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Brilliant. Looking forward to your updates on this from sunny Spain.

Fantastic Andy! Well done you! It looks very nice! Can't wait to see it flying!

I'm sure it's going to come along nicely. Please keep us posted.

Hence why it's called a sport. You're getting the hang of it already and it's all about "practice, practice and practice" now. Good luck with your training and please keep us posted. It would be interesting to follow through.

I can only confirm what Andy has said. I've done ground handling in many parks in London and never had any issues. Furthermore the park wardens and officers would actually be interested in the activity and would come forward and ask tons of questions about it all out of interest and always end up saying they would give the sport a try. Same goes for all present occupants in the park .. it can be quite annoying at times, really, as I can then hardly get things done. Bottom line is ground handling in a park is no different than flying any sort of kite. I hope this helps.

For sale is my startup paramotor and wing kit. It consists of a Radne Arrow Paramotor with Radne Raket 120cc engine with pull start and a PAP Motion Size 26 wing. It was an ideal first setup to build my initial hours on however it's time for it to go and for me to move on to a more advanced setup overall. The paramotor never skipped a beat despite what I've heard about it in the past. I've refurbished the carburettor fully with the repair kit bought from Radne Sweeden (£18) 15 hours ago and the pull start magnapull spring again bought from Radne Sweeden (£12) about 17 hours ago. That's all the work I ever had to carry out on it. The rest was just petrol and high performance two stroke oil. The mixture I was happiest with was 40:1. The recommended max pilot weight by RAD Paramotors is 95kg but I'd say it's more like 85kg with the motor generating 50kg static thrust. It's equipped with a 3 blade wooden propeller. I'm 70kg and it got me up with ease. It also comes with its original harness. Here's the full tech specs of the paramotor posted on RAD Paramotors website: http://www.radparamotors.com/radarrowclassic.html The wing is a PAP Motion Size 26. It's a brilliantly forgiving wing and in my opinion I couldn't have gone any better with a wing to learn on. It never let me down and is still in very good, crispy condition. It comes with its original bags and a brand new unused speed bar. I've flown the setup last 2 weeks ago and haven't had any issues whatsoever. Performance wise it was all brilliant. Both paramotor and wing have 47 hours on in total. Any questions - please do not hesitate to ask. Located in London (Canning Town) Contact number: 07763 834 483 Price: £1800 (I believe it's fair for a full setup to get you in the air) PHOTOS:

I did and it was breathtaking (in a good way). It was in July 1997 and I remember it all just like it was yesterday. We got to my town's airport 2.5 miles away from where we lived at about 9:00 AM. The small to medium size Antonov airplane was having its engine warmed up. My dad helped me up in the "cargo" area through the only door in the middle of the plane on the port side - it was completely empty apart from a small wooden bench going through the entire length of the fuselage at the end of the inner starboard side. That's where the parachute troops were sitting before they were called by name, one by one to make their jumps. You could tell the plane looked tiredly on the inside yet again it was surprisingly neat. Thoughts of how it would feel being there in the air gave me butterflies. The sparkles in my eyes were ignited when I was introduced to the cockpit though. It looked surreal. Totally out of this world. Then I was briefed and strapped up in the starboard seat of the airplane. I was so fascinated with it all that I was hearing the pre-takeoff checks well in the background. Before I could "chew up" all information of the surroundings we were on the roll. Butterflies in the stomach again. I was thrilled. I remember the captain telling me not to hold to the belts so hard because my knuckles were gonna pop out and he laughed. It was just a routine for him, clearly, as he's done that so many times. He didn't realise it was my introduction to a whole new World. Sorry for probably being a bit too sentimental on it all and if you managed to read through it all - congrats! I hope it helped you understand better on what inspired me to learn how to fly.

None of the above. I was interested in flying since I was 8. My father played a big part in it. As he was a colonel at the military he was heading a parachute brigade. They were doing practice jumps every week whenever the weather was good. Once he got me with him on an old Antonov plane. I was totally hooked afterwards but been keeping it inside until I was about 18 when I found out there were actually realistically possible and affordable ways to be flying. As I'm originally from Bulgaria it seemed practically impossible with regards to budget hence why I've been suppressing it for so long. As the country has been a bit behind overall it seemed just as distant as becoming an astronaut. Now every time I'm up flying no matter how I feel just as happy and excited as it's the first time I'm doing it. I really hope it stays this way until the very end.

When I first started flying paramotors I had the same issue as well. This actually ruined my first flight to a certain extent and I couldn't enjoy it fully. Couple of hang tests and re-adjustment of all straps from scratch fixed it. Afterwards I could take off, gain a bit of altitude to clear any potential obstacles then lift my knees up towards my body and .. voila! When I familiarised myself fully with my motor and wing behaviour I could do the "knees up" exercise safely during takeoff. I hope this helps.

Sounds great mate. Can't wait to see it all ready. Don't be surprised if you start getting requests for orders on ready made trikes.

Hello Andy and sorry for the delayed response. Firstly let me point out these aren't plans of mine but rather those of the person who started the topic and tried monetising them. Secondly I will try and answer your questions as accurate as possible and to the best of my personal knowledge and competency. I trust there's no need to say I won't take any responsibility should anything goes wrong. 1. It would be easier to leave it underneath but in my opinion this way it will take you longer to attach your paramotor to the trike; 2. The wheels are 11.8” Wheeleez wheels, correct. 3. The carbon fibre cross-wound tube would definitely be better for weight saving but I'm not absolutely sure about the actual strength of the material. If it matches or exceeds the solid glass-fibre rod's strength then I see no problem with using your alternative. Any more questions - feel free to ask and I'll try and answer. I hope this helps and good luck with building the trike! Please don't forget to keep us posted on the progress and feel more than free to post some photos as you're building it. It will be like a supporting guide to the one in the plans.

Most welcome. I believe projects like this should be made publicly available rather than being monetised.

Here's the plans in discussion. I hope they come in handy to the community. Good luck to you all willing to go down the DIY route. LiteFlyer Trike with AC 2 1.pdf

I just checked it out and it definitely looks appealing. Any information regarding the pricing? Thanks in advance.