My 'old' Prop is fixed.

It was hard work indeed ! No kidding. Although the local workshop has all the tools one could think of, still lots and lots of 'hand work' goes into a prop not to mention the know-how. I was fortunate to be able to use a proper aircraft workshop (they are building the 'whisper' motorised glider on the same premisses). I want to thank to Stuart and Dr. Russels (aeronautical engineering) for allowing me to use the premisses and advice. The prop you see is probably one of the most efficient Snap-100 props around ! At 122cm tip to tip and 1013mb air pressure (sea level)) 22deg C and 75% ambient humidity, it has a static thrust level of 56kg ! At 2400rpm it converts almost 78% of the mechanical energy put into it in static trust ! And its best efficiency should go up if it moves at 36km/h ! (is tuned for that speed) The prop is made of a fairly thin layer of wood covered in thin layers of fiberglas. It has a disadvantage though. Is slightly heavier than a composite prop, which means is not suitable for competition flying. One nice side effect of the 'perfect' aerodinamics is the fairly low noise level at full thrust. And that counts for me a lot :-)

Snap-100 Prop.

Snap-100 Prop.
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Tue 2009/06/23 14:48 2009-06-23. My new Prop from Thailand has finaly arrived. The craftmanship looks 110%. This weekend I will test it on my paramotor. I expect at least 100lb static trust. My scale is not very accurate though.

My new Prop arrived x 2

Today I went to the local Post Office and fetched my brand new paramotor prop which just arrived from Thailand. The whole transaction went very smooth. The import tax was just over 12% which I had to pay at the said Post Office before I took ownership. It took exactly 10 days to get here.
Furthermore, today the fixing of my old prop was completed. Is all yellow now . . . I still have to paint the tips though :-)

Hubble Space Telescope

What a beautifull pic. We all are used to see/enjoy pictures from HST. How about a pic of and not from HST?

MacPara Spice.

MacPara Spice.
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Sat 2009/05/23 18:57 rails. Have a look at this pic. my friend Keith from Ctown posted to our local PPG forum. The wing is the new 'Spice'. Is a comp paramotor wing, which the SA team will use in the comming world champs. MacPara sponsored the wing. Keith said 'it goes like is on rails'. And he prove it :-)

Michael singing.

Michael singing.
Originally uploaded by gomario.

Fri 2009/05/22 09:39 2009-05-17 Michael in the Church. Hey, look at the left most child with the very dark blue top. Yes, is Michael, my 4 year old son, singing for the first time, in our local church.