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I understood it was based on maximum fuel capacity, not the amount actually carried, so a 13 ltr tank would *theoretically* be a problem, whether it had 2, 8, 10 or 13 litres in it ... but I doubt anyone is actually checking. ummm .. i guess until you crash into something and set it on fire ... insurance companies jut sLOVE get out clauses

Fair point ... I generally get the impression that the CAA reallises at least some of what is going on, but prefers no one makes too much fuss. I suspect they know there are paramotors around with tanks > 10L, but simply would rather not have the additional paperwork.

Fair point ... I generally get the impression that the CAA reallises at least some of what is going on, but prefers no one makes too much fuss. I suspect they know there are paramotors around with tanks > 10L, but simply would rather not have the additional paperwork.

Surely, since the maximum fuel capacity exceeds 10L, you need a microlight licence for it as it no longer counts as a SPHGadvocate> or do the CAA just turn a blind eye to such things?

I can confirm what Malc said, a nice little spot, friendly crowd and great scenery. There was quite a varied selection of machinery there today, always good to see what other people are flying The club is run by a guy called Tony, apparently. I have his mobile number, I'll be giving hima ring during the week to see about joining up. I hope to be there again, probably not next weekend (family stuff ... ) but soon. Robin.

Before ruling out wings as being too beginnery .. I should get a few hours in on a school wing or two. Modern DHV1 rated wings are pretty good, significantly better than performance wings of not that long ago! A DHV1 wing will see your through your first 100+ hours of flying and still keep a smile on your face. Even if you upgrade to a "performance" wing, its still useful to have that DHV1 wing for rough days. Believe me, when you are up at a couple f thousand feet and it gets bumpy, and you start to worry as you get tossed about a bit .. you'll be mighty glad to be on a nice safe wing.

I'm curious as to why you want to find common land. Its often quite difficult to get permission to fly from common land as the rights are reserved to commoners. Have you read: http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countr ... n/faqs.htm Do not make the mistake of thinking common land is some how "un-owned" and can be used for any purpose by anyone who happens to come past. Quite the opposite in fact. Often the land is owned by some body representing the commoners, and you would have to approach them, where the land is privately owned, it may be easier, but again, you may find the land owner has to approach the commoners first, and this may be quite problematic. In short you will find it MUCH easier to get permission to fly from any site OTHER than common land.

No, no of course not ... well ... maybe a bit ...

Well, like I said, I have a couple of hundred paraglider flights in the past, flown in the UK and various bits of the french alps, switzerland, laragne .... even StHillaire on occasion, so the flying with a wing thing is fairly well sorted. The paramotor certainly does add another dimension though, I'm pretty sure my err 'moment' happened because of too much power applied along with a little too much brake ... Anyway, hopefully Paddy can sort me out in a day or two ... just waiting to get the wing back from The Loft now

Heh, maybe. I have nice flattish 7 acre field next to my house, managed around 5 hours so far, but going to get some training, probably from http://www.paddysparamotortraining.co.uk/ ... I had a bit of a moment, so I figure a bit of instruction will probably help If anyone is up and about around the Bewdley sort of direction and wants somewhere to fly from, PM me, the field is always available. It's not totally ideal, has horses in one direction, and a telephone cable crosses another boundary, but, so long as there is a bit of wind to steepen the climb out, its fine. I have to admit the first attempts at flying resulted in no success and a long hard think and a slightly pulled back (forward launch in less than still conditions, mistake!) ... but with a revision to take off technique (using crossed hands reverse launch now) it all goes remarkably well. Got the hang of 5 to 10 mph wind take offs ok, and nil-wind take-offs now not a big problem either. I did find that getting up in a 10mph wind was OK, but going backwards in rough conditions at 2000 feet was not great fun. Not got the speedbar rigged up yet, but I probably would not have used it in rough air like that anyway ... ended up dropping down low and working slowly back to the field. All in all, having fun, but i do need to get some time with a more experienced pilot real soon now

I did a VHF(restricted) test back when I did a PPL, and in honesty, it was really quite simple. i think it cost about 50 quid, and comprised of a couple of hours of group tuition ( 3 of us) and then we did a short (5 to 10 minute) test which was basically a conversation with an air traffic controller. Really, it was nto a problem at all, i would have thought most PPL flying schools woudl be more than happy to do it for you, after all, income is income.

Oh, it is fun I assure you as I said, I am sure you could sort out the legal side, but the practical side might be somewhat more challenging. I know there are tandem trikes around, but basically you are back into microlight rules there anyway. I good route into it might be via the tandem paraglider experience. If you and your ontended passenger could master a tandem paraglider ride or ten, then tandem paramotor might not be too distant a goal. You could always try solo then tandem paraglider , and move on to paramotors and then work up to a tandem paramotor ... probably the sanest route.

I'll take a wild guess that the guy who posted the question has not actually flown a paramotor ... not that it wasn't a good question. but I think anyone who had done half a dozen flights on a paramotor would soon reallise the idea of taking a passenger was fairly optimistic. even for a skilled pilot I cant imagine you'd be ready to take passenger until you had a hundred hours or so under your belt, or perhaps more importantly, 100+ take off / landing cycles, and even then you'd reallise the problem was not the legal side but the sheer physics of the thing and the complexity of managing the equipment and a passenger ... legally, it is no doubt possible to solve it .. but the practicalities of it would demand a very competent and experienced pilot, probably with a competent passenger also. You dont even want to be thinking about asking the question until you have number of takeoffs well into 3 figures.

Hi, Anyone know of any paramotor clubs or people actively flying in Worcestershire? Flying around the local area is all good and well, but I want to go places If there is a local PPG friendly PG club, that might be interestign also. Cheers,