Training Synopsis

A high-level look at your paramotor training, from day one through flying solo, forward and reverse.

At least four 4-hour sessions
Not necessarily contiguous hours. Weather, your schedule and ours don’t always allow four straight hours, so a session may be split up.

Ground school

  1. 1
    Business arrangement
    Payment and waivers
  2. 2
    Instructor’s intro to paramotoring
    Gear intro, and how good do I need to be?
  3. 3
    Basic aerodynamics
  4. 4
    Reserves
  5. 5
    Helmets, safety and gear
  6. 6
    Communications
    Comms and apps
  7. 7
    FAR 103
    Laws, best practices and ethics
  8. 8
    Acceptable flight locations
  9. 9
    Weather basics
  10. 10
    Airspace

Equipment and ground handling

  1. 11
    Demonstration and familiarization of equipment
    Wings, motors and different PPG models
  2. 12
    Kiting
  3. 13
    Basic motor mechanics and troubleshooting
    Fuel-oil mixtures, burn rates and carburetors (videos)
  4. 14
    Basic ground (wing) handling
  5. 15
    Advanced ground handling
    Video
  6. 16
    Setup and layout of equipment
    Readying for flight, the pattern, and keeping your head on a swivel. There’s no such thing as autopilot: FLY THE GLIDER.
  7. 17
    Preflight inspections

Simulations

  1. 18
    Simulations without the motor
    • Takeoffs
    • Landings
  2. 19
    Pre-solo motor use and safety
  3. 20
    Simulations with the motor
    • Takeoffs
    • Landings
  4. 21
    Simulations with the motor started
    • Takeoffs
    • Landings

Flying

  1. 22
    First forward solo (radio assisted)
    • Take off and fly to at least 300 ft
    • Practice shallow turns and 360° turns
    • Throttle up, then back to flight level
    • Landing (radio assisted)
  2. 23
    Safety refresher
    Video
  3. 24
    Rinse and repeat until confident
    Touch-and-gos galore
  4. 25
    First reverse solo (radio assisted)
    • Reverse launch technique
    • Take off and fly to at least 300 ft
    • Land, turn and reverse kite, then forward. Rinse and repeat (radio assisted).
  5. 26
    Safety refreshers
    Video
  6. 27
    Sign-off
    Rinse and repeat, then pass off a number of forward and reverse launches unassisted.
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