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So Paramotor Pirates sell them. The same organisation that sell trikes on ebay and says;

"(Please read the description carefully it does not say you can fly this legally without an NPPL i.e. you need a NPPL to fly legally) but people do fly these without an NPPL and do not have a problem."

Of course people flying illegally typically do not have a problem. A lot of burglers get away with it and do not have a problem but it doesn't mean it's okay to encourage it does it?

What kind of responsible business advertises by effectively encouraging people to break the law...

Grow-up Paramotor Pirates.

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Love my XT2 but thought they'd stopped making them now?

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It was truly awesome (but not so awesome at midday when it was bloody wobbly).

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Badger. We will need video.

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Sorry, this is getting de-railed from the original question.

Stevie

It wouldn't be the advert that made it commercial in the UK but any 'valuable consideration' that the pilot or aircraft operator received. But anyhoo that's a whole other discussion!

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I know that Pete, I'm a commercial pilot, but I was wondering if Simon was aware of some rule about towing. As far as I'm aware I can tow anything I like from a deregulated paramotor, as long as it's a private flight.

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Simon, are you sure?

It's illegal to do it for reward.

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I've never done it with a paramotor and can't advise on the best attachment point other than the proven foot technique but I used to run a banner towing operation so feel able to offer some general suggestions.

I don't think a tube would be as effective as a sheet banner and would probably need more weight to stabilise it.

If you're going for something big then the foot or grapnel pickup in flight is the only way. Don't lay the banner out in the direction of flight or you'll get all the load at once. Lay it out so you fly over (and pick up a loop attached to) the leading edge first as you fly into wind with the rest of the banner at 45 degrees upwind. You then gradually peel the banner off the ground, reducing the shock. The other way is just to concertina the banner in a heap.

You should consider some sort of weak link. Remember you will drop like a stone following an engine failure so you need a way of releasing the banner quickly (foot does seem best!)

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I was thinking of a kind of gentlemanly low level jousting type thing, to avoid crashing and death etc.

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What about the inaugural paramotor paintball combat championships?

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So you're just too short then! I'll hijack or add to the discussion because I was also wondering if I'm flying a bit too far reclined, although not quite to the same standard!

Here's me on the correct hole, too far reclined??

It's the still thing that gives me the willies. Much happier at 500' at paramotor speeds.

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Yep, available from builders merchants and farm shops.

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Dickies waterproof/windproof overalls. £50. Awesome.

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Definitely not illegal, as long as you are taking off and landing 'in accordance with normal aviation practice'

I think in any event you are only likely to be successfully prosecuted if:

An road collision incident is caused and;

There's proof that the driver was distracted by your flying machine and;

You were shown to have deliberately flown low over the road when you had another option, were aware the road was there and that you could have reasonably foreseen distraction of drivers taking place.

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Working really well, nice one. (apart from the aforementioned invisible videos)

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Was I the only one wishing he'd put his toes in the prop? (which would almost certainly have prevented the reserve ride for the non-narcissistic pillock participant)

Love the Zenith in that scheme

Gay

Thanks all, that's great.

I'm interested to know the typical cost of having a reserve re-packed.

LMAO! Stripes the wrong way!

Well it was RAF Abingdon in the past.

In fact, specifically, G-NOSE, operated by Ordnance Survey. Oops.