Steve

Maybe just more of an example of good customer service than anything else. I've had to use Apple products for 20 years for work and although never a cheap option there's always been exceptional support.

They seem to have run out of refurbished 1st gen nanos last week so are now shipping 6th gen iPod nanos as replacements.

If I was to put my daughter up on her first flight I'd give her a helmet and a pair of gloves. I definitely wouldn't then send her out over water.

Maybe it's me but I've never been able to find any published torque figures for my Parajet. On my visit last week Dan kindly wrote as few down so here they are for anyone who might need them: Cylinder head nuts: 30Nm Prop bolts: 20Nm Bolt on the eccentric belt tension adjuster: 25Nm Anything else: 15Nm

Mine will have to thaw out before it points down.

... and ta for the free mug.

Did you have to turn them off because they were ... too warm ? I've got to get a pair of something before the weather improves (for flying) and am torn between the Blazewear and Gin Alpine, the agony of choice (plus never having seen either in the flesh).

Cheers Gary. Do you loose more feel than with a regular winter glove like the Gin?

Thanks Mike.

A big thank you to Dan at Parajet who stopped what he was doing during a busy day for them yesterday to have a look at a couple of queries on my motor. One was a peace of mind check for me to know that my own adjustments were correct and the other was to check that my drive belt tension adjuster was okay (so it was stripped and reassembled to be sure). There was no feeling of time-pressure. I know it's cheesy sounding but I love owning a Parajet for this very reason, knowing a phone call or a visit is always going to get immediate attention for anything big or small.

Isn't this just an option for Parajet to sell the chassis and fittings for a Bailey engine and then you can fit it yourself or pay them to fit it for you?

Last winter I had a few times where I couldn't undo my harness after landing as my hands were so agonisingly frozen and I promised myself I would avoid that this year. I have held off buying a new pair of gloves until now and was going for the Gin Alpine WInter Gloves as recommended by Simon and Pete a while ago. However, one thing which has always been in the back of my mind is heated gloves - I had a pair years ago and they were rubbish but I have read a few good things about Blazewear gloves, specifically these: http://shop.flybubble.co.uk/blazewear-p ... rts-gloves They don't have an unweildy battery compartment which makes them better than earlier models. They also seem to have a good burn time, especially with the Lithium-polymer battery pack option. I've spoken with the manufacturer and they are imported from China but to their own design/spec. Has anyone used these for flying and if so were they any good? The safe bet is probably the Gin gloves but just wanted some opinions beforehand. Cheers.

Retrofitting Netting to Volution 1. I've been searching for this but there's not much useful info that I can find. I have asked several Parajet staff over the months but they don't support it although Deano was very helpful on my last visit (but I still don't have a good solution). I could buy some netting and cable tie it on but this would be a bodge. I would prefer to drill the cage and thread it but would void the warranty and would be concerned about affecting the strength of the cage. There is a link to photographs of a very nice job here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4852&p=32023&hilit=netting+parajet#p32023 (plus I'd love to know where the prop came from). If anyone has ever fixed netting to the upper cage on a Volution 1 I'd be grateful for any feedback.

I have no idea how anyone could buy a paramotor from ebay and then teach themselves to fly. I couldn't, I needed a good teacher.

Several people have commented on how fast my Revo2 seemed to come in to land when thee hasn't been much wind, in fact the first time my son saw it he was convinced it was going to be a crash. Stopped on a sixpence though.

Superb launch!

No probs! Thanks.

I also see the wrong time whenever I visit the site, it is always showing postings as one hour ahead (my Mac's internal clock is set correctly).

1 - Mac OSX 10.6.8 2 - 19/11/11 15:46 3 - Logged in 4 - Logged in, clicked Photo Gallery in links box. Page loaded with message: General Error createUser failed for 2402. Here is the error message from G2: Error (ERROR_STORAGE_FAILURE) in modules/core/classes/GalleryStorage/GalleryStorageExtras.class at line 303 (GalleryCoreApi::error) in modules/core/classes/GalleryStorage.class at line 324 (GalleryStorageExtras::saveEntity) in modules/core/classes/GalleryEntity.class at line 294 (GalleryStorage::saveEntity) in modules/core/classes/GalleryUser.class at line 218 (GalleryEntity::save) in modules/core/classes/GalleryEmbed.class at line 408 (GalleryUser::save) in /home/www/vhosts/paramotorclub.org/httpdocs/forum/g2helper.php at line 254 (GalleryEmbed::createUser) in /home/www/vhosts/paramotorclub.org/httpdocs/forum/g2helper.php at line 139 (g2helper::_createUser) in /home/www/vhosts/paramotorclub.org/httpdocs/forum/gallery2.php at line 34 (g2helper::init) Please notify the board administrator or webmaster: simon@paramotorclub.org

I've not built an engine for many years but when I did I always ran in for a reasonably short time but paid most attention to warming the engine up gently from cold throughout it's life. I think that has more importance than anything.

It sounded perfect, made me laugh. "Prior to crashing I experienced 'pilot failure'."

It was me. Parajet went well beyond the call of duty.

I sold my Micro Avionics helmet to get one, it's excellent. It is supposed to be possible to retrofit MA headsets but this proved impossible as the internals are not easily accessible (confirmed by the importers). But I wear a full headset underneath and that works fine. The chin strap is really simple to use and adjusting it and undoing it is easy. The main downside is if you want to mount a GoPro on the top as it has a spine in the centre, you just have to mount it on the front, like a caving/mining lamp would be.

'Damn weather' - get used to that phrase.