DSCF02242 Paraglider landing in no wind

paraglider landing down hill with wind change direction, tail wind and rotor.

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• paraglider
• paraglider landing

[gospeedracer40]

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?

[DessertEagle1982]

it seems like you're braking constantly....

[gospeedracer40]

@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!

[luissoco]

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!

[gospeedracer40]

@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

[k1ng401]

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?

[gospeedracer40]

@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.

[SteveWrightNZ]

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. ;)

[WasMeinsch]

thank you for this stinking fucking ugly song, you idiot!!!

[Saltandhigh]

Thank you for sharing

[gospeedracer40]

@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]

@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!