jseaman Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I thought I had better join the forum and say hi as I am just starting to look into paramotors. I stumbled across a video a week ago that piqued my insterest and I am setting up a taster day at my local trainer (Airways in Ashbourne). All being well, by the end of January I'll have a go at moving a wing around and take it from there, until then I'm watching a lot of youtube footage (some of which does put me off I must say seeing some crashes!), and I'm going to have a read of some air law documents. If anyone has any good starter information beyond this please let me know James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas_whitmore Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Don’t watch the crashes on tube . cas . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Too late! In fairness I did learn a lot from watching them but it's not nice to see. I imagine a lot of it will be covered in the training and you can see the human error in most of them but wings folding and spinning looks unpleasant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 8 hours ago, cas_whitmore said: Don’t watch the crashes on tube . cas . When learning, I watched every PPG crash on Youtube, many times, in order to learn what not to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) That was my thinking too, so far I have picked up: - Make sure the throttle cable isn't sticking - Start the motor on your back - Watch out for twigs etc - Don't panic - Try not to yank on any lines - Watch out for trees - Use a big landing/take off area - Don't fly near other people And various other things, just busy reading as much material as possible at the moment so I can go and fail to pick up a wing repeatedly with a load of Edited December 28, 2019 by jseaman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrsfrwll Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Buy a couple of books: Paramotoring: The Essential Guide BHPA Pilot Handbook, Ed 3 The Complete Paramotor Pilot’s Book of Knowledge (ok that’s a few rather than a couple but all good reading) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 I had the books listed above but found Jeff Goin's Paramotoring Bible is the best. I used this after training for a least a further 2 years as I learnt all the other things, such as active flying and power launch. Watching all the PPG crashes also teaches you that there are 2 main categories of accidents. Take-off/landing and the rest. I read the fatal accident reports listed on the US and UK websites. Take-off/landing are rarely fatal and if you follow good safety practice, always abort early and don't rush you will do fine. The in flight accidents are when most fatalities happen and most occur when doing things such as stunts, aerobatics or fast turns next to fixed objects. There are a few dew to sudden wind gust. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Thanks very much, I'll continue reading, all booked in for a trial next weekend so will see how things go after that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin (Simon W) Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Also take a look at these https://www.paramotorclub.org/store/category/5-books-and-dvds/ Airways is where I learned to 'Paraglide' about 15-20 years ago, it's a great location! Let us know how you get on Welcome to the Paramotor Club SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share Posted December 29, 2019 Thank you very much indeed and will do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paraflyer17 Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 A few decent vids on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Well, my first weekend didn't go as planned, sadly had both days cancelled due to weather. Scheduled back in for next Saturday to have my first play with a kite, fingers crossed I get to have a go this time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Over at Airways near Ashbourne, one of the hazards of the hobby I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Troup Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 This is an awesome video to watch to get the very basics... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jiQMEmnJT0&list=LLPcFrpF5fe1t3TB-twq-zRg&index=17&t=0s Cheers, Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 Thanks that's one I had discovered but good to see I'm on the right track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_Sp Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 i did all my training at airways highly recommend maybe when the weather is good i may see you up there good luck!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jseaman Posted January 11, 2020 Author Share Posted January 11, 2020 Thanks for that, sadly cancelled again today due to weather, hopefully I will get to try this at some point soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_Sp Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 unfortunately the weather is the main dictator on if we can fly or not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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