PatPux

Anyone got  the above starter for a Parajet Macro or Compact. Mine has given up the ghost. For once its the motor itself rather than the more usual lunching of the Bendix, so am hoping there might be some duff ones out there with a sound motor but broken Bendix

10 minutes ago, asquaddie said:

 The wing is very easy  to bring up on a reserve and it just stays there.  

Helped by those lovely laminar sea breezes you have down there

The other one that I remember Simon reminding me of when I went to a Bac Rac was to put some sort of safety strap around the reserve in case of accidental deployment whilst moving. Dont want you resembling something from Santa Pod Raceway as you go off down the A39!

Needs  to be "obvious" so you remember to remove it before flying  

Flight 60  30/07/16

http://doarama.com/view/871438

60 flights up……..that seems like awfully slow progress considering I took my first flight 3 years ago. The terrible conditions earlier this year and more recently ongoing niggling problems with my motor have’nt helped, I suppose.

But with the turn in the weather, hopefully I can get a few more in. Anyway, I was able to get my 60^th flight on Saturday morning in, initially overcast conditions that turned sunny during the flight.

I arrived at the field to find about a 5mph NWly and still remembering one of Little Col’s maxims – “A Difficult reverse is an easy forward” that’s how I set up.

Well I did that three times in the end! It was one of those days where the wind would spend 10 minutes in one place and then 10minutes about 90 degrees different – not swinging wildly every few seconds just steady for a time in one place then changing.

I’m afraid I’m past struggling to reset a wing for forward launch, which requires some care, with all the equipment on my back , so each time it was off with the kit. And everytime I got back to the wing the direction had changed.

Luckily before my patience and energy ran out  the wind picked up a little and I was able to reverse, where picking the wing up on the breeze and resetting on the fly is a much easier proposition.

With my motor still only giving me about 6500, climb out was less than spectacular, ( not helped by 3 weeks away from the gym and an over-indulgence of food and drink on holiday) so having taken a couple of circuits over the field, away I went into the NWly wind, I changed to full out trim to make the increasing turbulence go away, but soon had to reign that in a bit as I encountered significant sink that even full throttle wouldn’t counter with the trims out. And it was a bit like throughout the flight…..OK, but not what I would like to have as a margin of extra throttle to increase my rate of climb if needed.

So, all that reinforced the call I had made to Parajet on Thursday to take them up on the quote I had sought recently for a new motor. It was a cop out really, but I was getting tired of trying to get the XT to give me the power it should so I have stumped up for a Moster 185 plus ( but still to go in my V2 Macro frame).

Id barely sent the email, before John Welch was back on the phone to enquire why I wasn’t going the whole hog and getting the V3 with the Moster, somewhat ignoring the extra £2-£3k that would cost me. It wasn’t just that, though- I still have times when I don’t manage to “bleed the speed” on landing and skid in feet first and I know the “tank” that is the V2 can handle that. Whereas, beautiful, though the V3 is, with its new “forward pointing geometry” on the frame base I’m not convinced it is quite as robust in that respect

He tried to persuade me that I’d love the new agility of the V3, but TBH, when connected to a Synth 1 nothing is going to be too agile! So I’m sticking with the V2 for now, which does what I need it to do. And there’s nothing to stop me springing for the V3 in the future.

So I am waiting to hear from PJ whether there is a spare unit available from the last batch they will receive from Vittorazi in Italy before the whole of that country shuts and goes on holiday for August.

After I'd had a 40 minute flight around the Thames up to Goring I returned to find the harvester in full swing in the field, which I had anticipated so I rounded off the morning with a little aviation of a different kind

7 hours ago, smurff said:

Never seen Doarama before. Thanks Pat

I was put on to it by Andy Bexx (ppgwings)on this forum. There is the facility to sync it with any video you have shot of the trip.

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12 minutes ago, Neilzy said:

Looks great Pat are you still looking to get a new motor I've just got myself a Nitro 200 super super light great little machine 

Not sure...funnily enough, just looking again at the V3 on the PJ site. Truth is, if the V2 Macro was performing properly it would be quite adequate, just cant seem to get it to perform crisply, like it used to before i put the new bottom end on it. And splashing £4 or £5k just because I cant get a 2 stroke tuned goes against the grain a bit.

I bet that Nitro 200 tows you around alright. I like the look of them but not sure its robust enough to survive some of my "arrivals"

Well...I finally got some flying in! Between the diabolical weather earlier in the year and then some motor woes I had only got a couple of flightsso far this year

But a glorious week in Cornwall and good weather persisting over the weekend I managed another  three. Once again I noticed the much smoother air you get when flying on the coast makes for more consistent launching and in stiffer breezes, as there is no unpredictable gusting.

Here's one of the flights around Trevose Head on a natty piece of software called Doarama

http://doarama.com/view/859462

On 9/21/2015 at 5:04 PM, PatPux said:

Unfortunately something has gone a bit awry in the recent website update so a number of photos are missing or wrong. The text is also missing chunks, including my first flight. 

So may be worth holding off a read till its sorted and makes a bit more sense. 
One thing not to hold off, though, is taking the plunge and go and get started......Weather tomorrow early looks OK.

Are we still on for the renegotiated PMC insurance to be available around the end of Feb?

I've let mine lapse over the winter.

Peter has said he will renew on a month by month pro rata basis at last years rates, but cleaner/easier to wait for the new deal...............as long as it really is going to be end of Feb, when maybe there'll be some flyable weather.

Sorry, maybe that's not clear-I'm talking about the insurance renewal not PMC membership

Will there be invitations to renew issued automatically or do we need to contact Peter Matcham individually

It's not necessary to learn to paraglide first, go straight to Paramotoring!

Yes patrick I have purchased a 26mt nucleon xx.

I really am struggling with my synth in light wind so hopefully having a wing that is 8mts smaller will help. I am picking it up on saturday so hope to be out on it that day if weather stays as predicted.

Looking forward to hearing what you think of it and it's comparisons to the Synth.

Shopping again.....are we?

Well here we are again with a problem on my Macro V2, which isn't great, but equally here I am again singing the praises of Parajet, and in particular Dan, in sorting it out very reasonably and extremely quickly.

After my second flight of the weekend I noticed some cracking in the crankcase of my motor around the prop shaft clamping boss. ( I'm sure it must have been developing for some time)

OK, maybe it shouldnt have failed in the first place, but being a 2010 machine it was well beyond warranty, so I'm more than satisfied to have a whole new bottom end for a substantial discount . I also have the old one which will be getting repaired.

Hey Patpux

Was that you who flew over the fest? Crowd was happy and thought it was me.

Yes, it was me. Flew that way again today, although it was quite a bit bumpier

Agree with the above. I'm heavier than you at 105kg, you are going to need the more powerful motors, Macro V2 , or the Moster powered units. It depends then on what Paramotor the motor goes in but there's probably no more than 5kg range in weight between lightest and heaviest. Light often means less robust and you may be thankful of something that can take the inevitable knocks of learning. When you start and you are developing technique you need not be carrying a heavy fuel load, so I'd be going for a good robust unit and no be too worried about how weight penalty that would come with. Let's see what others say

Raidan

Might fly over from Pangbourne. What sort of time is it going on? Where exactly is it, coords? Looks quite close to the Newbury show which is on this weekend- "no take off within 1000m of gathering of 1000 people , and all that?"

Patrick

Thinking about this a bit more........so how much money was spent to consult/draft/redraft and finally pass into law something that doesn't change the rules but couches them in a way that complies with EU Legislation but makes them almost impossible to interpret...............Complete madness

No exactly easy to find is it! I did start to look at the exceptions but admit I gave up

Pete. Right at the beginning I said I had no intention of doing anything stupid. But it's interesting isn't it that we have had to relax our rules in compliance with Europe because they don't have a similar rule.

Rest assured I will be sticking to 1000ft clear

I've looked at this again over lunch today.

I think the overflight of gatherings of 1000 people has disappeared!

-It was in Rules of the Air 2007. No 734

-It is not in Rules of the Air 2015 No 840

And

The explanatory letter to the issue of the latest CAP393 April 2015 clearly states that Rules of the Air 2007 is replaced in its entirety by Rules of the Air 2015. It has been brought about by a requirement to standardise due to EU Commission Implementing Regulation 923/2012 ( Standardised European Rules of the Air- SERA)

All the relevant documents are attached.........If you had half hour of your life to waste!

1

This is an extract from Rules of The Air 2007, The Rules of the Air Regulations 2007

· 2007 No. 734

· SCHEDULE 1

· SECTION 3

· Regulation 5

highlighted is the section on flying over assemblies.

Low flying prohibitions

5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an aircraft shall comply with the low flying prohibitions in paragraph (3) unless exempted by rule 6.

(2) If an aircraft is flying in circumstances such that more than one of the low flying prohibitions apply, it shall fly at the greatest height required by any of the applicable prohibitions.

(3) The low flying prohibitions are as follows—

(a)Failure of power unit

An aircraft shall not be flown below such height as would enable it to make an emergency landing without causing danger to persons or property on the surface in the event of a power unit failure.

(b)The 500 feet rule

Except with the written permission of the CAA, an aircraft shall not be flown closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle or structure.

©The 1,000 feet rule

Except with the written permission of the CAA, an aircraft flying over a congested area of a city town or settlement shall not fly below a height of 1,000 feet above the highest fixed obstacle within a horizontal radius of 600 metres of the aircraft.

(d)The land clear rule

An aircraft flying over a congested area of a city, town or settlement shall not fly below such height as would permit the aircraft to land clear of the congested area in the event of a power unit failure.

(e)Flying over open air assemblies

Except with the written permission of the CAA, an aircraft shall not fly over an organised open-air assembly of more than 1,000 persons below the higher of the following heights—

(i)1,000 feet; or

(ii)such height as would permit the aircraft to land clear of the assembly in the event of a power unit failure.

(f)Landing and taking off near open air assemblies

An aircraft shall not land or take-off within 1,000 metres of an organised, open-air assembly of more than 1,000 persons except—

(i)at an aerodrome, in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA; or

(ii)at a landing site which is not an aerodrome, in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA and with the written permission of the organiser of the assembly.

2.

the Rules of the Air 2015 (SI 2015/840).

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015 ... 840_en.pdf

Contains these words on flying near open air assemblies

Landing and taking off within congested areas and near open-air assemblies

5.—(1) An aircraft must not take off or land within a congested area of any city, town or

settlement except—

(a) at an aerodrome in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA; or

(b) at a landing site which is not an aerodrome in accordance with the permission of the

CAA.

(2) An aircraft must not land or take-off within 1,000 metres of an open-air assembly of more

than 1,000 persons except—

(a) at an aerodrome in accordance with procedures notified by the CAA; or

(b) at a landing site which is not an aerodrome in accordance with procedures

Nothing about overflying at 1000ft or glide clear.

3

.Here is the explanatory note for CAP 393 AIR NAVIGATION: THE ORDER AND THE REGULATIONS AMENDMENT 1/2015

https://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP%20393 ... 150505.pdf

Office of the General Counsel

EXPLANATORY LETTER TO READERS

April 2015

Dear Reader

CAP 393 AIR NAVIGATION: THE ORDER AND THE REGULATIONS AMENDMENT 1/2015

This is the first amendment to the Fourth Edition of CAP 393.

Changes to Section 2

Section 2, which contained the Rules of the Air Regulations 2007, is replaced in its entirety by the Rules of the Air 2015 (SI 2015/840).

The Rules of the Air 2015 – the 2015 Rules - are made in consequence of the coming into force in the United Kingdom of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 923/2012 which contains common rules of the air (known as the Standardised European Rules of the Air - “SERA).

The 2015 Rules supplement SERA and should be read in conjunction with them. The 2015 Rules, which follow the arrangement of SERA, specify provisions from the 2007 Rules of the Air which are not included in SERA but which it is considered should be retained.

What's an average glide angle? 7:1? So it would have to be 14000ft (2.5 miles)diameter for you to need to be higher than 1000ft

It would have to be effing huge for a 1000ft height not to be the governing factor!