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What about this? Roomy for all your gear and mates! Mercedes Benz GWagen 4 x 4

Cheaper to fly to UK than B.C. too!

Not sure if this has ever been posted. very clever...and didn't see paramotoring!!!! http://www.besthealthdegrees.com/health-risks/

Hi Yogi-9, I have good friends that have a cottage just outside of Perth (Adam's Lake) about an hour and a bit away from my place..beautifull small town it is! Did you bring your equipment here to Canada? I am booked for the May 4th to the 9th. The cost is really dependant! If you kite really well then you save money on that. If you do your 30 take-offs and landings quickly (10-15 min flights) and show experience then it also saves you money. Basically $3000 to start and then as you go along it is deducted off. If you end up with unused monies...it is returned to you. Check site below: http://www.poweredparaglidingontario.ca ... ourses.htm Here is a break-down (taken from Andre's website): Course cost structure $ 300.00 CAD for preparatory ground school - includes study book and Student Pilot Permit - total of 6 hrs $ 90.00 CAD per hour of paraglider ground training/handling - includes use of paraglider and training harness. Approximately 6 - 8 hours of training is required to be sufficiently prepared for solo foot launch flight. $ 130.00 CAD per hour for take off run simulation excersises including use of paramotor and helmet with radios. Approximately 1/3 hour required. $ 160.00 per hour of powered practice (power take offs, short flights, landings, cross country flight/s) This per hour fee includes: use of paraglider, helmet with radios, backpack style paramotor. Approximately 10 hours required as 5 hours of flight time in your log book is required to apply for license. This estimate is based on thirty short 10 - 15 min flights. Prices above are per hour per person. You will be responsible to pay for any damages to school equipment. You will be required to sign $ 1000 blank VISA or MC sales slip. Those without VISA or MC will have to provide $ 1000 in cash or $ 1000 certified cheque or money order. Blank credit card slip, $ 1000 cash or cheque or money order will be returned at the end of the course or upon request.

Sorry I didn't see these responses till now. Actually I signed up with Andre Zeman out at: http://www.poweredparaglidingontario.ca/ Did my research and he seems to be the one I am most in tune with. Talked on the phone a couple times and been through every inch of his website. I live in Ottawa (6.5 hrs away) so I signed up for the the complete 1 week course in May. I bought myself a used Windtech Kinetik Plus wing a couple weeks ago. It has less than 15hrs on it and is super new and crispy! I am 225lbs (102 kg for you metric folk) before any gear so the 30 meter size should be just right. I bought a mountain climbing harness and had some slings sewn onto them for the carabiners to attach to the risers of my wing. Works GREAT! A few pics: Harness My 1st day of kiting the wing! It was about -12 Celcius and the snow was about 12" deep (30 cm). Winds were out of the North West about 12-15km/hr. Was fun but soon found out that I am wayyyyy out of shape. And deep snow sucks for tracking the wing...better learn to control it so I don't have to track it.

Probably come out with the invisible motor too so that the wife can't see it taking up room in the garage or basement!!!

Thanks for the comments and the cell phone in hand is a smart instructor idea for sure! The brake unit actually has an internal coil spring in it, so it does return when throttling off. As far as going overboard...perhaps, but I had nothing better to do.

Hi everyone, taking my paramotor course in May of 2013 and have bought myself a wing to practice my kiting skills (will receive before Christmas). I have read the PPG Bible about 4-5 times already and love it. Great intoduction rto the sport and lots of references for old and new paramotorists! I read that it's a good idea to practice with a dummy throttle or simulator so that when you finally start adding a throttle to the mix you are ahead of the game...so I made one. Very simple. I just cut up an old mountain bicycle handlebar and capped the ends with wood (Walnut in my case) and added a bit of Velcro and a buckle and voila! A Simulator Throttle. Hope it helps...if anyone has any comments or infor that makes this wrong or right...please let me know. Canadian PPGer to be. Here are the pictures I took:

Found this in an aviation forum....sounds like GPS Altimeters are not the way to go. Many people are surprised to find that their GPS altitude often disagrees with the altimeter’s altitude by a significant amount. This effect is more pronounced at higher altitudes. It is important to understand the limitations of GPS (and barometric) altimetry before safely using either in an aircraft. GPS Altitude accuracyGPS devices read what we will call the GEOMETRIC altitude of the aircraft, relative to a sea-level baseline that is defined in the WGS84 coordinate system. This altitude is unaffected by atmospheric conditions. Aircraft Altimeters derive altitude by measuring the air pressure. There is a compensating setting in an altimeter (the Kollsman window) that allows the pilot to adjust the altimeter to the proper altitude at an airport, compensating for barometric pressure and temperature effects AT THE SURFACE. At low altitudes GPS altitudes will generally agree with the aircraft (barometric) altimeter, so long as the altimeter is set to the local altimeter setting. It is not uncommon to see an error of plus or minus 100 feet. Many imported GPS receivers (the inexpensive ones commonly sold over the internet or by computer stores) have about a plus or minus 200 foot altitude accuracy. This is due to a miscalculation performed in a very common inexpensive GPS chipset that is used in virtually all of these receivers. Most of these GPS altimetry errors are random and depend on satellite geometry and a host of other factors beyond the control of the pilot. These errors apply at any altitude as well. It is because of these errors that GPS must not be used as an altitude reference when operating close to the ground. You should NEVER use the virtual ILS function or VNAV functions of any GPS within several hundred feet of the ground under any circumstance. Barometric Altimetry Errors At higher altitudes, the GPS altitude and Indicated (barometric) altitude often diverge. This is caused by the limitations of barometric altimetry, not by any error in the GPS calculations. All pilots know that temperature affects air density, and that on a hot day, the air is less dense – reducing aircraft performance. This also affects the accuracy of the altimeter. Setting the Altimeter setting makes the indicated altitude agree with field elevation when the aircraft is on the ground at that airport. At ISA Standard temperature, the altimeter will be accurate as the aircraft climbs away from the airport elevation as well. However, when the air is very cold (more dense) or very hot (less dense) the altimeter will accumulate errors as we climb away from the field elevation where the altimeter setting was taken. On a day that is 30 degrees Celsius colder the altimeter will show the aircraft about 10% higher than it’s AGL altitude above the station altitude where the altimeter setting was recorded. 30 higher results in the indicated altitude being 10% lower than the actual TRUE (GPS) altitude would indicate. Thus, on hot summer days, the GPS will show a higher cruise altitude than the altimeter, typically by about 500 feet at 10,000 feet. This has an impact on using the VNAV target altitudes and should be compensated for by the pilot. Air traffic control is based on Indicated altitude, not on GPS altimetry.

Thanks Stuart...what model of Garmin are you using there are so many?

Anybody recomend any altimeter watches...I've seen the SUUNTO line $$$$ and cheaper Casio style. What are you wearing?

Hello everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself as a new fanatic. Winter is just starting to gear up here in Canada. I live in Canada's capital...Ottawa, Ontario. Not too much in the way for on line local info on this new sport I have fallen upon, so here I am. I'll be taking my course next april or may and am thinking of buying a low hours unit online. How: I have a motorcyle for sale and someone wanted to trade me a home built trike and chute...and after reading different websites and finding out it was 20 years behind in the times as far as the technology goes..I decided against it, BUT wow what a sport. Hope to learn, learn, learn!!! Patrick Morais