qwerty

996? How strange - another biker taking up paramotoring!

Come on! Come on!

I have a motor in the garage now!

Hurry up!

Belive me when I say it will be well worth waiting untill about March to get or renew your insurance.

This will have a lot more options that you can have?.

Pete b

Any updates? I'm not far off taking to the air now.

It's better to stay silent and look a fool, rather than speak and remove all doubt - as they say.

Im going then cause Im one of them

If he was a proper welder he would have come up with the correct answers or admited that he had not seen the motors in question

Pete b

You're upsetting me with your post - I believe that was the intention form the outset.

I asked him too, he was upsetting lots of people with his posts. (and we also believe that was the intention form the outset)

SW

He must have been a proper welder in that case.

Sorry to hear this, Pete. Who are you insured with? Keep us updated on your claim.

I'll just point out that my quote was for a student with zero hours in the air. The premium comes down with experience.

Third party - £1,000,000 cover - £105

Equipment Cover (Ground Risk Only) - £6000 cover - £78.75

So I take it my equipment will be covered if I plummet into the ground.

Thanks for that - Google's just come up with them too.

What sort of premium are we looking at? Is third party the only available cover?

Where can I get third party cover? I'm sure I've read about this somewhere on the forum but I can't remember where.

Thanks.

Hello there....is there anyone who can train in the Staffs/Cheshire/Derby/Shrops area?????

No idea. Just don't post a thread asking which wing you should buy.

None of you started flying yet??

Nope. I've got a wing now though.

Cheers Dan, I'm going to do some ground handling before I go for a motor. There's always the chance I'll be utterly hopeless - and there's no rush. So I can probably predict I'll be buying a motor after my 1st session - regardless of how I get on.

I'll let you know after I've started flying it. That way - if I've made the wrong choice - I can chop it in for something else without everybody thinking I'm an idiot!

So, after all that, I'm going for something else all together - as recommended by my instructor. It should be here in a couple of days. I'll not tell you what it is yet, as I've now learned that ask 10 paramotorists the same question and you'll get, at least, 11 different answers. Thanks for all the suggestions though - we can do the same again when the time comes to buy a motor!

bloody hell querty,

bet you wish you never asked!!.

dont bother flying, get yerself a motorbike then we can all debate 2 stroke or 4 stroke! road or off road!

I have a motorbike - clocked at [edited]

That's why I'm looking upwards.

The Apco Thrust HP is an Apco Thrust when the trimmers are fully in, when trimmers are in it has no reflex, but the HP is more heavily loadedthan the Thrust if you are within the weight range. If you have the trimmers in the only reason it is fast is because it is heavily loaded.

So if you are near the bottom of the weight range on a HP, and you only fly it with the trimmers in until you are more experienced, then it is a good beginner wing, in fact the Apco Thrust is considered by many to be the best beginner wing available.

When you become more experienced, it is still easiest to launch and land the Thrust HP with trimmers fully in, this makes launching and landing very easy, once flying you can open the trimmers and you will keep up with the fastest reflex wings.

However it turns like a bus, best if you only fly in straight lines.

Paul D

Paul, thanks for that - but it's of no help at all. I'm looking at day 1!

Assume I know nothing - and you'll be overestimating my knowledge. Trimmers?

mmm fast wing and aint it to be directly above ya head to take off or it falls back i dont know this but ive seen some experienced guys launcin them and they aint succesfull all the time and dont they tend to fal to the side? as far as i am aware not an easy wing to ground handle i maybe wrong as i have never owned one

Thanks leoibb, but could you paragraph your replies. It's hard work trawling through yourprobablyinformativeresponses.

/Dave

Cheers anyways

Could someone explain the difference between a novice and an intermediate wing?

I'm now totally confused. Help me!

OK,

time to be jumping in here I think.

No! Is the answer without doubt.

If you ask the people who make it, import it, or indeed sell it (as do I) the answer will be no.

Which means.

No I recon.

SW

Why? In detail.

I'm tending towards your side of the argument to be honest.

Don't forget to read THIS thread for a review of that wing if you have not done so already.

I had seen that, Dan - I've been surfing the net, like a geek, this weekend. That looks like a good review to me?

Do you think that wing would suit a novice?

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Of course, forgive me for stating the blindingly obvious Querty.

Thanks for the input, Norman, opinion is exactly what I'm looking for. I'm normally an impulsive sort of bloke but with paramortoring, I'm finding it very easy to sit back and take advice.

That's what I'm doing, Norman. macey2kk's option looks like a better option if it's suitable.