Well just so ease a few concerns there are no wires, its a radio Mast, so I guess the radiation would be worse then the wires, lucky no one was hurt and a few lessons learned.
Full house of launching mistakes. Not committed enough run, flops into harness instead of waiting for glider to come up, and lets the bar pop out when changing to base bar (probably as a result of rushing the change) so that the glider stalls. It probably would have been recoverable with the first two, and just lose height off launch as a result But once the wing's stalled, there's no roll control and you're screwed. Was this a tow-trained pilot who's new to hill-launching?
thank god he landed in that giant crater. hHAHAHAHAHAHA
timmay301 9 months ago
...pilot pushed that bar way out during run...too slow, stalled, and could not
then control glider - wind controlled it instead. gotta stayed 'pulled in'
to accelerate to flying speed.'
jwm239 1 year ago
Hey thanks for posting,gives us more to learn. Thanks great to hear you were fine and no wires there to zap you.
flyguy4fun 3 years ago
Well just so ease a few concerns there are no wires, its a radio Mast, so I guess the radiation would be worse then the wires, lucky no one was hurt and a few lessons learned.
SpiNNeRNZ 3 years ago
hmm...don't get blown back into launch
area! especially if you balloon up and
backward into the wires...the ZAP! kind.
jwm239 3 years ago
Also that place does not look safe to glide with those electrical wires you can get cook like a bird!
musico28 3 years ago
Luckily the ground was there to break his fall.
chueffer 3 years ago
Full house of launching mistakes. Not committed enough run, flops into harness instead of waiting for glider to come up, and lets the bar pop out when changing to base bar (probably as a result of rushing the change) so that the glider stalls. It probably would have been recoverable with the first two, and just lose height off launch as a result But once the wing's stalled, there's no roll control and you're screwed. Was this a tow-trained pilot who's new to hill-launching?
ratelect 3 years ago 4
I give him credit for missing the high tension wires.
knumb 3 years ago
Where in NZ is this...?
deTonaTornz 4 years ago
Mnt Ida south island New Zealand
SpiNNeRNZ 4 years ago
ha ha . lucky the people watching turned around just before you took off lol ..
STIIKYS 4 years ago
Wow! and to think that this dude is on a double surface..Scary.
glendeco 4 years ago
Duh.
Nose high, Flat slope, Poor roll control, No wire assist.
What was he thinking?
Groundhog92614 4 years ago