Hang Gliding CRASH ,Overshot AJX 2009

This was a hang gliding flight I did 08 -29-2009 .things went wrong ,I had to put it down in a brushy field.

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• landing.---Hang
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• 2009---Hang
• gliding--Over
• shot
• landing---soaring

[WoWgnome123]

it looks like a green screen lol

[lltowing2007]

It sure does .

[flyhardt]

this looks weird.

i mean because of the camera position.

the picture doesn't has any depth. looks all flat^^

watch 2:00 to ..., can't tell wether he's almost on the ground or 20m above (or more)..

why do you use only the uprights?

was it kinda saftey thing for the first flight(s)?

like "don't over do it, keep it simple"?

[lltowing2007]

human eyes have poor depth perception over 20 ft when there is no angle .that's why we use angles to judge altitude Our eyes are good at seeing angles.the cameras above my head shooting straight down.that's why it looks funny to you .I will fly upright for some part of every flight to stay in practice for Launching and landings.you have to keep the muscle memory sharp.when I'm done practicing I reward myself and prone out .

[guitarpilot1]

It looks like your hanging to high. Why do you not have your hands on the base tube in the prone position?

[lltowing2007]

@guitarpilot1 Hey Bro :

It just looks that way .I 'm never in the prone position in this video ,the camera is mounted above me shooting down .If you want to see me proned out ,watch my (last flight as H2 video ) then you will see the difference I've had others tell me the same thing.

[afshinsarbaz]

good job, good landing, always in command.

[NMERider]

Excellent landing 'bro!  I'd moon you back if I could. ;-) BTW - I've seen Hang 4s overshoot that LZ in easier conditions.

[123thunderduck]

I think you handled it very well.

[u171098atgmail]

Greblo teaches being upright way too much. you ought to be prone and concentrating on energy management, glide angle and aim point. there's a time to get upright, it's not the entire flight.

[psychastria]

I wouldn't call that a crash. He ended the flight on his feet; it's just the location was a little off.

[jcs1492]

@WoWgnome123 He's flying over Andy Jackson air park in So Cal.. I recognize the terrain.

[MrArian52]

54000 views !!!!!!!!!!! what s up, just nothing loll

[DCSmovies]

It looked like you were riding on the ground the whole time.

[timmay301]

i was waiting for that cliff to appear :D this was no crash dude

[joefaust777]

Thanks for sharing. We are including link to your experience in the November issue of LIFT. World ParaGliding Association. Your single-tether kite hang glider is in a subset of paragliders (those of one tether that is short enough to allow you to control flight by handling the truss or triangle control frame that came into hang gliding at least by 1908 in Breslau. You did a good job of using the overshoot LZ!

[ullman05]

@WoWgnome123 gros bourrin !

[squito94]

What crash! You got my hopes up damit! I wanted to see some blood or a broken bone or something.