How not to land a hang glider - collection of failed landings

Videos of failed landing attempts made during August 2010 training session in Mieroszów, Poland.

Mainly harmless fun but once or twice I was not that far from really feeling a landing in my bones.

Causes range from too little to too much push out during final approach and bad flare timing, good thing it was done on a very forgiving hang gliders.

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Sports

Tags:

• hanggliding
• hang
• gliding
• mieroszów
• training
• landings
• gopro
• goproherohd

[FCbisleybob]

great video what camera? by the way get your hands higher on the tubes and hips forward this will sort your landings

[ppawelppawel]

@FCbisleybob Thanks for the landing tips. The camera is GoPro Hero HD.

[thebuckstopshere79]

haha - i love the last one

[MyViews]

wow, lot's of good advice and no idiots flaming you (only read 1st page). I wish you well in perfecting your landings.

Fly well, fly high, fly safe brother.....

[jwm239]

...hands on the downtubes a bit too long...? I usually go to the uprights before

entering roundout at the latest.

[armandin2048]

Yes hands higher will help a little, the thing that will really sort your flare out however, is this:

You do not "push" the bar out to kill a gliders forward momentum, you "rotate" the uprights and wing over your head, works every time.

Summary, hand up, push and lift simultaneously,

[feerstrks]

Hands higher or your won't  push enough

[MrAndrew1101]

you need to get your body upright and hands higher up the uprights. push upwards not just outwards