Guest Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Indeed it is not a typo!! Parajet have made a one off paramotor (with a view to production) and I have to say it is the most awesome combination I could imagine!! OK so it's not the lightest, or the best on petrol, but NOR IS A FERRARI 360!! nor would I care about that if I had one. It is: A Parajet Compact. With the 294 cyclone (rotary) engine!! I just can not wait to take this up for a blat!!! Darren it's fair to say you have the sexiest paramotor I have ever seen on the way! SW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm getting quite excited now. I reckon i'm going to lose a bit of weight owning this paramotor, not because it's heavy, but because i'm selling my mini digger to pay for it. I'm gonna be shovelling out the cow shit and ditching by hand all summer. Darren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paramotormike Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Reminds me of a friend George. He works for the Circus. His job...shovelling Lion shit all day! Been doing it for 25 years! I said “isn’t it about time you got a new job?” He said “what and leave show business!” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 I'm getting quite excited now. I reckon i'm going to lose a bit of weight owning this paramotor, not because it's heavy, but because i'm selling my mini digger to pay for it. I'm gonna be shovelling out the cow shit and ditching by hand all summer. Darren. With the amount of thrust that thing will have you can blow it all out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 With the amount of thrust that thing will have you can blow it all out Or i could use it to keep the wife cool while she does it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_b Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 With the amount of thrust that thing will have you can blow it all out Or i could use it to keep the wife cool while she does it Love it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bholleran Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Can anyone post a picture of it so that we can all be jealous? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Can anyone post a picture of it so that we can all be jealous? If i had one i'd post it. Simon had a short video on his mobile of the boys at Parajet running it up. Darren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Parajet have got pictures up now of the 294 Cyclone compact. Hopefully they've finished taking photo's of it and let me get my hands on it http://www.flycyclone.com/range/category/294cc_Compact/ What's happened to the 160, have they discontinued it ? Darren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquatix Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Its a beautiful piece of engineering, but seems to be a bit of an overkill to have a 40hp motor develop just 62kg's of thrust ? I'm sure power delivery will be amazingly smooth, linear and vibration free - but surely it would make more sense in a macro frame with bigger prop, or am I missing the point ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Its a beautiful piece of engineering, but seems to be a bit of an overkill to have a 40hp motor develop just 62kg's of thrust ?I'm sure power delivery will be amazingly smooth, linear and vibration free - but surely it would make more sense in a macro frame with bigger prop, or am I missing the point ? I'm not sure if they've put up the correct specs for it as they're exactly the same as for the 160 cyclone which i would have thought unlikely as the 294 engine is 6kg's heavier for a start. I think Simon's going down there this week so maybe i'll get a bit more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timm9227 Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Nice machine but just check the size of the female spade that goes onto the coil. All the ones I've seen on rotary machines seem to have a 6.3mm female spade going onto a much smaller male spade on the coil. This does fall off as experienced by a local flyer who owns one and also his prop bolts could do with being about 20mm shorter. Small things I know, but would make a nice machine better. Maybe I'm too picky(or jealous) But most of all, roll on some good weather and enjoy. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Thanks Tim, I'll check the connector when i get my hands on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenperrett Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Just found a new spec list for the compact 294. This sounds more like it: http://www.parajet.com/paramotors/cyclone/ It's now saying 78Kgs thrust. It's a bit confusing as Parajet seem to have 3 different spec lists for the same machine. Darren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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