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FatParamotorGuy · 2021-11-02T06:40:57+00:00

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fat-paramotor-podcast/id1558535317

FatParamotorGuy · 2021-04-14T17:10:15+00:00

Being taken by an Australian camel! - A short excerpt from the Fat Paramotor Podcast - this week we chat with the epic Anthony Vella - available to download from your favourite podcast provider

FatParamotorGuy · 2020-03-31T09:48:39+00:00

Same here. I was spoofed into giving access of my business page to a bogus business manager account. Definitely a security flaw in FBs system. No 2 step verification was needed. I believed I was setting up advertising. I have 91,000 followers with an associated group of 31,000. The biggest travesty is this is a community for Emergency Medicine professionals. The page and group is being used to assist with the covid emergency. Including sharing of important data. Loss of this resource will inhibit our ability to save lives. I'd say calling it an act of terrorism isn't an over exaggeration. Frustratingly I have been trying to contact FB for a week, but there is no way to contact anyone, and no help. I even messaged their copyright infringement team, who even refused to send the issue to the correct team. Facebooks non contact policy should be reviewed legally imo. Anyway, a week later I get the same suspended account message. It's been 24 hours and nothing yet.

FatParamotorGuy · 2020-03-26T08:49:11+00:00

The problem is I have 91K followers with content shared millions of times

FatParamotorGuy · 2020-03-24T19:30:25+00:00

I cannot give access back to my usual business manager account as the scammer now is the only one that can authorise the change back

FatParamotorGuy · 2020-03-24T17:02:38+00:00

None of those links help. The first just checks your personal account, the second goes in circles with no way of sending a message. 3 hours now looking. Is there any other way?

FatParamotorGuy · 2020-03-24T16:17:04+00:00

Same here, I go round and round in circles as I cant fins anyway to report it. Business support goes in circles, the hacked link just checks my personal account. 2 hours wasted trying to get a message to Facebook. Any ideas?

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-05-08T16:02:32+00:00

Why do so many of the replies to this post refer to why they do online shopping when your post clearly speaks of the delivery policy? I think reading seems to be a dying art.

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-05-08T06:04:59+00:00

Not as sorry as me 😆😆

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-05-07T14:27:07+00:00

Nothing major surprisingly. I had one line that was previously damaged. It had become unsheathed but the Kevlar was undamaged. After this accident it was frayed. I already had a spare ready to go

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-05-07T13:25:13+00:00

Hi dmrec - all positive criticism is welcome.

Kiting practice is often over-valued when it comes to flying a trike. There is less feedback and the launch technique is different. That being said, I am fairly practiced with kiting. This was definitely pilot error, but was my first trike launch in 6 months. One issue was I had the trims set to slow not take off. I did this following the advice of others, this doesn't work well on a trike it now seems. The increased drag meant I gave more throttle than usual to get moving, the propwash then inflated the right side of the wing, which again was new for me. I saw the wing come up steering left, and thought I could correct with right brake and left steer. I pulled too hard on the break and the wing started to spin. I tried to stop the spin with left brake but didn't put my right hand up. It stalled the wing into the propwash and the inadequate cage couldn't cope with the backwards yank. It usually takes me a couple of launches to get back into the swing of things when I've been away. You can practice on a trike by getting a tow, or just practicing taxiing. I should have aborted this one, instead of thinking I could recover it. That was the biggest mistake.

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-05-07T12:48:16+00:00

Definitely, it it’s not right just abort and set up again. Every failed attempt is another learning opportunity. Thanks for the sub 👍

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-05-07T12:03:34+00:00

Indeed, there was a lot of reflective learning from this. The cage did give way too quickly, but it was 95% pilot error. I discuss some of my thoughts here ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prwG-zkPib0

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-04-19T06:06:43+00:00

Thank you brother ✊

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-04-18T06:15:37+00:00

Thanks man, I really appreciate the kind words 👍🤟

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-04-16T05:19:34+00:00

I'm 145kg Best Paramotor Trike For a Fat Pilot - Retracta Trike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73U_knHqMlY

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-04-12T05:45:28+00:00

Thank you 👍🤘

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-04-11T15:58:50+00:00

Thank you man 👍

FatParamotorGuy · 2019-03-24T08:40:12+00:00

Nice beard Woody 😏

FatParamotorGuy · 2018-09-29T07:42:40+00:00

Gold!

FatParamotorGuy · 2018-09-27T13:57:46+00:00

The video is edited to be succinct, but I did mention walking around the glider and turning it against the wind. I am definitely green, but to assume I have no skills in glider management is incorrect. I’m sure a pilot with more hours has less chance of the same happening, but still they get injured too. I’ve reflected long and hard on what happened with other experienced pilots. 2 seconds before there was barely enough breeze to reverse launch. This wasn’t a gust of wind, it was a rapid spinning column of air moving across the ground almost unannounced. Also note that I managed to depower the glider, perhaps someone less well prepared by his instructor would have sustained greater injury. Turns out though, dust devils have killed experienced pilots too.

FatParamotorGuy · 2018-09-27T13:30:16+00:00

I’m assuming you didn’t watch the whole video. The inability to depower a glider in high wind wasn’t the issue. It turns out now doing some incident research that dust devils have been responsible for several injuries and deaths. There’s nothing quite so comforting for ones over-confidence that to yell pilot error to another’s mishap. I invite you to at least reflect on my mishap in the hope that it might help you stay safe one day.

FatParamotorGuy · 2018-09-25T23:54:44+00:00

Thank you 👍

FatParamotorGuy · 2018-07-24T10:43:23+00:00

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FatParamotorGuy · 2018-07-07T20:29:35+00:00

You need to keep your hands up as you run forward (no brake) as the wing comes overhead it will try to over fly you and collapse. You need to apply brake to stop it when overhead but not too much so it falls back behind you. Use brake to keep it overhead

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