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I currently fly a Qubik 21, very high - possibly over the weight range depending. Comfortable flying, launching and landing in all conditions from complete nil to stronger, smooth to rougher. I've come to realise I find XC boring and spend most of my flying throwing it around (with purpose and technique), foot dragging, wing overs, etc. Shorter "fun" flights over longer trips. I'm comfortable with all of the above manoeuvres but as always never stop learning and always working to improve. I'm looking at what wing to get next. Looking for something fast (being overloaded on the 21 is fun and certainly not a challenge) with less roll stability (I want something that will roll and dive more easily). I'm early in the process so looking for suggestions of wings to start looking into... not loyal to any particular brand. What ideas/suggestions do you all have?

Are you UK based? I loved the frame...get in touch with your local dealer first though and make sure you're happy with how responsive they are and their availability of parts. I got rid of mine in the end and changed brand. As much as I liked it, the ease of getting parts or getting hold of the dealer put me off the brand completely.

Whatever you think of the guy, try Brad Quinn at Paramotor Training UK (https://paramotor-ltd.business.site/) for propellors. I didn't train with him but recently needed a new prop and went to him, mainly because of speed and price. He's had his own props made. They're very well priced. They're a touch heavier than the equivalent Helix but only marginally so. I've not noticed any difference in thrust (apart from maybe the curve is slightly different - more in the mid range and a bit less at top rpm, but that's maybe because I went from a 130 to a 125). Very impressed with the product, price and speed.

Thought it was just me that almost exclusively does forwards. I’ve only ever done 3 or 4 reverses, they were fine but I still thought afterwards “I should have done that forward” Much prefer it and as you say, once you get a feel of the wing and comfy taxiing there’s not a lot can go wrong. You also have the added bonus of not struggling on nil wind days!

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I had this on an old motor. Hard to replicate on the ground unless you can run it on full power for a good while. Do you have a primer bulb? I ended up removing mine and solved the issue. After closer inspection we found it was perishing and was letting in a tiny amount of air, when under full power it let in more and killed the engine. Hard to pinpoint these issues, before finding it was the primer I had gone through - Carb kit - Replaced fuel lines - Replaced filter in tank - Cleaned carb in ultrasonic bath

You would hope so Interesting numbers anyway, curious to see in a years time what growth there has been. It feels like there’s been an increase over the last year, at least locally. We’ve gone from 3 local pilots to 6 now with a few others training this year.

Interesting numbers. I wonder how many are uninsured... I was one of those for a while, not bhpa trained and axa wasn’t available

Bonus points if you can point to real numbers or figure out if the number is growing/reducing

Assuming active pilots (active being they fly minimum 10? flights per year) not just total trained

If you had to work out a rough estimate of how many paramotor pilots would you think there are in the UK, USA & other countries?

Thanks for the tips. Someone else helped start it today, managed it on second pull. It was primed a bit more than before and apparently I need to find Top Dead Centre. So just need to figure that out I guess.

Which part do you want a photo of? Going flying tomorrow so I'll take some

So you think it's just figuring out the priming then it should be easier? How long did this take you figure out what's needed?

I'm looking for tips, tricks and techniques for getting a motor started on your back. I've got a new-ish (10 hours) Power2Fly Evo 8 with a Moster 185. I just can't for the life of me find a way to get it started on my back easily. What's everyones usual setup process? At first I think I just wasn't priming it enough as it was even difficult to get started on the platform but that seems to be better now (still not easy though?). Currently I'm either starting on a platform (very well secured) or relying on others to get it started once on my back - this isn't ideal though as I have lots of opportunities to fly when others don't always. I'm not keen on starting it on the platform either as my usual site requires awkwardly passing through a gate, which I don't want to do while the prop is turning. I refuse to start it on the ground so desperately want to figure this out, any ideas or tips welcome!

Now Sold

My new paramotor is arriving next week. Having never had a brand new setup I'm wondering if there's anything others have done, checked, changed or been aware of on a new motor other than the obvious running in period and flying it?

Help keep my wife happy and get this second motor out of the garage. 60+kg thrust. I flew this at 85kg with more than enough power. Ideal paramotor to get started with. Only selling as I’ve bought a brand new one and can’t justify having two. Recently serviced - New fuel lines - Carb kit - Manual starter replaced - Silencer repacked 90 hours on motor Large harness Comes with cage bag, super quick to pack down and assemble

In case anyone has similar problems in the future. A carb kit and filter replacement solved the issue.

I don't. There's a labrador next door and my daughter plays with Guinea Pigs at school, would they count?

Joking aside, the filter was bunged up. Going to look at cleaning the rest of the carb

Specifically cat hair?

I'm not sure of the RPM. There's no bog but it does feel like there's less power just before it cuts out. This is when I'm close to full throttle

Spark plug looks good. Interested why removing the bulb could mean it's a mixture problem? (do you mean oil or air/fuel?). New to the motor side of flying so still learning (a lot)