Paramotors

[Sliding member]

In a nad moment I thought about paramotor flying. As I struggle to pay the £90p/h hire rate for a C152 it sure looks a cheap and peacful way to fly. Has anybody here had a go? Living in a rural area would I be able to fly from any field with landowners consent? It would would certainly help me fly more. I suppose a the 152 is warmer this time of year?

[Pilgrim101]

Contact Noel Humphreys at Skydragons

Noel Humphreys
1999 British Paragliding Cup Champion
1999 Welsh Open Paragliding Champion


Skydragons Leisure Ltd
Glanfa, 28 Parc y Llan
Llanfair DC
RUTHIN
LL15 2YL, UK.
tel/fax: 01824707171
email: [email protected]
website: www.skydragons.com

Best fun ever with me clothes on, thank God - nearly froze my bits off !!!

You could fly from the M25 if you really wanted to with one of these machines :ok:

[Barshifter]

SM

You could always have a look down the 3 axis microlight avenue,there must be a syndicate near to you that will work out cheaper.for the price of a new paramotor set up you couid buy an oldish 3 axis microlight for the same.

www.afors.com


Cheers

Barshifter

[flyingwysiwyg]

I've had a go Paragliding, but not with the big fan strapped to my back. It's excellent fun! The motor bit looks even more fun!

Only one thing:-

The weather in this country.

Out of five trips to Wales I managed one day of flying. Top of hill to bottom of hill, gather up wing and walk back to top :ugh:

There was either too much wind or not enough wind or the wind was in the wrong direction. Quite frustrating.

My cousin went out to France and learnt in the Alps. Said it was fantastic. I have to say though it was the weather frustrations that started me thinking about the PPL. However if you're exceedingly patient, once you've got your own kit, if the weathers right you can bimble off on your way back from work!

I may be corrected, but I think you can fly a Paramotor from anywhere with the landowners consent?!?

Pilgrim,

I think Sky Dragons may have stopped training. There is one called Paraventure that still do training, but I've never tried them.They have a very informative web site:-

Paraventure (http://www.paraventure.co.uk )

F - Wyg

[Judge Rembrandt]

SM,
I too have thought about the paramotor route. Having spent a day last summer talking to a few u/t paramotorists? they spend a lot of time waiting for the very narrow 'weather window' before it is considered safe to fly. That said there were some other, more experienced pilots, flying and it looked absolutely fantastic. Having done some hang gliding a few years ago another option came to light and that is the Doodlebug. Many of the same advantages of the paramotors but a greater flying envelope. Both options a very cheap way of leaving Terra Firma without denting the bank balance quite as much as PPL flying. A few other links to those already given. Good luck with whichever route you take!
Regards, JR

http://www.paramotorsuk.co.uk/maincontent.asp
http://www.baileyaviation.com/baileycontent.html
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/flylight/
http://www.hanggliding.co.uk/doodlebug_b.htm#top:D