In need of sleep

Posted by Pieter Wolmarans

Wow, what a rush. The last month has just been so hectic with all the prepparations. All the time and effort at comp task planning and in the harness is only half the story. The second half is to try and prepare for a business & family to run smoothly for three weeks while we're away.

Sticking to the flying related portion, there are three major portions to this.

1. Paramotor service and maintenance:

Some of the guys are flying the comp with brand new motors being delivered at the venue. Some of us did some major service & maintenance work. All I can say is that my motor now runs better than when brand new.

2. Flying:

Theres quite a few newly released wings being flown by the team. Martin and myself opted for the new APCO Vista Hp. We were running on a very tight schedule with this wings as it only received certification a month or two ago (Thanks for the effort Keith). In three weeks I managed to get in 11 flights and just short of 7 hours air time on the wing. I've spent a lot of time plotting a new power curve and at slalom flying. I'm now very comfortable with the wing and know it's behaviour & caracteristics well.

3. Task planning:

More about this later. In short. The task catalogue covers 22 sample tasks for the three types of tasks. That is Navigation, Precision & Economy. This information combined with the mapwork involved is enougth to keep you busy for a very long time.

Hey, more later. I need to go and pack, tick tock tick tock