outkast

A massive congratulations to all involved in this epic journey, like many I have been watching the updates and willing the guys on from start to finish, top job lads, outstanding, just outstanding.

Hello Outcast

At your weight most units would fly you given you have a decent wing of the right size but I can confidently say that plenty of power is easier, and safer, than too little power, aslong as you can walk around with it on your back. I've tried both senarios. Power can be fun too!

Dave

Thanks Dave,

What wings would you recomend for my wieght and the fact I am a newbie?

This looks to have some good info

http://www.ojovolador.com/ppg/tables/standard.html

I wieght 76kg so fall into the standard class on that site, most of the recomended motors use either an 80cc or 100cc engine, will this size engine give me some worthwhile performance, or would something like a 120 be better?

I bought some of those cobra walkie talkies off ebay, I payed the guy through paypal, he then sent me this

what going on with geting my 33.60 i am go out tomorw see what can do about get back off arther sending him to lot of 33.60 you put me in det so am going down to the cort with all of e mails i have and post office receipt

My reply was:

can you please get another member of your family, posibbly your dad if he is over 30, to translate the above into english so I can work out what the f@*k you are on about.

mind you he probably wont understand what I have wrote as it dont end in "INIT"

a jet rating for a PPG

this bloke dont even need wings, not sure about the hot water bottles though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fLOgMQo ... re=related

can be a jetfighter

http://paraglidetv.com/

Good call that man, this one is bloody mental.

I think the title of this one says it all

http://paraglidetv.com/videos/paraglidi ... owing.html

Just came across these in the net, thought they mite be good alternative to the more expensive ozees etc for us newbies on a budget.

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop ... r2523.html

Thanks for the reply guys, I have already got a pretty good working knowledge when it comes to navigation, although I would by no means call myself an expert and theres always more to learn, I posted the link because I saw them on ebay and wondered if they were suitable for our sport as I had not seen them mentioned anywhere on the forum and they seemed to be quite cheap for what they offered.

cheers, Dave.

found these on ebay, has anyone used one of these? they are quite cheap

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Garmin-Geko-101-H ... .m14.l1318

all the best fellas, hope it all goes well for you, happy flying

its worth 100 with out harnes, its i dont need the harness so was chucking it in anyway.i have used the wing on the malverns recently but im selling it as a ground wing.still good for low hops...

Frazier, if you buy it and dont need the harness I will buy that off you.

Hi Jock

Ive now got a harness so how much would you want for the wing?

Looks like Fazer will be playing with his new toy on thursday LOL

My Rad paramotor for sale, only done 2 hours flying with it so is in excellent condition, it comes with a Woody Valley harness.Bought with the intentions of moving from paragliding to motor flight but never really got any time to do either so i have decided to sell..Priced to go at .........

£1250 no offers.

Buyer must collect or arrange courier service...Thanks for looking.

does the RAD MXL come with a high or low hang point harness?

as a student who has just started out I think I could ad to this thread.

I first made contact with the instructer concerned through this site, he PMed me his number and i gave him a call, he was polite, well informed and told me exactly what i wanted to know without any baffling jargon or BS.

when i went to his training site I was greeted and shown around the equipment in a profesional manner, we( he has 3 other students) were then treated to a couple of hours of ground handling, the tuition was spot on, he never missed an oportunity to explain different situations to us in a clear and presice manner, he encouraged us when we got it right and explain what we were doing wrong without ever being conderscending, all in all i cant fault his tuition, enthusiasm and professional approach.

The question is:

should I name him?

or will he need to ordering a bigger flying helmet after reading this

Hello, is it posible to change a harness from a high hang point version to a lowhang point version, is it a case of just changing the harness or are the frames different?

Thanks.

Thanks Mike.

I have been surfing the net and reading all I can on paramotors, on my travels I came across the parajet range, reading the manufacturers blurb was impressive, but I guess it would not be anything else, from the reviews I have found of this range 90% seem very positive, as a "new generation" of paramotors I would like to ask, just how good are they compared with the earlier motors form other manufacturers?

anyone on this forum fly these and do they have any issues with them, they seem well biult and well thought out.

Cheers, Dave.

Dave,

What phone you got ? I'm due an upgrade and looking at Nokia n95 with 8gb memory. Will this do the whole gps/airmap thang?

cheers

alex

its a nokia N82, you can down load maps from all over the world, you can save favorite route etc, handy if you occasionaly fly to the same location, just a pity its not gat a altimeter also

If you buy memory map you can have os mapping and air charts with moving map.

I have been using this since 2004

You can download your track after with speed hight ect.

Pete b

I have just been looking at it and the instructions, it has sport mode too, wich allows you analize your speed, distance , time, averages of the above etc, it seems like quite a comprehensive bit of kit.

I have recently bought a new phone wich has a cracking GPS biult in to it, has anyone used such and item when flying?

could it be used for cross country flights?

Cheers, Dave.

Dont forget your helmet and a good pair of boots also.

and dont forget "use the force luke"

Pete b

LOL, thanks mate, helmet almost sorted, got some good boots, not flying boots but will do for now.

Helmet

gloves

training

wing

Motor

Airmap

Then look at other things

Pete b

gloves and training sorted

wing would be the first thing so i can get some ground handling started, I want to buy a wing wich i will eventualy fly, so I feel tottaly comfortable with it by the time I take to the air.