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New Year’s Day Testing

Posted on January 02, 2013 in Phil Jennings   

I’ve had a shiny new Polini 200 sat in my Paramotor shed now for several months but I’d been waiting for my ankles to get back to full strength before using it. So when the weather turned on New Years day after weeks of rain, I decided it was time.

I’d already built the engine up a few months back onto a second back plate so this allows me to have 2 engines for different disciplines. I have the Top 80 for classic style competitions and the Polini 200 for Slalom. So I quickly swapped the two back plates over, and remembered to change the fuel mix in the tank. With the harness being detachable without any tools it made this job so simple and before I knew it i’d got a completely different Zenith ready to fly.

I made it out into the field a bit later than ideal mainly due to the night before festivities, so only really had time for a few gusty launches with short flights just to check the geometry. It all worked perfectly with no adjustment needed and with 80kg’s of thrust its a delight to have so much power compared with the Top 80. I’m really looking forward to the upcoming slalom competitions this year and with this engine its going to be a big advantage.

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