Hi and thank you for your comment it means a lot to me to get advice. That was a wierd day I sat on the hillside watching all of the flags wind was going out of the south east perfect.. untill my launch then it came right out of the east. I started to go down real fast. Now as to "full speed" is that with speed bar? could you explain a bit more if you have time?
In light switchy conditions, keep your glider at full speed close to the ground and expect a solid run with a quick transition to groundhandling. Better a little run if you have the area, than getting turned over by a gust with the wing while near the stall, and it looks cool too. ;)
@DessertEagle1982 Hi no not bracking turning looking for my wind the area that I fly is a tight bowl and I was told that the wind can switch from south to nothe east at time. I've flown there abunch and never happend to me untill that day. we have a few flags out and they where all just hanging no wind direction. I was dropping fast! I had another pilot help me figure out what had happend. Hey thanks for the imput!
@DessertEagle1982 Hi no not braking turning looking for my wind the area that I fly is a tight bowl and I was told that the wind can switch from south to northe east at times. I've flown there a bunch and never happend to me untill that day. we have a few flags out and they where all just hanging no wind direction nopted yet. I was dropping fast! I had another pilot help me figure out what had happend. Hey thanks for the imput!
You only pull your brakes that far when you are 1,5 meters (5 feets) above the ground. you're right, there seem to be no wind, but you must let your wing fly if you pull your brakes so far is almost impossible to penetrate, once you are about to touch ground, just run!
@luissoco yes your right that's was the problem with land on the hill. I cought the back side of it and once you pull you better not go back. So I held it and PLF'd Thanks for the imput.When I get critisism it only helps me be a better pilot
@luissoco yes your right that was the problem with landing on the hill. I cought the back side of it and once you pull flair you better not go back. So I held it and PLF'd Thanks for the imput.When I get critisism it only helps me be a better pilot
Seems like the hands are pretty far down, so the brakes are on, and the wing has slowed. This is dangerous because the wing's cells are not pressurized as when the wing is at speed, so because it is slow it is soft, and more susceptible to collapse, especially by a minor crosswind, as is likely in light-and-variable conditions. I saw a guy break hig leg with a PLF when coming in deep in the brakes like this. I think more speed is the remedy, with last-couple-seconds flare.
since you say the brakes were on full, and it looks like from the video you had them full on a fair while before you touched down, maybe you had nothing left to do a sharp and hard flair JUST before touch down so you couldn't bleed off the speed? About 1:42 the glider suddenly seems to speed up. I'm thinking it might have started to dive and pick up speed after you slowed it down to much too high?
@k1ng401 thanks for your imput i had a few thing happend wind changed direction, loosing ALT fast and a small change of wind back to the south and the back side of hill(down slope) landing. Once I flaired as you know you better not let it go, so I held it and really didn't want to but good traing helped with plf. Hey @k1ng401 Thanks for you imput you only make me a better pilot woith your comments.
Wind gradient due to the nearby hill?Or if you are not flying heavy may be the wind changed direction and came behind you. An old time classic..I ve once broke my leg colliding with the windshock poll(very funny hahhaa).
yep no wind it totlaly died off right after take off. I tried to find some but none was availible... So down,down I came my brakes at full and still hit like hell I couldn't figure it out either.I think the wind came directly on my left wich is the way it was comming from. Nomaly at this spot the wind is right out of the south and this would have been directly to my left. Well been they about 5 more times and no problems since. Thanks for watching!
Hi and thank you for your comment it means a lot to me to get advice. That was a wierd day I sat on the hillside watching all of the flags wind was going out of the south east perfect.. untill my launch then it came right out of the east. I started to go down real fast. Now as to "full speed" is that with speed bar? could you explain a bit more if you have time?
gospeedracer40 2 weeks ago
In light switchy conditions, keep your glider at full speed close to the ground and expect a solid run with a quick transition to groundhandling. Better a little run if you have the area, than getting turned over by a gust with the wing while near the stall, and it looks cool too. ;)
SteveWrightNZ 2 weeks ago
thank you for this stinking fucking ugly song, you idiot!!!
WasMeinsch 5 months ago
Thank you for sharing
Saltandhigh 11 months ago
it seems like you're braking constantly....
DessertEagle1982 1 year ago
@DessertEagle1982 Hi no not bracking turning looking for my wind the area that I fly is a tight bowl and I was told that the wind can switch from south to nothe east at time. I've flown there abunch and never happend to me untill that day. we have a few flags out and they where all just hanging no wind direction. I was dropping fast! I had another pilot help me figure out what had happend. Hey thanks for the imput!
gospeedracer40 1 year ago
@DessertEagle1982 Hi no not braking turning looking for my wind the area that I fly is a tight bowl and I was told that the wind can switch from south to northe east at times. I've flown there a bunch and never happend to me untill that day. we have a few flags out and they where all just hanging no wind direction nopted yet. I was dropping fast! I had another pilot help me figure out what had happend. Hey thanks for the imput!
gospeedracer40 1 year ago
OMG
Punio54 1 year ago
You only pull your brakes that far when you are 1,5 meters (5 feets) above the ground. you're right, there seem to be no wind, but you must let your wing fly if you pull your brakes so far is almost impossible to penetrate, once you are about to touch ground, just run!
luissoco 1 year ago
@luissoco yes your right that's was the problem with land on the hill. I cought the back side of it and once you pull you better not go back. So I held it and PLF'd Thanks for the imput.When I get critisism it only helps me be a better pilot
gospeedracer40 1 year ago
@luissoco yes your right that was the problem with landing on the hill. I cought the back side of it and once you pull flair you better not go back. So I held it and PLF'd Thanks for the imput.When I get critisism it only helps me be a better pilot
gospeedracer40 1 year ago
Seems like the hands are pretty far down, so the brakes are on, and the wing has slowed. This is dangerous because the wing's cells are not pressurized as when the wing is at speed, so because it is slow it is soft, and more susceptible to collapse, especially by a minor crosswind, as is likely in light-and-variable conditions. I saw a guy break hig leg with a PLF when coming in deep in the brakes like this. I think more speed is the remedy, with last-couple-seconds flare.
wavegrinder 2 years ago
since you say the brakes were on full, and it looks like from the video you had them full on a fair while before you touched down, maybe you had nothing left to do a sharp and hard flair JUST before touch down so you couldn't bleed off the speed? About 1:42 the glider suddenly seems to speed up. I'm thinking it might have started to dive and pick up speed after you slowed it down to much too high?
k1ng401 2 years ago
@k1ng401 thanks for your imput i had a few thing happend wind changed direction, loosing ALT fast and a small change of wind back to the south and the back side of hill(down slope) landing. Once I flaired as you know you better not let it go, so I held it and really didn't want to but good traing helped with plf. Hey @k1ng401 Thanks for you imput you only make me a better pilot woith your comments.
gospeedracer40 1 year ago
no we land right where I was heading. I think your right about wind change that we explain way I truly felt no wind.. thank you for the thought!
gospeedracer40 2 years ago
Wind gradient due to the nearby hill?Or if you are not flying heavy may be the wind changed direction and came behind you. An old time classic..I ve once broke my leg colliding with the windshock poll(very funny hahhaa).
sixstringmania 2 years ago
what happened? everything looks like okay and had enough wind, then all of a sudden, "oh shit!" what the hell?
bigdogITbiker 2 years ago
yep no wind it totlaly died off right after take off. I tried to find some but none was availible... So down,down I came my brakes at full and still hit like hell I couldn't figure it out either.I think the wind came directly on my left wich is the way it was comming from. Nomaly at this spot the wind is right out of the south and this would have been directly to my left. Well been they about 5 more times and no problems since. Thanks for watching!
gospeedracer40 2 years ago
Oh shit!
flyhghgy 3 years ago 2
nice PLF man your awsome don't tell the wife!
gospeedracer40 3 years ago