Mark Morgan

A little update from us At Sussex Paramotors... Our stock of polini parts is expanding constantly. We believe we have most parts except Major internals for All of the Polini Thor range... Some parts will have limited stock... If you do need parts quickly feel free to give me a call or visit our website.. www.sussexparmotors.co.uk Regards Mark

Our Mac Fly trike is 10.6kg

electronics can fail at anytime... Start with the plug, then check the leads and Kill switch... if that fails check the Ohm reading on the Stater It should read around 300ohm, coils do go down but i'm not 100% sure how you can check a coil... On the Plus side... we stock all the parts

Is it wise to 'Spiral' over a built up area ?????

I know a pilot who learnt out in Thailand... he came back with no understanding of UK air law or any understanding of weather!!... Also the horror story of training without a reserve!!!! Use caution when learning abroad!!

Hi While all advise should be never fly in rain especially snow. How much rain can you get away with? A few years back i was doing the SSDR rally flying my old V5 and trusty Ozone speedster, both myself and my flying buddy had a shower passing in front of us. We both held our course as it looked as tho it would pass in front of us, unfortunately holding our course was to prove the wrong choice and we got wet, trying to go around and getting wetter and wetter, By the time we passed the cloud and back into the sunshine we were both soaking wet, Not wanting to slow our progress call it hard core, brave or god dam stupid we carried on flying... Full trims out never touching the brakes for fear of a full parachute stall.. Looking back we were both very lucky!!! Fast forward to the present, Flying a new wing i encountered a very minor patch of drizzle, No more than a few spots on the goggles, This time i was flying FULL SLOW as i had a low airtime pilot with me, who was flying on fast trims to keep up.. We passed the small patch of rain in about 1-2mins everything was dry my wing started to twitch pitch then violently roll... Stalling back then surging forward to the horizon ... My GPS showed 48kph forward speed down to 10kph as my wing was stalling out on me, One second i thought i had the glider under control then the next the circle of stall, pitching and yawing started all over again.. from 1000ft down to around 300-400ft i had thoughts of calling it a day and chucking my reserve but as soon as i went for the handle the glider seemed to be ok... again stall pitch.. down to about 200ft i thought about pushing out the trims to accelerate the glider, BUT i didn't do this as i doubted my own judgement... I 'landed' at 8M Per second... According to the wings designer this was my only option to regain control of the wing again.... Only Suffering from whiplash and bruising...I am lucky to be walking!!! All High end wings should not be flown when raining!! if you get caught out fly full fast trims NEVER touch the brakes just tips until your feet touch down... All the new crop of wings with there smoother surfaces will suffer from getting wet more so than the older wrinkly old gliders.. DO NOT fly in rain!! Fly safe

Reading of the EGT will depend where you place the sensor... If the Plug colour and CHT temp is good use your EGT temp as a guide and set the warning accordingly any probe give me a call

I have to say that the older magnets were a little weak, BUT i never found them a problem at all. I actually like them, While thermaling or ridge soaring with my motor off i like the low force it take to get the handles off the magnets... Tony.. If you had been informed by your dealer correctly he would/should have told you the Viper 3 and the Viper 4 is not a "fast" wing, It is a High end high performance wing. Most people get confused with high performance and fast ... The Viper 3 is a high end wing for experienced pilots who wish to do XC/thermal/ridge style flying it is very efficient and glides on and on... The viper 4 is a High end classic and slalom comp wing. It is more efficient than the Viper 3 IMO but has loads more agility making it great for Slalom style. but is Not fast 65kph on my 18m... Some pilots would class 65 as fast other don't The speedster, speedster 2 are faster than the Viper 3/4 if you want 'Faster' still try the Ozone Slalom 75kph on my 16m @ 115kg all up My advice before buying any wing is take good advice from a dealer who has on demo or has owned for a period of time all the wings you wish to try. If you need advice on the Viper 4, Speedster 2, or the Slalom please feel free to call... GR002 If you want ease of launch then try the viper3/4 I only have to sneeze on my 18m Viper 4 and she wants to fly and if you want agility you need to try one...