kiwi k

And here is Triggers broom now engine refitted to frame and yes i have test flown it and now feel i have more confidence in this engine and not worrying about if it will get hungry and try eat itself ,  and also it being slightly wider both sides is not an issue either  .

Plus i should of said in previous post the aluminium motor mounts were made to a specific length in relation to the vertical bar thickness and the finished prop mounting face to keep it at exactly the same original distance.

Yeah great news last night frantic rummage in garage to find 4 penny washers and two M8 bolts right length to get me flying ready, Only chucked it together and bolted up to do a new years day flight shakedown to make sure everything is as should be, So headed to Wingland today to pick up a prop from Chilly (Mike Chilvers) and do said flight and yes i was glad i did was epic start for the new year. More pictures to follow after i have finished milling and having all alloy parts painted or Anodized.

Fly safe and hope everybody else gets their new year flights very soon  

Well been busy last couple of days creating loads of swarf whilst making a handful of aluminium parts, started with one flat aluminium bar and one round bar then as if by magic chopped them up and worked a bit of magic, and ended up with a complete Moster motor fitting kit to my HE Titanium frame took almost two days but i'm pleased with end result.

On 15/11/2019 at 21:37, kiwi k said:

Might have to rename "The Pheonix" to "Trigger's Flying Broom" 55 hours young and just fitted Another piston but this time gone the whole way and fitted Barrel as well,  all back up and running but not had a chance to go for a test flight yet but Sundays looking good . 

My balls ache i have scratched them too much  and i'm almost bald so pulling my hair out is over, the Pheonix runs lovely for approx 2 minutes then smokes like ferk, tried different carb No difference and completely stripped engine down and done crankcase reseal, replaced carb gaskets and a few pipes, But whatever i do it still smokes and forgot i even cleaned out all petrol and started fresh incase i had mixed wrong . and i have 2 sets of barrel and pistons and get exactly the same smoke problem whatever set-up or cinfiguration i run Arrrgggghhhhh

So now i have given in and now gone over to the dark side and bought a new engine to fit into my frame,  pictures to follow later 

Might have to rename "The Pheonix" to "Trigger's Flying Broom" 55 hours young and just fitted Another piston but this time gone the whole way and fitted Barrel as well,  all back up and running but not had a chance to go for a test flight yet but Sundays looking good . 

On 02/08/2019 at 21:33, justacowboy said:

hi  folks ....  im excited to learn this new hobby .....  im in Temecula ca.  ( so. califorina )   and im looking for a good teacher

We are mainly a UK based group so USA trainers not to plenty on here 

On 20/07/2019 at 02:32, steelmesh said:

Step up then and fill in the blanks instead of picking on this noob

Nobody is picking on you just saying more alternatives you have only picked Top branded best known.

R ultralight T rex.

Fly products.

Simplify.

Elite paramotor.

HsCom paramotor.

Minari poland paramotor.

HEparamotores.

Macfly.

Flymecc.

Pap.

EVO aviation.

just a few 

Sorry but i gotta agree with Si Steelmesh you have not even scratched the surface there's poop loads more out there 

Well last minute Facebook post several of us invited by Turbo to go for communal flight June 21st, so that evening  trundled to the seaside for a trial flight with fellow fliers, and everything worked as should for most of us ( I wasn't the fallen one), short compact take off field but plenty of on tap grunt gets my fat Arse out of any field (as long as wing is set-up directly into wind as should be), flew up and down coast for about 50 minutes in the cool sea breeze so Lahurverlyy, Only hiccup was on landing approach coming thru the tree's to see big yellow van with back door wide open, Ok you guessed it  tried kicking it shut but wrong line but did shut it as frame hoop clipped it , and No damage to van but slight kink to horizontal spar (soon fixed) and to everyone's surprise i still landed on my feet and turned round to drop wing perfectly .

Just so addictive and now truly hooked as can't ever get enough flights  plus need to finish new frame for my Bailey motor so i can get longer XC's and really start going places Thanks for Reading Kiwi.

I'm biased and i'd say Universal 1.1 everyday as it's beginner to intermediate and holds good resale value, but above all excellent XC wing and still agile plus fast as well 75% trims 25% speed bar.

Rich each flight just makes it more exciting and hopefully we get better and better, well done hopefully the rain will stop soon so we can do it all over again.

Its now totally official i hate Paramotors  or should that be i hate not being able to Fly and Not because of the weather .

Didn't even make a month  thought all was going well until i finished flying on Saturday May 18th, Sunday got up 4.30 so i could travel 90 minutes up the road to make a XC with a few friends (good intentions), rocked up to the field unlocked the gate really looking forward to a longer than normal excursion, pulled everything out then go to start paramotor and Nothing Flash starter not engaging ,  ripped it apart to find another broken main spring yes another as only replaced it 10hrs previously.

Dave i think you'll find M141 is a solid spacer not rubber and is or was yours mounted with washers and spacer as in your above picture?.

Dave, regulation dictates we have to be minimum of 500ft above people animals and structures, and 1000ft if population or gathering more than a 1000 people, but there is an exception and that's called take off and landing, and not knowing the situation was an emergency and a legitimate reason for such low flying.

Most try to steer clear of low flying over anything or anyone for safety reasons and noise, but in this instance not having witnessed the event there could be more to it and its easy to comment without knowing the whole scenario.

And IMO you'd be better of trying to communicate with said offender and just explain how you feel about him and his actions and ask if he could rethink about his flight path, but he might have a genuine reason which we know nothing about 

Contact Parajet and go from there. or i think Andy shaws team at green dragon mend harness's

30 minutes ago, HangTen said:

Someone possibly died not far from me 2 weeks ago due to a failure of a riser or carabiner.  Investigation ongoing.

originally you said carabiner now you include riser, CAA possibly with help from BHPA are there to determine most causes and always put up report findings.

This thread was simply offered as a discussion on that in the interest of gathering information.   it was not offered as a do all end all demand you add more carbiners.

yes i understand original post but the way i see it your were possibly blaming carabiner failure before any investigation or findings have been published.

Seems rude when someone suggests you should "not participate" because you ask questions or try to gather information.

I apologize if you think i'm being rude but just looks like your putting scenario's up before necessary. 

Stating someone else is "Overly Concerned" and should therefor stay away from the hobby is highly subjective and of little value to the discussion.

Tactful never was my best subject but to me you were showing a big concern to a possible safety situation should or could it arise

And to be honest i think everybody should at least have a flight be it Tandem or Solo as we get the most gorgeous of views, but its not for everybody and i respect that.

And possibly your back ground may of not helped you with you insight into our sport, but look thru crash records of us slower users of the sky and the percentage of material failures i believe is low, more crashes caused thru pilot/s error or wrong equipment advice given or misuse.

On 04/06/2019 at 18:49, Paul Mockford said:

AXA still do it?

Thought thru Clive you are a qualified BHPA pilot ? to which your covered insurance wise.

So if you've got a free bottle of wine  not that i do not owe you beers already for transport services 

It's better to be on the ground wishing you were flying than be flying wishing you were on the ground.

Commercial flying is not a sport IMO, i drive for a living and we also have a rigorous pre-drive check list even on hand over or exchanges.

Motorcyclist all my life and done Skiing and only had 1 accident my own fault many years ago because i learnt from others mistakes.

And at No point did i say that i'm against safety checks.

But your questioning 1 small part of our equipment saying " if ONE carabiner suddenly failed.....you will fall from the sky in a hurry ".

Some Acro pilots carry two or more reserves not because of equipment failure but because of the situation and possible incorrect deployment needing to deploy another, most normal pilots carry a reserve but Not all choose to is that right or wrong?, Our safety and others is ours as we are the pilot in command but to try and cover "but if what" incidents we would need so much extra equipment were does it stop?.

Mechanical, Non mechanical, electrical the list goes on. 

15 hours ago, e2vdavidb said:

Thanks for the feedback. 

I decided to order 2, one carbon and one wooden, both with leading edge tape.

I think the wood prop is so cheep its worth a look, my flying is not so dynamic so probably I wont notice a difference but will report when they arrive.

Dave

Dave my understanding on Carbon versus Wooden comes in varying information, the trainer who taught me who's used both would say wooden s generally best in damage limitations (wood disintegrates easier) and causes less damage to machine or person, as carbon stays sharp and turns lethal in most crashes.

But he always said if beach flying carbon was best and was his choice but inland flying wooden, and he said carbon spins up fractionally quicker but marginal, and fuel usage not noticeable and he's got years of experience including competition flying at high standard, and yes even he gets it wrong and has destroyed a Prop this year

Last month at our field there was an E-prop on warm up made a weird noise, and on inspection it had split open on tip outer edge without ever having had impact, you'll never get that on Wood and most of us were curious to of known what might of possibly happened if he was in flight.

This is just my two penneth. 

Ian it's a small world half my family live in Fort Dodge but i'm UK British, all i'll say is do your homework and be very weary of the likes of Capt Fister and Super Dell, if possible before buying any equipment find local fliers and just go for a chat.

Over here we're very friendly and possibly expect same over your side of the pond, don't be in a rush to buy anything seek training and gain advice through them and existing fliers, you can easily spend lots of money if you get it wrong and will.

Motor choice has numerous factors like flying style and intended use xc's etc ?

So do as you are and ask around get as much information until your happy and then if ready make hopefully the right decision.

8 hours ago, HangTen said:

 A failed carabiner under 1000 ft is probably one of those non-survivable catastrophic failures.   Your life literally hangs on their integrity.  Maybe someday a double carabiner system will become standard as a safety backup.  Redundancy.   It's actually the exact reason air travel is as safe as it is.   Food for thought.

1000ft easily survivable, under 300ft Not.

Look at the opening times and flying stability and descent rates for most reserves on the market today, yes the lower the ground possibly the more injuries incurred but high chances are you'll survive

But IMO if your that safety driven and worried about equipment failure then maybe this is Not the sport for you go find something safer with your feet firmly on the ground .  

24 minutes ago, AndyB said:

 Flying in big planes scares me, no reserve and no helmet! 

 

Andy sit at the back they never ever reverse in to mountains 

2 hours ago, AndyB said:

Rather than double up on carabiners it would make more sense that if a backup is required, to use a backup that will last a short while.....such as a webbing loop. If a carabiner failed the webbing loop takes the load. A webbing loop will not chaff against the carabiner.

Andy i'm guessing your referring to soft links like more used in Paragliding.

10 hours ago, HangTen said:

Someone died two weeks ago in Arcadia Florida USA and eye witness reports say that the paramotor took a violent fall on one side before plunging to the ground from 300 - 400 feet.(possibly not equipment failure and more lack of pre flight checks)  

No time to deploy a reserve unfortunately.   Still under investigation but one person who saw the wreckage seemed to suggest he also thought it could be a  carabiner failure.(correct about reserve and leave the rest to the experts its their job) 

Stop for one moment and in your mind, go through what would actually happen if ONE carabiner suddenly failed.....you will fall from the sky in a hurry.(depends what height and what causes the failure)

Perhaps this thread will encourage someone to check theirs and potentially avert a disaster.(i was trained to inspect and clipped in properly on pre flight check)

There is absolutely no guarantee that any given Carabiner will not have a manufacturing flaw or other weakness that causes sudden failure, even if it is a rare occurrence.  Again, I certainly wouldn't want to be that ONE.

And climbers open and close carabiners more than we ever will so yes they have more failures.

As previously said doubling up could cause a different or premature problem, you could always go soft link but rated lower but less parts to fail.

I don't see many serious failures due to material faults more user error caused accidents.

1 hour ago, Scott Harcourt said:

The same person who let you in... It’s a public forum. The standards are very low..

Maybe but at least this idiot reads posts and NOT just re-post 8 year previous unsubstantiated drivel, and even without any new information regards said item.

And this idiot contributes to keeping the running of this Public forum.