com/user/flymeccuk?feature=mhsn please feel free to come and have a look / fly kindest regards mark flymeccuk@hotmail.co.uk

hi garyfreefly just to reiterate what alan stated earlier in the thread, if carbon fibre was so temperamental why would props, f1 cars, space shuttle, rally cars, aeroplanes,suspension components ect ect........... all be made of it ? was you fin made from one piece woven sock overlaid with move woven carbon, or was it just black fibreglass. please rest assure this paramotor will NOT disintegrate on your back in mid air guaranteed, nor will it fracture or fatigue, also im sure the last time i looked my pap ros frame was made from stainless steel which is also a conductor of electricity as would any alloy frame paramotors not to mention and including wet paragliders or lines, please feel free to have a look in more detail on youtube regards mark

hello and thank you for your inquiry im sorry for not replying to your email but our website is down at the mo but hopefully we'll be back on line early next week after a costly revamp the answers to your questions are as follows 1/ yes we hold a stock of five motors 2/ yes we hold a stock of spares and any we dont stock can be delivered within 48hrs to your door 3/ the paramotors are priced as follows : ENTRY LEVEL MODEL. this model comes as pictured but with a hardwood laminated timber prop {flared tips for low noise emission}and a standard throttle grip with in handle electronic fuel gauge plus the frame mounted hour meter. £3795 INTERMEDIATE MODEL. same as above but comes with helix 2part carbon prop £4095 PRO VERSION MODEL this model comes with electronic fuel gauge, taco and hour meter all built into the throttle grip plus a three piece helix carbon prop, £4495 these prices are for low hang point machines but high hang point machines are available, all come with woodyvally harrness's astrialpin carabinas, colours can be changed on all parts of the machine including the cooling hoses, the choice is yours, available colours are orange, red and blue and all look fantastic, we are also factory trained to service and repair flymeccs and also offer this for other types of paramotors regards the engine price. what exactly do you require, ie, just the motor or the motor complete with everything {ready to bolt on to the chassis} kindest regards mark flymeccuk@hotmail.co.uk

hi, i was just reading the previous post on the carbon frame and alloy components of the flymecc and thought it was rather unfair, i appreciate your individual opinion but am afraid you are wrong, these frames have no simalaritys to single piece carbon bicycles, the carbon is in fact 2 core carbon fibre the inner being of a one piece sock un jointed type and the outer laminated to that not only for strength but also for aesthetics, the inner core is a tighter weave than the outer and thus giving massive strength to the component, i am a 17 stone well built 6ft 2" guy and was offered to put one of these carbon frame pieces across my knee at the flymecc factory, i could not snap or fracture it, the HARD PLASTIC that you mentioned is in fact impact resistant polymer designed to only crack and not separate so to hold and keep the frames integrity, they are also very a very cheap component to replace coming in at around the £15 mark, ive personally seen these machines being flow and bounced from the ground with no affect to frame, prop or joints, you would have to really hit the ground hard, and i mean hard {hospitalised} to break them, ALL the alloy pieces on the machine is made from ergal 7075 alloy which is machined from solid billet pieces, even the crank cases, the factory is one of the most technologically advance producers i have ever seen, but that said they would be due to the fact that they also produce helicopter parts for westland helicopters ! the md of the company has over 25 years of experience in the paramotor world and indeed the carbon motor i flew in Italy had in excess of 380 hrs on it it been the original development paramotor, i could go on all night just how good they really are for experienced and or entry pilots alike, but i wont. what i will say is please come down and have a look/fly for your self BEFORE you knock it, it really is a great paramotor and don't forget it comes with A FACTORY BACKED two year guarantee, which other machines offer that ? id say that was because flymecc has that much confidence in there machines as do i, i have owned lots of different machines over the years paps, fresh breeze , parajet, airfer ect, and all have had there vices, the flymecc in my opinion has not, its light, economical, good looking, not to mention reliable, and compact, starts on your back easily ticks over contently without have to always blip the throttle, is full of safety features ect, and is also price with the working man in mind, lets not forget paramotors arn't cheap so WHY NOT have a fantastic machine that does everything it supposed to ? but please don't take my word for it, come down and make your own mind up, ill even through a cuppa in for you ! every body that has seen and flew one has ended up buying one safe flying to every one and merry Christmas mark