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?

Does anybody know what speed they are doing and what their glide ratios are?

Christian

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

My feeling is that those activities that include the least predictable weather or conditions are the most ‘extreme’.

When I fly I always take notice of the conditions and the beauty of PPG is you can land almost anywhere if you need to.

What are your thoughts?

Skydiving is done in similar conditions to Paramotoring.

Richard X

I've always considered an extreme sport to be one where you're waiting for a significant critical event to save your life.

eg Parachuting, Base jumping, Wingsuit flying, Bungee jumping.

Even compared with Motor Biking, PPGing is quite a 'woossey' sport.

Richard

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

What is this idea that RC helicopter blades don't break when they hit the ground, mine always smash into matchwood!.

As the famous Chief engineer Montgomery Scott (Scotty from Star Trek) said 'you cannae change the Laws of Physics Richard X'

Cheers

Eddie

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

Thanks Dan, do you have his details?

Richard X

Who are or who is the best Wooden prop repairer?

Broke mine!

Richard X

Now there's a grey area, as far as I'm aware anything used on UK roads that has an engine needs Taxing & Testing whether the engine is running or not, I remember when the powered mountain boards and scooters first came out and the problems that caused with the police not knowing what was legal and what wasn't, sometimes technology and ideas develop faster than the laws can keep up with. I also remember a few years back when the Motorcycle trailer was brought out for the Honda Goldwing and the police tried to prosecute a rider who used one, it eventually got thrown out of court because there where no laws saying you could or couldn't use one, I mean, who on earth would ever think of a trailer for a motorbike?! or even a flying bicycle you can ride on the road!?

Richard X

I found this interesting piece from Australia and thought I'd post it on here.

A "Flyke": "Silhouetted against a brilliant blue sky, Andrew Polidano conjures up memories of E.T. as he powers along in his flying bike, the so-called flyke. The flyke, according to Mr Polidano and his neighbour and fellow flyer Eddie Gray, is set to be the new aerial craze. A paragliding instructor, Mr Polidano was the first person in Australia to own one, importing from the German inventor in 2002 and quickly assembling the contraption. The flyke is a recumbent, pedal-powered, 14-speed trike, with a two-stroke paramotor engine that drives a 1.2m-diameter propeller attached to a paragliding wing. Mr Gray took to the air for the first time in 2006 and, last year, the pair flew an incredible 1000km."

Richard X

WOW!

Awesome pictures, I've studied the weather for years and have never seen anything like that before!

Richard X

What a load of Bollocks that training is.......you could also go this route.....just head for a school near the pennines begining with A...........with a load of cash

It's just with you saying "just head for a school near the pennines" Do you mean the peak district?

Richard X

Is your mate learning with the school 'Airborne' in the pennines (Sowerby Bridge - Luddenden area)

Richard X

Hi, I fly a Solo 210 and as far as I'm aware the starters are all the same model.

Richard X

Hi, is that a harness with or without the Paramotor?

Richard X

Never heard of one of these, my throttle handle has an LED light that comes on to let me know my fuels running low which gives me a minimum 30 mins running time. Is mine the only one that has this?

Sorry I can't be of any help!

Richard X