Hang Gliding Slow Mo Launches for 3/8/10

Make comments here: which launch was good, which one wasn't - what could they have done to improve?

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Category:

Sports

Tags:

• hang glide
• slow motion
• slow mo
• hang gliding
• launch

[BrandonR73]

Nice video Lucas - Entertaining as always.

This is the first video I've seen of me launching as well ....other than my very 1st. I'm glad I wasn't the worst L) I was third off in the red and white Stingllxc. Thanks for taking the time to video some of us rookies :)

[LucasRidley]

@BrandonR73 Thanks, Glad it was helpful for you.

[jan288y]

Thanks Lucas, I've never watched myself launch . It definitely helps to watch yourself to get better. I don't think mine was the worst , but not the best either (red, yellow, and white Sport II). Beautiful day to be in the air!

[LucasRidley]

@jan288y - Excellent, glad to help John, I'm the same way, and I always find it helpful. I thought you had a good launch, nose popped a little but not as bad as others, overall good!

[litespeedRS]

Don't know about the launches--but my glider is definitely the baddest looking one on the vid : )

[LucasRidley]

HA, nice - c'mon Mark, you mean to say all of the launches looked fine? I'm just looking for some constructive criticism here to help these pilots.

[sonnyduque]

I´m not the best but the pilot at 1:33 just "jump" into the Glider... instead, leting the glider lift you, that is why he kind of "dive" a little after launch. See the difference between 1:33 launch and 1:54?

[sonnyduque]

I´m not the best but the pilot at 1:33 just "jump" into the Glider... instead, leting the glider lift you, that is why he kind of "dive" a little after launch.

[sonnyduque]

I´m not the best but the pilot at 1:33 just "jump" into the Glider... instead, leting the glider lift you

[FormerFF]

It seems to me that the most common mistake that people make on that ramp is to try too hard to get a lot of foot speed. That, plus some of the grip switches are too early.

[Opethfan79]

Flying and then some hacky sack lol. My kind of place.

[airwolfgunner]

Great video, great shots, great quality. I'm working on my H2 right now so admittedly I'm no qualified critic. However it appears that many of the launches were premature. So many of them dove into the launch when they should have been making long strides all the way down the launch. It also looks as though a few pilots pushed out on launch before airspeed was sufficient. But seriously beautiful shots.

[Doom687]

if only I had money...

[cncryp]

Oh Yeah! Get ya some!! 

[eelesey1]

Last take off -sweet as...everyone else was too slow with their take off run and too eager to get into the harness before gaining sufficinet clearance from the hill-on a more challenging take off and /or tail wind/cross wind thermic launches there would have been problems with stalls or glider control issues.

[ArquitetoValenca]

Very nice and useful, I loved slow launchs, good to study, Thanks. Good Flights for us.