Parajet will announce on Wednesday that it is set to revolutionise paramotoring with the launch of its new rotary engine the Parajet Cyclone. Parajet’s Jim Edmondson said: “We are launching a rotary engine after the success and lessons of Mission Everest. “The engines are small and very powerful, giving them the highest power to weight [...]
Kobra PPG’s most powerful paramotor to date, the Rocco Super delivers 85kg of thrust so is ideal for heavy pilots, tandems, or trikes. Like the Rocco, it uses the Mini2 Plus, but with a two or three blade 130 cm propellor and a different exhaust. The cage is reinforced and slightly bigger, 145 cm instead [...]
Bailey Aviation’s new quick release propeller mounting system is now available as an option for all V3-180 and 4V-200 engines. Single bolt fixing secured with an ‘R’ clip enables fast and easy propeller removal and more evenly distributed clamping pressure. www.baileyaviation.com Discuss here
Hubert Pawlowski is a photographer, living in the Annecy region of France. He has taken some completely spherical photos, mostly of his home area. Visit his website to take ‘virtual tours’ of his images. www.annecypanoramique.com Discuss here
Advance’s new Epsilon 6 has passed the DULV certification for paramotor flight in all four sizes. The special hybrid risers with trimmers are also now available (certification with trimmers is without use of the speed system). Ramon Morillas and Juanjo Garcia, both Spanish team pilots, will be flying the Epsilon 6 in the next paramotor [...]
The first Belgian Paramotor Open is set to take place from 5 – 11 July. An international event, it welcomes competition pilots from all nationalities. Jointly organised by Fou d’L paramotor school and Asbl Bleu Ciel, it will be held at the Cerfontaine Airfield, near the Eau d’Heure lakes in one of the most scenic [...]
The weather forecast for the weekend in Oxfordshire is appalling, wet and windy throughout, so the organisers have decided to cancel it now. They are looking at options for another date, possibly the following weekend, at the same location. Watch this space! Discuss here
Michel Carnet and Mike Chilvers are organising a competition practice weekend in Wantage, Oxfordshire, from 16-17 May. It is aimed at pilots who are interested in competition, to enable them to fly together and share knowledge with a view to improving their skills. A similar, very successful, event took place last year in Norfolk. It [...]
Till Middelhauve is proud to announce that two of his films are to be on the Big Screen. For two weeks, starting 14 May, ‘East Wind’ and ‘Lord of the Winds’ will be shown in the Rex Cinema in Darmstadt, Germany. On Sunday 17 May, producer Till Middelhauve and East Wind protagonist Erik Behr will [...]
Hot on the heels of the release last week of Bailey Aviation’s V3-180 engine, the company are pleased to announce that its larger brother, the 4V-200 engine, is now nearing completion and is in the final testing stages prior to release in a few weeks time. With a 200cc capacity and a 4 valve cylinder [...]
