I feel bad for David. He purchased his gear online and it was not the way it was advertised. We had to pretty much fix everything on this motor. But we got it done. She is now running like a charm!
David is ready to fly, we need the wind to come down but it is not going to happen till Sunday morning. GRRRR.
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The plan was to fly foot launch using my gear. Also assemble the Flat top and S trike and either just ride it to get used to it or if weather cooperates to try some trike taxiing. We tried to start Davids motor but it was giving us all sorts of troubles. After investigating further I have realized that there was cylinder gasket missing, cylinder head was scored and carburator was altered and leaking fuel.
He purchased this motor used and has never seen it before it was set and done. Unfortunately this is the risk you run trying to save $. At the present time we will try to fix his motor (again) but I am not sure if I have all the parts we need.
Unfortunately, the wind did not come down. I did go for quick flight to check the air and also demo PPG to Andrew but needed to descend on “big ears”. It was nasty. 12 kts from east is always awful!
After morning session me and David went to Peaks to finish the work on his motor and get both his paramotor and trike balanced.
This morning Ryan completed last 5 paramotor flights to have 30 in his log book.
He is done. Congratulations!
After Ryan left me and David worked on kiting.
Both Ryan and David purchased their own paramotors – not new, used. So there was bunch of issues we needed to fix – both machines were not ready for flying. Spend pretty much all day working in the shop.
Ryan’s paramotor is ready to fly but David’s still needs some work.
Bad forecast for today. No flying!
David purchased his PPG gear before the course so we have to do some minor fixing. We also have to balance both the paramotor and paramotor with trike so it is ready for use.
After morning session with Ryan, David showed up and we did all the ground school stuff and worked on his motor bit.
Then of to field for some ground handling. Ryan joined us at 6 pm and managed 3 more flights in very windy conditions.
Very long day for me – I am tired!
Aaron only booked Sat and Sunday so this morning it was just me and Ryan. Started just before 7 am and conditions were good. Ryan quickly managed to add 12 more flights to his log book.
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What a great day. Started of quite gusty but by 4 pm it was flyable and both Ryan and Aaron did incredibly well.
Rayn 10 flights and Aaron 6 flights
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