Steve

Pretty bumpy and very blowy above 1000 agl in the Brecon Beacons tonight. Looked lovely though.

Cheers Simon.

That's good to hear. Any issues with bulkiness affecting things?

Bump from 3 years ago.

Are you still using these Simon? If so do you still rate them?

Last week, when ground running my Volution, the rubber bung in the top of one of the frame tubes came out and was sucked into the prop at high revs. Whilst an unlikely occurrence, it is worth checking them as part of the preflight. Having said that, there's not much to check as they are push fit; mine were both in before the engine was started. Having spoken with Parajet, they have heard of this happening on a previous occasion so there may other times that have gone unreported. Their suggestion is to drill a hole and rivet them in, glue them in or remove them completely. Simon W has suggested using some silicone which is probably what I'll do.

Excellent and thanks for doing this. Have amended the Heads of the Valleys entry and added one more nearby.

Very smooth. Was that shot with a tandem camera operator?

Must be disappointing.

The best sites are around The Mountain Centre but for the summer months they are too overgrown with ferns and unusable. I have permission from farmers to use various fields when clear of sheep/cattle but each one has it's limitations depending on wind direction, trees, slope, size, etc. As you head out to Hay and especially Hereford the fields get bigger, flatter and better.

I made contact with Talgarth airfield but despite some member support it seems to be quite political and the committee refused to let me use the airfield for paramotoring.

Soon the farmers will be cutting the ferns back and the best place to look at is probably around the Mountain Centre, north of Pen y Fan mountain.

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cannot get life cover either, I have 2 sons and would leave them with 0.

You cannot get life cover for paramotoring, its an extreme sport and is not covered by anyone no matter

Rubbish, I changed my insurance this year which covers me for paramotoring, cave diving, fell running and a host of other stuff. My premium is lower and the cover is better than before. You're definitely looking for an argument Mr Troll.

Hi Peter,

It's just south of Heads of the Valleys, east of Merthyr Tydfil. It's not really my area as I'm based in Brecon but the conditions have been better here lately and it's a really easy place to flop out of the car and into the air from. You're also likely to bump into others here when the conditions are right, on the evening of the video there was a powered hang glider and two paramotors flying from there. A lot of ridge soaring goes on about a mile away. I didn't know about the place until recently as I have no interest in the valley areas (run down towns with bored kids, burned out cars in laybys, etc.) but it turns out to be a bit of a pilot's mecca.

I've attached a map, the red area shows good launching areas. Beware of low flying police helicopters which seem to show up regularly.

Cheers

Steve.

As a newbie, not sure if this should be here or in beginners..

But, watching numerous YouTube vids, I notie that Flat Tops seem to be very common in the states.. Are they really as good as everyone seems to say? And if so, are they avail in this country ?

I was in exactly the same position when I started my research and knowing nothing, and everywhere I turned it was Flat Top and K2, everything else is rubbish or dangerous. I was quickly enlightened by many much more experienced pilots about Dell's marketing division (YouTube).

Cheers, it's truly lovely to fly in these conditions and such a contrast to the noise and physicality of launching.

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Dub FX is the original and best, he has released several albums recorded on the street which have done very well.

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Cheers Pete. I had tried weakening the mixture a tiny bit but didn't want to go too far. The motor hasn't done that many hours so I'll leave it for a while and try your suggestion then (what hours do you suggest is 'well run in'?).

What's the carb mod you mention?

I have a Parajet Volution 1 Compact which is excellent. I've aways had great service from Parajet. However, I find the low rev roughness, from zero up to 5-6000rpm, not much fun to use and wondered whether any other Parajet owners are bothered by this or have found a way of tuning it better.

Parajet have twice taken a look and said it's usual and should be like that. I notice other paramotors don't seem as rough at lower revs.

I've uploaded a video to YouTube, it is mostly without a picture (too dark for the camera to pick up much) but the sound after about 1 minute 30 shows what I mean - I know most of the usable power isn't this far down the rev range (before it gets onto main jet) but it would be nice for it to be smoother and nicer to use nonetheless.

I am in no way unhappy with Parajet in any way, this is just a question to other owners.

Thanks.

Loved that, most relaxing vid I've watched in ages. Brilliant Transformer tree!

Brilliantly simple, thanks for posting it.

They've come out very well, especially the first shot. I'm amazed you got a result anywhere near as good as this.

Stevie,

Do you have the newer Revo2 trimmers that have the lines stitched into them that prevent the trims slipping?

Regards,

Steve

Yes, they have defined 'bumps' of stitching.

Cheers Ian, I appreciate your comments. Using prussic knots in one of my other sports I know how easily they can release their grip, hence the paranoia; it's good to hear that you've had no problems.

The trimmers I find are immensely stiff to adjust when flying, it's a full on two-handed effort with little finesse. Perhaps more experience would help. Thanks again.

I'm a newish pilot, CP at present. I bought a Revo2 at the end of last year from research on the web as I hadn't met anyone who owned one. I have little with which to compare other than the basic paragliding wings I did my early training on. From my point of view, I enjoy flying the Revo2 but am paranoid in the extreme about the prussic knot which I check all the time. The other thing I have issue with is the trimmer adjustment which is so hard to do that I just set it for the flight and leave it alone (usually on slowish trim), it's stupidly difficult to adjust in flight, at least for me.

Balls of steel.. ...probably one the best videos Ive seen...I didnt want it to end

Good summary, I couldn't take my eyes off it; best thing I've seen in ages.