June 11/13 – Do not ask me about the Moster engine unless you are over 200 lb

OK. I just spend 45 min trying to convince this guy on the phone that Moster engine will be too big for him at 168 lb. Guys, I am getting tired of this. Please trust me, Moster is very powerful engine that is good for BIG guys. Is you are under 200 lb, forget it! If you buy it, you will regret it.

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Also I often hear  “I would like to foot launch, trike and do tandem and all this with one set of gear”. It is impossible! If you try to purchase something that will do it all, it will be heavy and hard to foot launch in low wind and not powerful enough for tandem – which is illegal anyway unless you are an instructor. Just focus on one thing and one thing only – then you have a chance to enjoy this sport. The lightest gear, the better. Honestly! Please and thank you.

June 11/13 – Holy crap!

And you thought PPG was on the edge eh?

 

June 10/13 – Let me know about video

Hi guys,

Can you please let me know how you see videos on my site? Someone just told me that on his computer all videos are sideways.

Please email me and say I see videos OK or say I see videos sideways or upside down.

Also let me know which system you are on – MAC or Windows or Linux. I work on MAC.

Thanks I appreciate this.

Andre

June 9/13 – PPG course day 2 pm – Hugues manages 9 flights and Herman 2

Got to the field at field 4 pm to meet Herman and Hugues. I was not sure how Hugues will do as in the morning he had a serious mental block but as it turn out in the afternoon with nice steady breeze he quickly took of and landed 9 times!  Great work Hugues.

Hugues ground inflating with motor on his back.

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Hugues after one of the landings

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Herman

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Herman is getting ready.

He has purchased very powerful unit with Moster engine – a bit of overkill for his size

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After some prep – Herman too off. All was going well except he was reluctant to add power – I guess being a bit timid having such powerful unit. He copied the terrain at about 70 ft and then his engine coughed and quit. He made pretty good downwind landing. We were wondering what happened but after I have looked at his tank, it was quite clear to me that the must have sucked an air bubble into carb as the fuel was sloshing around on take off  Herman had only 2 ” of fuel at the bottom of the tank?! Not a good idea.

After this flight wind was dying off and Herman started to have hard time inflating his canopy. I have suggested to use one of my super light units along with the Cima K 2 to have another flight and build confidence. In no time Hermann was in the air again this time the engine didn’t quit and he had a very nice flight.

Very successful evening!

VIDEO: Herman between flight 1 and 2

VIDEO _ Hugues after 9 flights

VIDEO _ Herman after fligh 2t

 

June 9/13 – PPG course day 2 am – Ian manages 3 flights

Great morning – grass bit wet though.

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The gear is ready.

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Hugues is ready. But after few attempts we have decided to go back to ground handling.

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VIDEO _ Ian flight 1

VIDEO _ Ian after flight 2

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VIDEO – Ian flight number 3

VIDEO – Ian after flight 3 

June 8/13 – Pat is enjoying flying…

Pat was recent student.

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He is back home, fully licensed, flying on his own…

Check out his latest flight here:

June 8/13 – PPG course with Hugues, Ian and Herman

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From left to right Hugues, Ian and Herman

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Paramotors waiting for simulator

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Ground handling at the field. We had ideal conditions for 2 hours than wind picked up and stayed strong. Starange! All 3 are ready to fly – just need proper gentle and smooth wind.

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We then proceeded to work on motors. Got familiar with starting procedures, fuelling, pre flight check and so on. We also di the powered runs.

VIDEO – Powered runs

June 7/13 – Flying circus tonight!

Graham 4 flights, Greg 4 flights, Darren 8 flights. What a great evening. Overcast winds from 10 to 15 km/h NNE. Perfect conditions. Greg showed up first and just as he was about to take off Darren showed hop. I had the gear ready for them so they were in the air 5 min after arrival. Darren has got it. He does not need any assistance at all. Gred did not get very nauseated this time even though he stayed up for quite a while on couple of flights. Garaham also did well. $ flight added to his log book. All are fine tuning their techniques and that is gbest done with bunch of flights back to back.

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Greg

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Darren

VIDEO: Darren, touch and go

VIDEO: Darren touch and go 2

VIDEO: Darren interview