waddo68

again this is a personal point of view...

the more ground handling that you do the better....because when you add the motor at a later stage you will be / should be in control of the situation..

Dont buy a new wing and go out and practice the chances are in the first stages you are going to get dragged around the field a few times and with that comes a good chance that sooner or later your nice new wing is going to snag something in my case it was a barbwire fence

get a cheap one for a couple of hundred quid off a dealer or the dreaded ebay...you can always resell it

it will be a lot harder to launch because it will be knackerd but practice makes perfect and when you move on to a nice new shiny wing you will find it Soooo much easier....

practice practice and practice getting at the ground handling.....because its on the ground that things go wrong....generally

Just had an idea form your reply....

what say i buy a cheap older wing use it for ground handling and use it also for winch tows? there are a fer clubs near me that do this.. would i only need a paraglider wing then?.

this way at least i will know if i like it, and want to commit to buy the whole lot.

thanks garyfreefly.

Hi outcast, will this wing be as safe as the gofly?, im a bit safety conscious., its a long way up there.

thanks

Hi, I have just joined the forum to get help with my future hobby of paramotoring and hopfully get a head start with your knowledge.

I have been out for 2 hrs with a guy who has a lot of experiance with paramotoring, however he is very busy most of the time and not available when i could get some more experiance in.

i know there are lots of clubs about who charge close to £1000 for training.

I have been flying power kites for 4 years kite buggying, so have an awarness of the power and dangers of wings and wind.

My plan was to buy a wing (paramania gofly) and a trainer harness do as much ground training as i can this year watching vids and things and then have a few lessons with the motor at a club/training centre...saving me money on the ground handling training.

do you think this is a safe way to go on? any other ideas?

thanks