LordFrench

its a bit annoying when without warning the wind can change direction on you. quite a few fails but ill get there. its not a race hopefully back again this friday if the weather is kind to us.

SECOND DAYS TRAINING 9.10.15 arrived at the airfield to find it was to damp to get the wings out. waited about for around 30-45 mins and then decided to just do it. did some ground handling which im getting the hang of now. Then at midday colin gave me a harness to try some forward launching. my first one was perfect but i feel im a bit rusty at it and may need more time to prefect it. the wind changing direction every 10 seconds didnt really help matters. i keep forgetting to let go of my A Risers which isnt a good habit to have. i also need to learn to relax a bit more. around 230pm i pulled a hamstring but nothing to serious a hot bath didnt really fix. feel a bit bruised but im ready for my 3rd day next week

yep oxford airport located near kidlington oxfordshire. run way is 50 ft over head of the dual carriageway

i dont mind, i cant swim anyway. might need arm bands when i go over the sea haha. i ended up risking the A34 going home. never hit any traffic. did it in 55 mins

FIRST DAY TRAINING. (2.10.15) arrived just gone 10am because my sat nav got me lost. did some ground handling and at first i thought it would be easy but its NOT. its really tiring stuff. After about 12pm i managed to control it a bit more and steer it. 1pm the wind vanished and never really came back. i plan to go back for my 2nd day next friday. ( 9.10.15) Dont listen to what most of the youtube videos say. they make it sound like you can just get a wing and fly. the ground handling is tough going for a newbie and if you managed to get air born i dont think you would last long without the ground handling.

thats a nice sunrise you have there

What would be the best setup for someone just getting into paramotoring. I weight about 11-12 stone, what wing, motor would be the best to start with. not looking to go extreme right away and a nice slow wing would be good i think.

Here is where im going to post my experience with PPG. booked up last week with simon and i hope to go down next friday ( 2nd oct 15 ) for my first lesson. will update as i go along. forgot to add that im terrified of going up high. this is more of a motivation thing to get my fear of heights gone ( I HOPE ) so spending £900 on training to fly a PPG is one way to motivate me. no one likes to lose £900 do they.. next on the list is fear of deep water

haha i havent started training yet haha. well next friday if the weathers my friend.

it says there is 3726 registered users but hardly any recent posts. how come its not very active? is it more active in winter? all those members and 1 or 2 posts a day?

cant you just take off from anywhere theres flat land??

anyone ever thought about running there motors on HHO?? i have HHO in my work van and ive seen cars and motorbikes run off it.

wasnt he cheating though being in the mountains. shouldnt it count if you are at sea level and climbing? i could live 10k feet above sea level and clime 30k feet and claim a record haha

doesnt bear grylls hold the world record for a height of 29,500ft

from what ive read the only issue with engines was fuel in the carbs etc. so best to drain all that. i think the idea of buying gear from us and we give free lessons to me sounds like a bit of a con. maybe im wrong, but you get nothing free in this world thats for sure.