In the early 2000 I trained a maneuver with Walter Holzmueller, a former Nova test pilot called the collapsed spiral exactly for this purpose - to get out of a cloud. Basically you pull one riser and hold it. You literally plunge down in a spiral with very little g-force since there is hardly any canopy left above you since it is a asymmetric collapse. Then you slowly release the riser and the glider inflates again and you pull out of a spiral. I managed to loose 27m/s on my first attempt.
@thecartel69 you seem to be a paragliding pilot. well im a skydiver and i know that you can collapse a softwing by stalling it or deforming it. so why not just grab some lines and controlled collapse the canopy so you would just tumble down and let it go up again when you are lower or if that doesnt work pop the reserve ?
@kleinesmaenchen I allways wondered why she did not go the full stall. i have done full stalls at siv menouvers clinics and i had enough strength to literally pull the glider all the way in but yeah i totally agree. Wait untill you have alot of height, full stall and pull in, fall out the bottom and chuck reserve as late as possible
@mitchamus: reserve would be still too large to let you come down. You should come to a full stall and then reopen the wing or launch the reserve when you are low enough after a long "almost free" fall.
PS when you are in a cloud (no matter is big or small) to feel the brakes gives you no clue. After a few minutes your sense of direction and equilibrium are in tilt.
Don´t they watch weather forecast??
ThePennywiser 4 months ago
Agora eu entendo, ainda bem que consegui escapar a tempo.
JULIONOGUEIRAGEO 5 months ago
Sometimes as human beings we forget that we're not invincible.
iftyshifty 7 months ago
Don't fuck with mother nature...
andmaketherain 8 months ago 3
That is Amazing they made it.
marczakflys 10 months ago 2
In the early 2000 I trained a maneuver with Walter Holzmueller, a former Nova test pilot called the collapsed spiral exactly for this purpose - to get out of a cloud. Basically you pull one riser and hold it. You literally plunge down in a spiral with very little g-force since there is hardly any canopy left above you since it is a asymmetric collapse. Then you slowly release the riser and the glider inflates again and you pull out of a spiral. I managed to loose 27m/s on my first attempt.
Druckkoerper 10 months ago
@Druckkoerper 27m/s ait no good if the updraft is 44m/s
thecartel69 1 month ago
@thecartel69 you seem to be a paragliding pilot. well im a skydiver and i know that you can collapse a softwing by stalling it or deforming it. so why not just grab some lines and controlled collapse the canopy so you would just tumble down and let it go up again when you are lower or if that doesnt work pop the reserve ?
kleinesmaenchen 3 weeks ago
@kleinesmaenchen I allways wondered why she did not go the full stall. i have done full stalls at siv menouvers clinics and i had enough strength to literally pull the glider all the way in but yeah i totally agree. Wait untill you have alot of height, full stall and pull in, fall out the bottom and chuck reserve as late as possible
thecartel69 1 week ago
@thecartel69 thanks for the answer, i think they should tell that to people in paragliding schools!
kleinesmaenchen 1 week ago
@mitchamus: reserve would be still too large to let you come down. You should come to a full stall and then reopen the wing or launch the reserve when you are low enough after a long "almost free" fall.
CollinaSilente 1 year ago
cut the wing away... come down on reserve?
mitchamus 1 year ago
Actually i cant remember that the chinese guy came down, he just went up, and the gps track just stopped
0815tobey 1 year ago
PS when you are in a cloud (no matter is big or small) to feel the brakes gives you no clue. After a few minutes your sense of direction and equilibrium are in tilt.
yoshyoka 1 year ago
A spiral dive to escape cloud suck?????? That is a really bad idea!
yoshyoka 1 year ago
"We are now in a big shit" - classic :P
Murmur2k 1 year ago 9