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Hi Simon & Andy,

I made a short post the day before yesterday and it has vanished. I also notice that another member thinks he has lost a post. Is there anything in the logs that might point to a problem?

Ta,

S.

Ben has hit the nail on the head. I'd rather have something I can wear in "polite" company.

And you've got the image scaling problem fixed. It looks much better now.

Move in tomorrow.

Just in time for 20+mph winds at the weekend

So much feedback so little time.

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  First: barbed wire fence - yeah what kind of plonker lands close enough for a barbed wire fence to be any kind of threat to a wing?
  Second: I hardly know you but 93Kg in my birthday suit. I've never tried weighing the whole rig and me (or just adding it all together). Perhaps I'll do it tomorrow.
  Third: There's nothing wrong with the thrust from the RAD. The issue is my running. I just can't work out how to let the wing and the thrust do their stuff in nil wind. My legs somehow don't like to cover the ground
  Fourth: Next time the wind is coming from that direction I'm using a different field!
  

See ya'll soon.

Come to Reading mate. It's snowing like crazy out here.

Got there to find someone packing up (Sorry, forgot the name) after a slightly disastrous landing involving a dinked prop caused by a line snagging the throttle and the kill switch not working reliably.

Got myself set up with the wind perfect for a reverse launch except for the uphill run... --- and the wind died... Ok, no sweat, turn around and go for a forward.

Almost nil wind, forward launch, uphill run. After a couple of dodgy attempts at getting the wing up the third was looking good - until the engine died - nope, it's back, get the speed back up, run faster, engine dies again, nope it's back. Stabilise the wing, engine revs back up, another 30 yards of running, ah yes, that tug of the wing lifting, brakes, engine dies again. By this point I've run a good 60 yards uphill and my legs have had it so it's time to stop. What is causing that momentary engine die every now and then? I reach for the kill switch - and it isn't there! It has slipped out of the top of the throttle and is snagging on the brake handle in my hand. Ah ha, the problem was the kill switch. Engine now stopped. Wing overflew me (absolutely no wind at all) and landed. I rosed up and began the long walk back to the car.

By this point the weather was clearly taking a turn for the worse so we all packed up - just as Col arrived. The temperature was dropping fast and dark rain clouds were heading rapidly our way so no peachy sunset flight for anyone. Ah well.

And today's lesson? Make use of the rain to fix that b****y kill switch. Motor maintenance - you know it makes sense.

'till next time all.

Stuart.

Weather looks ok so I'm heading for the flagpole. Will be there from 13:00 to about 17:30 (sunset is at 16:45)

See you all there if you can get the time off work

Stuart

And we have this to look forward to a third of the way down the coast...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R9scCUcg22g

Let's pick a date and start counting

If you don't already subscribe to the Mag you can now do so by going to our shop.

But it wants to charge me £3 for postage, isn't that included in the subscription? Have I found a slight bug?

Stuart

And here is my contribution:

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So that'll be Friday the 14th for the meeting then? It's in the diary!

See you all there.

Stuart

Hi Alan,

The original TipToTip orders are in place so you don't need to re-order. I'm just waiting for delivery of that batch and of the first stock for the store. They've been held up by some EU import problem about CE marking. I know a couple of people have cancelled their orders and ordered directly from the USA. I haven't heard whether their units have turned up faster and obviously if people want to go down that route then they're free to do so.

So to summarise:

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  We're awaiting stock.
  The Tip To Tip and Paramotor Club store price is £90
  You must sign up to the basic tracking service at 99 Euro per year
  If you also sign up to the unlimited 10 minute tracking option (39 Euro per year) then SPOT will donate the cost of the unit (minus P&P) to TipToTip for the first 10 units
  

Stuart

Hi Norman,

You are indeed correct, they are both listed as sponsoring and the contact email for the organisers is a BHPA address.

Stuart

Hi Barry,

Welcome to the Paramotor Club. There is plenty of excellent information on the various threads around. You'll notice that interesting words like weather and reflex are active links to threads and other sources of useful information.

Have fun and feel free to ask questions. There are plenty of people willing to help.

In terms of other places to look - right here is a great place to start

Stuart

Hey,

BHPA & BMMA members get in for half price. Is it time we all emailed them and asked for Paramotor Club members too

Stuart

I was worried about the idea of lines getting snagged on tie wraps so I used a thin/strong cord. I still ended up using tie wraps (zip straps) at the corners as backup. The end effect flies really well with no snagging on forward launch.

Stuart

I've finally got round to taking a picture of my RAD with the netting all in place...

With this netting in place I can get a finger through it but nowhere near anything spinning. Most excellent.

Stuart

Me too. Ta.

For those of you that have already ordered I expect delivery within 10 days.

Stuart

How optimistic was I? Some EU ruling has forced SPOT to re-test for CE compliance. They're telling me that this will be done in the next couple of weeks and then ours are in the first batch to be shipped. I'm told that none of the resellers are allowed to ship until the re-test is done but if you can't wait and can get one from somewhere else within that time we'll understand.

Stuart.

I played it to my family at breakfast this morning and we were all singing along to the chorus - big smiles all around.

What fun.

Thanks guys.

Sitting in the office wishing I was there. Ho Hum.

Of course, tomorrow, when I could sneak away, the weather doesn't look so good

See y'all soon.

Stuart

New Year resolution for 2009?

Get fit for Tip to Tip 2010

I can't wait!

If that doesn't come off let me know. I know the chief engineer at a radio station in central London. A pig to get to but it may be a viable backup plan.

Is there anyone who lives near Reading planning to go? I don't mind being the designated driver