AndyB

I am always having ops (boo hiss). After a while off I do some practice forward launches with the machine on my back, so it feels exactly the same. Then good to go. Landing is easy, just don't worry about it.

I was going to say with big ears, but maybe they would be little ears with that wing!

Maybe just use a 9m training wing

Would I need a lightening conductor from the top of my wing to the machine?

Might need the camera behind me......if they are chasing me.

At last, somebody else to fly with! Fed up flying on my own down here.

I should have stressed that the radios I listed above are only ok for ground use as all air-borne radio transmissions are regulated and involve the above!

Parafest has been moved later to the first week of school hols next year, 27 to 29 July 2018.

Can't go wrong with most of the 185cc to 200cc motors. I have used Polini, Moster and AC Nitro 200.

I fly Ozone Roadster 2, 28 m, which will take 160 kg. The 30 m will take 190 kg. These are your total weight including machine. http://flyozone.com/paramotor/en/products/gliders/roadster2/specifications/

My Roadster 2 is very forgiving and I can't tell any difference between trimmers in or out at landing with regards to flare. Both scenarios have easily enough flare ability to stop on a spot. Trimmers in has a slower rate of descent and a slower forward speed. Trimmers out has higher speed, because of its higher rate of descent! Hence, the wings ability to flare is the same in either case. The difference between the 2 is the speed at which you pull the brakes to flare. Trimmers in (slow) requires the flare from hands up to full brake much quicker than with trimmers out. With trimmers out the flare takes longer as you have more speed to scrub off and pull the brakes more slowly, aiming to keep your feet just above the ground until you have slowed down. If you have a clutched machine, engine on and at idle makes no difference. Using power while landing is something to be done with great care. If you power off before you actually touch down then you swing back and accelerate towards the ground! Hence you need to power off high enough up that the swing back, then swing forward can stabilise before you reach the ground.

I wish I had a video of my unintentional landing yesterday. I was practicing touch and goes for the first time. All going well until number 5 when I must have been getting a bit over-confident. The field had very long grass in big clumps. Touched down, started running, caught toe on tuft and face planted.

Looking for discussion re reserves and can't find much here. Thoughts re current best, weight etc?

I have just finished running in my Nitro 200

I have some very large RC planes one with an 18 kw motor (24hp) There are some downsides as well! Most RC engines are started by flicking the prop, although it is possible to add on a small electric starter. They are more noisy as they use smaller props at higher rpm.....but the radials don't half sound good! I am considering a rather radical approach, which is to use 2 RC engines, each with a 24"/26" prop. These would be counter-rotating so no torque steer. Off-setting the engines front to back allows over-lap of the props in the middle where they are less efficient anyway, behind the pilot. The cage design becomes much smaller and the props would have massive ground clearance!

yes, roughly speaking, 3/15 more than the Top 80....so about 20% more than that.

Much of Newcastle and Gateshead is in the ATZ, the airport controlled airspace, so you cannot fly there. Have a look in the Members map and zoom in on your area. I am in Middlesbrough. Andy

That rules many out then!

I can't really tell much difference between them....but I do like forward launch

Deathwish? I wouldn't even consider flying without training! There are so many ways to main or kill yourself.

Yes, I used to have my Parajet on hole 5 (hang point) from hang test, but then I lost 10 kg. On hole 5 I always found landings awkward because I was leaning backwards and it felt difficult to get my feet down! Having lost weight I moved in a hole to number 4. I am really in between 'holes'. Anyway, the more to the rear hang-point gives me a more upright position and this increased speed noticeably. So you are probably correct regarding prop angle.

It is almost certainly due to the angle of attack of the wing.

Just 6 hours away then

And this cheapie one is still 3hp more than a Top80 http://www.sloughrc.com/default.asp?WPG=SRCM_HomePage1&itemid=Q-BH170

ps. it is just 6.7kg !!!!