TONYPARAMOTOR

hi a excellent video for paramotor pilots to watch.  just trying to help every pilot.when the need arises.

hi glad iam not up setting anyone  ;0)

looking through the paramotor vids. and watched this good video.nice music. nice person. i have no wish to affend anyone  memories.

money. family.work. = life as we know it  .

what  type of pilot are you xc. free style? or?

may sound good or looks good..  but at the end of the day its proof in the pudding...   hence demo the wing. and as we all know. every pilot is different one likes this one likes that...  so back to where we started.    demo test the wing then see if the pilot depending on there skill level likes it. i have well over 1,000 air hours ill test it then wait and see. with my experience most wings can do sats.spirals . big ears. stalls.etc.  hope this helps  demo the wing.   ;0) and trying to get a demo on any wing is a NIGHTMARE?

On 16/08/2017 at 15:32, custom-vince said:

its a good point, I haven't experienced many other of the smaller wings. It did surprise me though and I went in cautiously at first.

Not so many years ago I was flying 29m fusion. I then dropped to 24 GTR, I didn't feel I would have the power or clean launch area to go smaller, it felt enough of a drop at that time. after 6 months, I should have bought the 22. Anyway to solve that I moved onto GTX22. That was faster to launch, this is the first time I noticed till wind launches were faster. Any amount of wind and smaller is simply easier. During my GTX22 time, I got a 23m Magnetic Prototype wing. Fast efficient with very little reflex, this changed my view of reflex slightly and I also started flying my GTX more in slower trims. The magnetic would launch me easier on nill wind days, the wing felt maybe more technical to launch the the GTX which was fast but really simple. Fuel burn. on my 130cc motor I went from 4.5lph GTX to 2.5lph magnetic, flying at the same speed. I learned reflex = drag and inefficiency. Reflex also equals safety questionable in science but in reality reflex felt bullet proof. Having never had a collapse on either wings due to flying in calm conditions. I started to fly the magnetic more and more due to the economy and easy launch. Sold GTX as it was not far from the magnetic in size and style. Moving from 130cc AirConception to Nitro, I had some power to spare. Next I bought a GTS 19 as a fun wing. Found this very hard to launch at my weight in will wind. Its super easy to ground handle, it was just the run and amount of lift I lacked with the power I had available. Some days it was easy, other days I run and run. Up until that I hadn't failed a launch in years. I failed 2 and I was running fast at the time, so went back to my 23m for bill wind days and GTS on days over 5-10 mph.

Zoom to Malaysia where I took my current wing of choice the magnetic23. I met my ozone freeride 19 out there as it was just released. The first launch sites were not perfect so I kept with what I know and flew the mag23. a couple of days in, we got to a big grass field which looked perfect for the first test flights of the Freeride19, I was expecting a good run and a lot of power. I was SO WRONG, this thing popped up and lifted me faster than the 23m I had been flying, which was already more lofty than the 22m I had before. This Freeride 19m is very lifty, I could instantly see why some pilots have been flying 16m viper4's. Those sizes seemed ridiculous as an onlooker, but now I see them as easily accessible.

So while easy to launch, rpm is normal, I'm not screaming away on the engine, still in the 3.5-4.5 lph average for me and nitro. 5200 rpm level flight with a bit of trim out.

It does come with a warning though. They do feel highly strung and exciting to fly. It bumps about, if the air is anything but perfect. That said I was comfortable enough to fly down malaysia and never got the mag23 out again for that trip. I have since jumped back on the 23m for a flight and even that felt big and the brakes feel a bit soft.

To answer part of your question, its very design specific. The Freeride and the Viper4 lift very well for the small size. Other models and brands, I do not know.

 

Landing smaller wings is nothing to worry about, you come in faster, have lots of flare authority and scrub off all the speed for a gentle landing, it just takes timing. Launching is easy in wind, nill wind will show up if something is to small. I also consider I rarely launch from perfect grass and need extra lift to help from brown sites etc. The more efficient the wing, the more you will feel the lumps and bumps.

Final warning. Any kind of malfunction, collapse etc. is going to have more severe reactions. That said, more loaded is less likely to have a malfunction, but when it does, it will be dramatic.

 

Hope all that helps you see how at least I got to flying 19m and make it feel normal to me. I have let a couple of other pilots fly. Jumping from 29m nucleon to 19m free ride on a top80. I think we were both surprised to see him actually get up. Test the ground with my 23 first, as its little more sedate. Fly he did and with not a huge effort either (pilot about 75kg), launch was faster. Extra power sure helps.

so your not selling paramania wings now? are you selling ozones wings? .. now. and do tell what happened to paramania? or you just go with the so called flow...

or have what scout paramotors have........ safety cut out.....  please dont ever forget .if we are novices or experts we all make mistakes =  human

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hi iam up to date with work load so ill be testing my new wing ..........................   soon and as experienced paramotor pilots it takes .. time. doberman 2  very much smaller compared to the viper 3.

a very late video before the parafest event.due to work ive been very busy.

On 11/05/2017 at 20:25, AndyB said:

My son makes it look easy...................

 

always easier at the beach?  inland alot different

On 11/05/2017 at 12:52, MrPK21 said:

Hello all

I am quite new to all this. I have an ITV Jedi 26, should this wing stay above my head when Ground Handling with no hands / no brakes.

so after I have pulled the wing up, stopping it from over shooting  me with a bit of breaks.

should I be able to keep it there with no hands or is this just on some wings?

hmm so your teaching yourself are you? why not go with a instructor? question your itv jedi 26.how many hours has the wing? is the wing flyable or just ground handling?.. live and learn or learn and live.

short launches... depends solely on your skill level. e.g can you do a power launch? if you can without shredding your wing and risers. then try this. set everything up methodically.check and double check.then go for it.only if you know exactly what your doing.or its gonna cost you?   power launch not for novices.  and watch on u-tube= knowledge

just imagine wings are just like cars.they come big and they come small.different colors different safety features.all are different depending on the individual. have a demo with the wing.and if your ready to use a motor then use both. and go for the test drive.and if.if you want a ozone wing.then test more then one wing.. your the customer.you have the money. time will tell. ;0)

glad your ok.. no matter who we  are beginners or experts we are all human and mistakes happen.   live and learn or learn and live.

tx smurff sorry ive been abit busy   ;0)