Steve_Fleming

No problem!! I agree with your sentiment over manufacturers(sometimes) over optimistic and plainly misleading data regarding wing performance. Frankly the whole issue can be a can of worms.The issues around certification should be more straightforward but this is an industry problem and I suspect not confined to wing manufacturers alone!As a low hours pilot I want a wing with benign characteristics but a bit more response and speed than the Gradient Bright I currently use! All the folk I fly with currently use Dudek Reactions (two of them at competition level) and seem to rate them highly. Try out what is available seems to be good advice to me!! Regards Steve[/i]

Ok , a clear case of me knowing just enough to be dangerous! Thanks for the info. regards Steve

Thanks, yea pity really though, black would have gone with my mood yesterday LOL Steve

Thanks for your welcome Ian (s)! Pluckley is about 6 miles NW of Ashford in Kent, very close in fact to Headcorn Airfield. I learned to paraglide down at the Dyke. I am about 100 kilo in my shreddies so I need a bigger wing. At the moment I am looking for a good second hand Apco thrust or paramania revolution. (I have a reply from a Paul Deakin who has an Apco for sale.Do You guys know him at all?)The forum seems to suggest there isn't much to choose between the two performance wise. I would like to eventually do some long flights away from the field....but the weather..need I say more?If you go to Pinnock Farm Pluckley on Google Earth you will see my field next to an L shaped barn.Thanks again for the offers to fly at your sites,I hope I can take you up on this very soon!! Good Flying Steve

I dont like to doubt anyone's honesty or veracity but some folk seem to forget that,(at least as far as e-bay is concerned) a successful bid is a binding contract.I do feel I should have been at least offered first refusal,damage or no..............sometimes its just not worth the hassle.I have tried to contact Karl via the Paramotors Uk ad to find out what size it is..I need a medium. As yet no response.Thanks anyway m8. Good flying all

Hi Ian, I am a paramotor/paraglider pilot based in Pluckley. I own a 4 acre field next to my house which I fly from when the wind is N TO N/E. As the weather has been so crap recently I havent done much, but I am hoping that September may provide a few opportunities for early evening flights.I fly a Bailey 175 and a Gradient Bright which I am hoping to upgrade to a reflex soon (see my comments on the wing forum)Like yourself I am relatively inexperienced and I dont really like to fly in marginal conditions!I have a friend who lives in Harrietsham who also flies. Regards Steve

I actually bid and won this wing yesterday , however I recieved an e-mail from this guy claiming the wing had been test flown (presumably by a potential buyer), and had been prop damaged.As a result he had to sell the wing at a loss on my winning bid.After I posted a dispute on e-bay he mailed me claiming to know of an new identical wing, he could put me in touch with the seller etc. Sounds a bit strange to me and I would steer clear. If something seems too good to be true it usually is...............