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anyone fancy going up and testing this would make a great Youtube video lol

hey Simon, Thanks for the reply. I had no idea the lines were that tough! I seem to remember a video of a guy who had spun around maybe 20 times, so the lines were completely wrapped up. He had lots of altitude but was dropping fast and was trying to pull the wing in close to throw the reserve, it looked bloody tough, but im sure the human body can do great things in that kind of situation, IF you dont just freeze lol. So from what you said, i would assume the only real option is to pull in the wing as much as possible before throwning the reserve? If you ever get a chance to do a video, that would be really interesting.

Hey I'm new to this stuff, but I've been thinking about those times when you may need to throw a reserve chute. I have seen multiple videos where people have thrown their reserve chute and its got caught in their main chute (in the panic I think they didnt process the down sides of doing that). Luckily it looked like they survived. Hence I was wondering if its common to carry some kind of blade, whether its a specific cord cutting device, or if anyone is carrying a flip knife, or sheathed knife in case they do need to cut their cords before deploying their reserve. I like the idea of having a knife, but then it scares the crap out of me when i think about what part of me that blade might end up penetrating during a crash landing lol. again, im new here and to paramotors, so this may well be obvious that carrying any blade is bad news.

@AndyB that doesn't look that much different from the black hawk one lol. How do you find kiting wearing that harness? Does it chafe your legs much? @aljken I hadn't heard of skyads, I just took a look, nothing suitable right now. Not a problem, I'm short on cash at the moment anyway. I'll keep an eye out on there ? Thanks

Im from South Wales, near Swansea. Thanks for the link to the event, looks like it could be very well attended ?

I'm looking to get some experience on the ground. I live near a beach and could easily spend an hour a night learning to kite a wing in light wind conditions. I see blackhawk do a harness for around $270, but I was wondering if there are cheaper alternatives. Or if these things come up second hand very often. I've seen posts about people using Rock climbing harnesses but I really don't like that idea lol.

im just reading this now in 2017, im in the uk. I only got interested in Paramotors about a week ago and im absolutely transfixed by the whole thing. Ive been watching Tucker Gott's and Woodys videos. So what is the situation in the UK today? Is this still unregulated? Could I theoretically go on ebay today, buy a wing and motor and fly? I would never do that by the way,im currently pricing up training, preferably a pay one time and keep coming back until im confident of flying alone kind of deal lol Just wondering about the current regs/nonregs