Richard1910

I've got some Ground Handling harnesses at £125 each.

Where is Clive Bunce and the 2 Paramotors I've ordered? Does anyone know where Clive is? I ordered a Bulldog Moster on the 18th of March and a Polini not long afterwards and I've heard nothing since, my students are getting fedup and wanting to cancel there orders and after repeated texts and voice mails I've heard nothing, does anyone know where he is or what's happened to him?

About a 2.5 to 1 glide ratio depending on which wing suite you have and you travel at around 90 mph although the record for horizontal speed which I think still stands is 177.7 mph. Richard X

Skydiving is done in similar conditions to Paramotoring. Richard X

Snowboarding, Skiing, Wakeboarding, White Water Rafting, Skateboarding, Kite Surfing, Surfing are all classed as Extreme Sports, even Cheese rolling is an extreme sport (if you can call that a sport) and as for the element of risk, you're more likely to die as a pedestrian than you are as a Skydiver! There's Main Stream Sports and there's Extreme Sports Richard X

Hi Lee, You need to forget about the 'C' risers for the time being and concentrate on getting the wing through the power window using just the 'A's, the power window is at about 45 degrees and is the area used for Power kiteing, Kite Surfing, Land Boarding, etc as this is where you get the strongest pull, the quicker you get the wing from the ground to over your head the better, stick to light conditions of around 5mph until you get your confidence back.

Hello Jonathan, If you want to hill fly as well as Paramotor it's a good idea to get Paragliding training as well as your Paramotor training as the take off techniques are completely different. Hill flying is an unforgiving sport for those that don't know what they're doing, it's also flown in windier conditions so understanding how the wind moves around the hills like the Venturi effect and so on is extremely important. I've warned new students about hill flying and the serious consequences that can happen without proper training yet they still go ahead thinking they know what they're doing with disastrous results.

How funny was that, although it could have gone seriously wrong but fortunately it didn't. Richard X

A Skydiving Hook Knife is made for this very thing and is a third of the price. Richard X

Hi Eddie, I've only every broke one prop on an RC Heli and that's because I'd tightened it up too tight, other wise if they every went over on one side the prop would hinge in and then the clutch would kick in and the prop stops turning. This one needs a bit more thought and a few prototypes but I can't see a problem with scaling up the RC idea. RDX

It will still make a mess of anything that's soft like flesh but if the prop hit something hard like the ground or the cage the prop would swing in instead of disintegrating, like the RC Heli blades! Similar to the strimmer hitting a rock as Simon said, when it hits the soft grass the grass gets cut but when it hits a rock the strimmer blades fold in, am I right or am I right Richard X

I Know what you mean Simon as I used to fly RC Helicopters, I often wonder why this type of prop set up hasn't been adapted to Paramotors. Mmmmm maybe I should invent one and call it the X-Prop, shouldn't be that hard to do! That would be X as in my name which you once got wrong (I never have forgotten) Richard X

Hi Guys, I'm looking for a second hand Paramotor, does anyone know who's selling one? (Enough thrust for a 6' 13st person) Cheers Richard X

Thanks for that Dave! Do you know anyone that has a second hand unit for sale? Richard X

Does anyone fly the 'unbreakable' Flat Top Paramotor and have you managed to break it yet? Have you managed to break the prop? Have you had a hard landing? We're looking for a Paramotor that will take some fairly hefty knocks without having to replace props all of the time for Schooling use. I have seen the Flat Top test crashed several times and the prop survived every time where other Paramotors and Props would have been a little worse for wear! Anyone? Richard X