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Big shout out to Tony and the Davidstow club for a couple of days taking advantage of the break in the weather before the storm arrives. smooth air today and managed 4 flights before I lost the feeling in my feet i suspect the next days will be maintaining only but great full for a winter fligh. Merry Christmas to all fellow flyers and those in the background acting as support allowing us the privilege of our hobby. Dave

Yep the V3 is a weightly lump however in its defence the harness is very comfortable, and strenght is not free. On my back the V3 does not feel any heavier than my Scout enduro, I put this down to comfort. A basic folding builders platform will save you the effort of getting up and down off the ground, my best low cost invetment regardless of your final choice. I´m also not a spring chicken aproaching 54 so also not so sporty but with techneque the V3 is serving me well. Now I have reached tripple digits in my log book I am starting to look at alternates but mostly window shopping as I already have a Scout sitting gathering dust. Get to Parajet if your in the UK and try some on your back. The Mavic feels really light even with the Moster 185, I think its just the setup as it brings the motor a bit closer to your back so less overhang. For me I visited Parajet and Fly Products and I prefer the engineering on the Fly Products Eclipse and its so light I would actually go for the Atom for a sub 20kg setup. All this is speculation, it dont mean a thing without the right wing, recently my German flying buddy traded up to a new wing and he is no longer running the full field. The change means his inflation is much quicker, takeoff is short and landing flare is safe and slow. Work with the school, dont be too ambitious and before you commit try a few wings and some motors on your back.

I would second the V3 as its super strong but the cost is weight. Recomendation depends on you, are you 4 foot or 6 foot, can you manage a 40kg paramotor or will it glue you to the ground. The V3 is upwards of 30kg once you have some fuel in it so not for the smaller pilot. With the Moster 185 its a good all round package for me and I´m around 90kg with my gear on. Best chance is to talk with your school and see what fits, make the effort to visit the Parajet guys if your UK and try on a mavic and V3 but be warned the Mavic will feel like it better as on your back feels way lighter. If you can walk make a short run with the V3 the reward is the harness (Dudek) is super comfortable and the frame is well engineered and tough as they come. Its only heavy for the 1st 10 steps after all If your in Europe look at Fly Products, there kit is also very well put together and nice guys also. Learning means a lot more runnning and ground based activities so expect to feel like its always too heavy. The good thing is once you nail the takeoffs the heavy bit is only carrying your gear to the takeoff point and then a few steps. I also have a Scout sitting under a layer of dust. The V3 harness is more comfortable and the weight difference is almost zero on your back. Being strong the V3 will forgive a lot but its still not impossible to bend and going turtle will still break a prop but as long as you trip forward, only butt land its a good strong option. Dave

https://youtu.be/pgu-SVYZzSw A short of my trip to Fermo.

Hi I´m based in Munich, maybe your close as this is fairly south Germany 75kg your quite a bit lighter than me so probably something with the Atom 80 is a good fit. If your close enough give me a message. I find it very hard to get flying here due to the high level of legislation but maybe you have some tips. I´m running a Parajet V3 and Moster but probably a bit big for you unless your super fit. I do have a Scout but again probably a bit on the large side. Dave

Chaps I think each owner has a bias to his choice so here is my bias feedback :) Parajet V3 is a sky tank and whilst a bit heavier than the others is super tough. I do also have a Scout but actually the V3 harness is great and for me more comfortable. I watched students butt landing, lifting legs and grass cutting with the V3 and it just takes it. Im also around your weight, 88kg and the Moster engine works great. The torque steer is really minimal and I love the power to get off the ground quick. I do fancy the light weight Mavic but really cant get a 3rd past the other half ;) Ultimately for me the strength of the V3, quality of build makes up for the extra 5kg. I read a lot around engines but the Moster is easy to maintain, and you must, and does deliver the push you want for short runs and good climb. Good luck and happy flying.

Also an option but another part added, removed parts never fail quote from FMEA manual. Plug pull with panic is very probably going to work and I´m sure the pull will keep it clear of fast rotating bits, assumption being were on full power. KISS says if you can use what is there already why not but absolutely would have gone that way rather than adding additional fuel pipe length.

Hi all. Recently spotted that my fuel prime bulb was not looks so great. Anyone know off hand the size of the fuel pipe on a Parajet so I can order a new bulb? Dave

Some followup as this got me thinking a lot. My Parajet V3 and Moster 185 only has 1 kill switch so if the button fails there is no kill option. 2nd electrical kill is an option but I wanted a non electrical solution as I think electrical failure is more likely fatigue of connection at coil and 10 kill switches will not help here. So fuel cutoff is my logic. On my V3 there is a support bracket for the prime bulb and P-clip. With the help of my son I did a simulated reach check to see if from normal hanging/seating position I could reach the fuel pipe to pinch off the fuel. Original position was very hard to find from blind feel and at the limit of my reach. I rotated the bulb support bracket about 25 deg and re-routed the throttle cable as it was very gently guiding the fuel pipe away from my reach. The new unobstructed position leaves the final to carb fuel pipe a lazy radius that is easy to reach and either pinch off or worst case tear off. I was very glad to hang test and see how hard it was to reach, mostly was a good test to know where to reach to as now its actually quite easy. Dave

I´ve been using Flying for my Vivioactive 3 and would like to try Stufly but unfortunatly seems it wont let me try it on the Vivioactive Oh well my loss, I have to say the app on watch is way more useful than I expected mostly as I can take teh Garmin data and add it to the Garmin video editing app for overlay. That said teh Garmin video editor is super slow but still a nice option. Dave

Great video thanks, I have the 3 words now installed! From a tools a carry a few zip ties and tape plus a small wing bag as a long walk beats risking some equipment damage due to bodge. Maybe if I was 1/2 way up a mountain it would be different. Having seen your close encounters with fast jets in Scotland I also now carry a strobe and am looking at somthing to ping my position, I think these are getting more afordable. Thanks again, videos are stunning and I will be in Inverness in December for New year but suspect will not be flyable. Dave

I have one of these for the car but could be used I guess, also not so expencive https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/cmc36-car-creeper/ I transport on a bike carrier that fixes to the tow bar and bolted a ball to the garage wall so it all hangs on the wall for storage. Dave

Having read this I will be looking at my V3 and Moster setup to see how to have a secondary kill method. My thoughts are probably back up kill by fuel so extend the fuel feed to a place where in the seat I can reach and pinch. If the kill has failed potential is the pin on the coil has jumped off so a 2nd switch is not going to do a lot. I´d also get to safe/normal cruse height and attempt kill as opposed to riding it out as chances are running the Moster or any other engine on full power for a complete tank is going to end badly anyhow as they are not normally running so hard so long. I don´t want to fit a tap as potential for air to get in but i think with the throttle open it would not need a full pinch to kill the motor from fuel starvation. Dave

Perfect evening flight in Ampfing about 25km from Munich. Flying with my buddy, not the best pics but my 1st flying photos, I´ll get more orginised and take a propper camera next time, shot from iPhone in a case so could be better https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/3905984918#.XUO-cJgJcwo.link

I started with a Scout that I instanly broke on 1st powered taxi, tripped on power and distroyed teh cage Expencive mistake and whilst all parts replaced left me feeling nervious about skill ´v´ cost. I did a week in Fermo with a school who were training with Parajet V3 as primary learning tool. Having seen the abuse these seemed to soak up, students butt landing, grass cutting, turtling and so on, I decided this was indeed the tool until my skills match a better tool. I´m only about 50 flights in but live my V3, it breaks down to fit in the car for long trips, local trips it sits on a bike hanger. Really comfortable although its heavy, cant have it all. Engineering is very good and matched to a Moster 185 plenty of power for my 88kg. My main grumble is the weight but its only there for setup and those 1st few steps. My Scout is sitting wsiting for me to reach flight 100 although having tried a Mavic on my back I think I would swap given the option today just as I like the Parajet engineering and it feels so very light on your back. Next time I´m in the UK I hope to get a chance to fly a Mavic with a Atom80 as I think it will be the perfect setup for my type of old man flying, although the Moster did not feel heavier on my back and I do like that push off teh ground it gives SO in short, too late, unless I hated the test flight on the Mav it would be where I would go for my next ride. Now to convince teh wife that its normal to have 3

Hi Eddie, I did buy the bluetooth version so phone is an option, just looking for full coverage as we travel around CZ, France and Italy and often no phone service. I can make the converter cable though so will order one. I have a friend travelling from UK in the next weeks so will order through him while I make the adaptor. Dave

Hi Eddie Its the Motorola T Series with single long (13mm) 2.5mm pin. I did send the info to Microavionics in Germany but maybe it got lost in translation as the message was no can do I also hunted on RS Farnell and Mouser and no luck. I am also ok to cut the provided mini headsets that come with the radio as fairly ok with the soldering. I really want it to be clean though having gone for the PMR100 set, working very well BTW. Its only 2nd radio for Mrs B who usually is in the car with her Kindle whilst I buzz about. If you have an idea let me know or I´ll just have to bite the bullet for a 3rd radio and the other stock cable. Dave 2.5mm Pin. This is a special long reach plug. Longer than normal 2.5mm plugs Ground. Common Ground for Mic, Speaker and PTT Speaker Audio Out from the radio. Microphone & PTT. Ground via the Mic to Transmit Microphone. Standard Electret Mic input with radio providing phantom power to the Mic.

I will be flying this weekend with new brackets and additional rubber spacer so I will watch and report. Dave

How do I get the micro plug? The generally 2nd cable and plug is slightly annoying. That said as I cant get a cable for my Motorola PMR 2nd radio also a bit redundant. I think I will have to get another Midland radio to be compatible, just a niggle but the Mrs is going to notice a 3rd radio now Dave

Chaps thanks for feedback, and Mark thanks for the welding offer but I´m based in Munich Germany. I did order and have received a new part plus a spare and today had a message from Vittorazi saying I could warranty the bracket. The manual has no torque figure but I´m not gorillering it down. As I now have a collection of the inner rubber bushes I will add one to the inside where it is indeed braking. My suspicion is that the direct metal to metal is causing local micro fractures. The big issue is they it seems to be a 10 hour event and I was more concerned about it failing and going through the prop. I think I will also wire on the new bracket to be sure. I will see if I can persuade one of the chaps in my office to do a stress analysis on the design as is daily business for designs, although our electronics packages never see the 2-stroke vibration in reality (I hope). I did note that the rubber band around the bracket had a tendency to ´walk´ to the stress and failure point but could be some resonance issue. Dave

New bracket arrived, I tried to add a rubber bush but spacing is all wrong so I have to use the factory setup. I hope I get more than 10 hours from these, its getting expensive!

Andy thanks for the tip on the tip Not planning any low or beach flying however will get the tape on. Q. Are people using longer bolts for E-Props? I removed the rear spacer as the E-Prop hub seems much thicker than the original Scout and Parajet props. Still plenty of space to the cooling cowling and cage just a question. Dave

Ok update, my son who works in banking, specifically international fraud, convinced my wife that we should do nothing with a company in Belarus. That is not to say there is any problem with DT but he advised to use a direct bank transfer. I think this is not preferred by DT as they get additional charges that they would pass on. I´m personally sure they are top and from the exchange they really know their stuff and were fairly instant on only giving me the correct product. That said we all answer to someone and my No 1 is super paranoid and after the advice from my son and the open topic of cost, the fees were not clear plus import duties, I decided for speed to get an E-Prop from France. That arrived in 3 days, looks super cool and on 1st test run up is silky smooth, only pointing out that my old prop is obviously not balanced so well. After warming up Moster accelerated smoothly to 8500rpm, it was so smooth I was convinced it was holding back and had to check the tacho! I am absolutely not saying their is a problem with DT just a logistic when buying out of the comfort blanket of EU companies. Maybe if they get a European distributor it will be another story although after the distribution charges maybe not so competitive. The E-prop was a bit more but actually not so bad, 325 Euros with delivery, ordered Wednesday, arrived Friday morning. A single DT carbon with tax and shipping would have been around 310 Euros. There was also a bit of swag in the bag, who does not like a freebie! E-Prop sticker (now on helmet), desk ruler, nice cap and bag. Here´s hoping that it has a long life, mostly dependant on my flying clearly Dave

Hi The M141 part was ordered and delivered from Italy Fly Products and was a stiff rubber in the 1st unit and the new part. M143 is a stainless washer though. In both instances it was the location where it was direct metal to metal, clamp to exhaust and maybe there is some resonance causing micro fractures. I have ordered all parts new again but also a M8 rubber isolation bush to decouple the direct exhaust vibration from the clamp. As the exhaust bush is at 20 hours I´ll replace at the same time with the new 50 hour bush. I´ll post pics to show the bush fit if it looks like the alignment is good. Dave