An Almost Dead Experience

[hagenful]

.... a 'near death' experience?

[nerblebun]

That had to be the most miraculous recovery ever seen in the history of hang-gliding. What ? WHAT DID YOU SAY ??..... We completely missed a totally upside down hang-glider just a few feet from the ground and certain destruction somehow right itself,gain altitude and fly away because Cecile B. FuckingDa Mill suddenly had a giant butt-pucker attack and STOPPED FILMING ??The most incredible recovery in the history of ANY SPORT andCHEESE DICK CHARLIE the cameraman fucking missed it ? Wheres my gun!

[PYR04LIF3]

Guys mabe he put the camera away because he was getting ready to run like hell? If you were about to see your friend die would you be like "oooo must film and put it on youtube!!!"

[worldwildwest]

Dumb ass cameraman lowers the camera failing to catch seconds from disaster as the glider guy almost falls to his death, you're fired !!

[MrMicj]

Did you see the brown trail of liquid streaming from his harness??? Do yourself a favor don't launch in a strong crosswind............ Better still stay home and live to fly another day!!!!! 

[nipperdog7777]

Epic filming fail. 

[roro879]

Thats why they ended up putting motors on them and calling them ultralights

[Grekmoped]

Three months ago. With the start of a side wind, I lost airspeed and fell 15 feet down. I was lucky just broke his knee.

[timmay301]

damn i though he'd crashed.. he would have been dead for sure. that's terrible. it could stop people from hang gliding for sure. my god.. makes me scared.

[onlytwothings]

you don't deserve to own a camera

[Voazar]

Я чуть в штаны не наложил за пилота, ппц)

[thecrazybhanu]

why the fuck put the camera down

[jasonyeozhishen]

he used a gravity cheat code !

[justinRkeaton]

damm next time dont move the camera film the whole event

[belgianhorst]

From what I saw on a second event(not in this film) during landing. This very particular glider (NOT the model as a whole, but this glider only)  has some nasty properties regarding stability.

[belgianhorst]

After another event (during landing on final) the pilot sold the wing.

[4leafmetal]

Camera man fail.

[nikai123456789]

wtf did u start filming the grass... u missed the best part

[zbarsky]

One minute, it's all fun and excitement, then the next second you are plunging to your doom with no control over the situation! Hang Gliding? No thanks

[armandin2048]

If in doubt - pull on MODERATE (or sufficient if you prefer) speed and hold it until you are in clearer air - doing semi wingovers in turbulence can lead to radical maneovoers: Main problem sarted around 6 seconds when he stuffed bar out!

[armandin2048]

If in doubt - pull on MODERATE (or sufficient if you prefer) speed and hold it until you are in clearer air - doing semi wingovers in turbulence can lead to radical maneovoers!

[xlentertainment]

Cross controlling.

[Johnnyboy2010]

fucking noob camera man. why would you point the camera away.

[ProportaReviewsUK]

haha did you just say, wa was da !

[marcuelcajon]

Camera man should have been pushed down the cliff.

[arcanacelestia]

He was almost upside down so how could he recover from this? We'll never know because the cameraman decided the grass was more important.

[NevilleStyke]

@miraclepieco From 0:06 to 0:08 the pilot has the bar stuffed right out. That is asking for a stall and a dropped wing!

[rustablejan]

waaw H. Dat was raar !! Maar desalniettemin goe filmke.

[girth182]

hahahahhahahahahahahahaha

[arquimedesnava1]

dios ese se salvo de milagro alguien que me explique que le paso estoy aprendiendo a volar gracias que sea en español porfa

[xlentertainment]

nice wing roll that was off the wall I think your the first that does a wing roll nice save the dude

[budman8207]

WTF !!!!!!!!!!!! People and there cameras

Fucking annoying.

If your going to film something then do so, dont panic in the moment and miss the whole thing. Either that or quit fiming events and then posting useless footage on You Tube. Thank You. Best regards

[THEinspectigator]

you're a product of the age of internet videos

[ALostPilot]

@budman8207 some people care more about their mates. mate

[budman8207]

@ALostPilot Yes, you are right... and my comment was made without consideration of that fact. Thank you.Peace

[fongio86]

what a f...k!!!!! you luky

[1774andres]

UFFFFFFF..........

[ALTITUDERJ]

Oh my god___..-..___ ooo------.._..-----

[seanie222]

Holy crap! I thought he was going down hard! ill soon be doing my EP training course at the Peak district, but this monouver has scared me :( I hope it doesnt happen to me!

[rummy12399]

why did he put the camera away when the best part of the video happend?

[CLayaway1]

I agree. For now on Im telling people filming me for any reason, if i crash or something to keep filming!

[conrad2468]

be sure to add...."put it on youtube also!"

[OnnomonnomonnO]

yeah ..... youre right .......i hate that way of filming:D

[springfieldtech]

Wow!

[lifelikedan]

PULL-IN!!!! There are sooo many things wrong in this video and in the comments...Some people get it right away, some never get it. Good Luck!

[MaartenSpoek]

Yes, already at start he was not flying fast enough. I think the last dive was a result of a stalling right wing, which he tried to correct leaning to the left and thus worsening the stall to the right. Only one remedy was to pull-in.

[jernimo23]

way to jerk the camera around at the best part.

[justcave]

Cool wingover........just a bit close to the hill...!!!!!!

"There I was thought I was going too DIE...!!!!! "

In mild conditions I find it's ok to keep your body paralel to the keel but in realy rough conditions I find by swinging my feet even further than my head and shoulders I get better role authoraty.......makes cense...???

"No place like cloud base"

Sangoma

(U2 fun 190 )

[HangmanMo]

You are totally right. The best you can do is to shift as much weight as possible. By shifting the hips and feets only you are wasting energy. It is way easier to shift the whole body - and much more effective.

[HangglidingNW]

Holy Sh*t! That was Very scary, He should have had the nose down more and pulled on more speed!

[hartistry1957]

What was that?...Almust die hurled a...Oh, I get it.

[FormerFF]

He was cross controlling as well.

[dustziggy]

How can you cross control on a hang glider? Only one input, ie pilot weight shift, not two like rudder/airleron cross control on a plane.

[FormerFF]

In hang gliding, cross controlling occurs when the pilot shifts his head and shoulders to one side, and his feet to the opposite side. The net weight shift is zero, and the glider doesn't bank. The proper technique is to keep your head and shoulders in the middle of the control bar and shift your hips and feet only.

[dustziggy]

Thanks, just learning to fly

[fukyou1000]

Ziggy - don't listen to that - keep your body parallel at all times - move shoulders, hips and heels the same amount realative to the keel - that way you can apply the maximum weightshift and have more steering input (you will need it later when you have a 10m/s thermal under one wing). Great sport, enjoy.

COlin

[dustziggy]

Thanks for the advise, good to know you have no broken bones in 25 years, well done! The advise you talked about is similar to my instructors advise. Its simple physics. I guess trying to cross control might have some unwanted aerodynamic affect on the glider anyway causing drag and unwanted yaw. What do you think?

[fukyou1000]

I have friends that swear if you get your legs way, way out (this after you are already at full parallel shoft), the aerodrag can help a bit - I have tried it and find a little more bank to be more effective

[fukyou1000]

Sorry mate - you do not know what you are talking about - keep bad advice to yourself - you could cause somebody to get hurt

For anybody thinking of taking up hangliding:

THE CORRECT TECHNIQUE is to keep your body absolutely parallel to the Keel (the long tube pointing forward abve you) - i.e. move your shoulders, hips and heels in unison.

This way you maximise the weight shift you can apply.

Have fun flying,

Colin

HG Pilot for over 25 years, no broken bones (yet).

[FormerFF]

That's not the way I was taught, not what what my flight manual says, and not what works for me. Doesn't really matter, though, as long as you get your weight shifted, the glider will turn. Just don't shift your head and shoulders the opposite way from your feet and you'll be OK.

[fukyou1000]

Think about the physics of it - the way you steer is to get weight "off centre" - leaving the heaviest part of you body (head and shoulders) in the centre of the bar reduces your ability to control the glider.

In a rough thermal one day you will need everything - better to learn good technique before you need it.

[FlightinmyVeins]

fukyou1000 is absolutely right. To make maximum use of your entire bodies weight the best result is obtained by shifting your entire body weight while keeping it parallel to the keel. I was thought to lead with your feet. Ultimately when leading with your feet your upper body follows. Now that i fly a powered harness it is crucial to keep my harness parallel to the keel. Or to keep the thrust parallel to the keel. Watch the pros. parallel to the keel is more aerodynamic too (much easier)

[flyguy4fun]

I,m a pilot and i was ducking from the impact. Istill think i died in that one. LOL close call.

[belgianhorst]

Lijkt m' een geval van zeer sterke zijwind ofwel door windstoot ofwel door foute inschatting aan start. Door sterke zijwind raakt rechtervleugel overtrokken. Op het ogenblik van opheffen linkervleugel is het zeer moeilijk efficient tegen te hangen, zoals blijkt uit enkel hoofdbeweging. Bij duiken is tegenhangen een pak eenvoudiger zoals blijkt.

[MrBentor]

Looks like a combination of pilot induced oscillation, overcontrol and maybe gust thermal. How was the trim on the glider?

[maarijke]

hallo dat is zo raar maar wel dom dat je de camera juist weg draaid !

[MaartenSpoek]

Het lijkt mij vrij gezond dat je je te pletter schrikt en niet meer filmt, als je denkt dat je vriend voor je neus dood gaat. Het scheelde duidelijk heel weinig, maar dat wist je natuurlijk niet.

[deltantony]

Great he survived. God reflexes at the almost end...

But the start in my opinion was not so good.

He was alowing the nose to come up at the start and after that he was flying way to slow for these conditions. If he was speeding up earlier he would probably be able to catch the sudden left bump in the correct way.

btw. the rest of the pilots were making the right desission not to fly that day.

[soliv27]

I love the "wowowsdawowowsda"

[damunchiman]

Glad he made it! What was the pilot's explanation? How could this be avoided from his point of view?

[hvanhoec]

Because similar behaviour occured in May 2008 (but this time on safe altitude in Greifenburg Austria), we checked the pitch-up profile of his glider. It was obvious that his wing was not properly trimmed: left pitch-up was too low compared to right. But if this was already the case last year when this video was made, is not sure because after this video the pilot made a very bad landing which damaged his glider and it was repaired by Bautec.

[periergopoulos]

Yes, it definately looks like PIO. I am sort of an expert in the field after having suffered a similar situation myself. When you are a beginner, you may get into such oscillations even though your instructor has warned and explained how to avoid them.

[soliv27]

It is not in my mind, I watched this video several times, most of ultralight flyers do not want to realize there can be aerological phenomenons which can be objective causes of accidents. Is it impossible for you here that he went out a thermal or anything more complex which created a stall and a spin ? His moving is ok, only the event seems unusual, the weather seems gusty... Can be no luck, It may be there was nothing to do but what he did

[soliv27]

"There was a hard wind on the start, sometimes coming from the left. The turbulences caused by this sidewind were very strong. Nobody took of anymore after this start. Also the landing conditions were very very turbulent"

This is what "SuperJasper" told at the beginning.

But I dont deny "overpiloting" exists , oscillations, usual by beginners(that pilot is clearly not even if a monitor is here)But his wing is clearly taken in something like a rotor.

[KabalaKook]

It was mostly overcontrol, he got into PIO (pilot induced oscillation). Strong wind and turbulence probabaly played a part, specially if the pilot felt like wanting to get away from the mountain and in order to overcome the wind had the tendency to accelerate. If he had flown with a light pitch it wouldn´t have happened. My 2 cents...

[grcvv]

really lucky ... i lost a friend in a almost same way ...

[lti12]

on my very first high alt mountan flight it was vary windy and turbulent, wind wore about 30mph. I took off anyway, had no problem. But I was getting dizzy up there so I had to land after flying for 20 min.

[pepeleyva]

There was a thermal with some turbulence. Definitly He is hanged too high, plus the delicate pitch of the hang glider did not help.

[chettsy]

OMG! What glider was it!

There is another video about displaying similar characteristics. the pilot is a lucky bugger.

[hvanhoec]

I think it was a spider from Bautec

[hvanhoec]

I was wrong. It was not a spider but a kite.

[feastonmyload]

AH ok. I see his error now. He launches in rough air and deals with it well initially. However at 15 seconds notice he does NOT shift his entire body to the side of the wing that is rising but ONLY his head!!!! result... the wing continues to rise on one side and he enters a dive.

[superjasper64]

The pilot only had 2 or 3 flights on his new glider which is very fast responding.

[MaartenSpoek]

He starts without enough speed. He let the nose of glider come up and flew away near min-sink/stall. He was too inexperienced on this glider in these hard conditions.

[timmay301]

@feastonmyload i think there was not much error there. he tried to correct but hell if you get blown over like that what are you gonna do!!

[feastonmyload]

WOW! nice save. What caused all that turbulence? He was flying too slow in rough air/rotor and stalled?

[superjasper64]

There was a hard wind on the start, sometimes coming from the left. The turbulences caused by this sidewind were very strong. Nobody took of anymore after this start. Also the landing conditions were very very turbulent.