Paragliding - High Wind Practice

High Wind Practice in gusty and turbulent conditions! I was using much more brakes to prevent big wing collapses in this unstable air. Of course I had higher chance to be dragged downwind....

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[murrayhay]

Hi ref your Q about getting forward:

The main thing to understand is basic physics, by PUSHING (thrust) the pilot forward the PITCH of the wing INCREASES so the trim speed REDUCES... i.e. you tend to go backwards!

So let off the brakes, flick back to 'X' position (which INCREASES the trim speed as the tips pull in/curve the wing more) and you will find it easy to move into wind.

NB I regard 'high wind' as winds > 20kts (24mph 38kmh)

[Kostaaa8]

this is a good idea!

I should try to launch backwards in "X" position like you do.... it's much easier to go upwind ;)

I tryed jumping in the air and than "hands up" when the wing is above my head (zenith point) but unfortunately I had collapses almost every time instead going forward like I was expecting....... Actually this is a simple Pitch control training close to the ground, is it?

I should find what causes these collapses... ;)

[fourmatic4]

cool..nice place..I like Greece:)

cheers,

Alex

[murrayhay]

Hi sigmedical Ref: 'Fun'

While it's a good exercise to practice JUST enough surge DAMPING... it's VERY important to avoid OVER correcting any surges, as this is a common cause of injury/deaths in paragliding...

Also: Swing oscillations ON LAUNCH feature in a significant number of serious injury/death incidents....

NB 'Swinging yourself up' from flat ground in windy conditions has resulted in pilots ending on crutches/wheel chairs.. i.e FUN, YES but also very risky!

[sigmedical]

@murrayhay

no way man, intentionally inducing a swing ocillations are fun. You can swing yourself up 5-10 feet sometimes, and its a good exercise in surge checking.

[MrGlideHigh]

Unnecessary tough- too much braking

[murrayhay]

'Jumping' at launch..

As a general rule anything that alters the wings loading AND alters the wings PITCH between the 'Taxi' stage and flight is a BAD idea... the thing I hammer into my students is that they should NOT be leaving the ground before the...

(GLIDING... THREE Force... Gravity / Lift / Drag... NO 'Thrust', 'forth force' in PG gliding flight!)

.... Aircraft is fully flying.. I.e. it should be already Lifting AND PULLING the pilots mass forwards.. as it does in flight!

:-)

[karaflas22]

nice fight :P