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In case the flair is insufficient or late, wouldn't it be possible to avoid having the nose whack if you run ahead of the glider as soon as your feet touch the ground to stay ahead of the glider, so that it eventually falls behind your back?

Hi, thanks for the video! I hope you don’t mind a bit of constructive feedback. From what I see, there seems to be a lack of control in the upright position and also during transition. Your direction and AoA oscillate quite a bit. You can easily improve this by practicing soaring in windy conditions while staying in the upright position. This skill isn’t learned effectively by just landing, as we spend only a few critical seconds in this phase compared to hundreds of hours flying in the prone position. That’s why both the upright position and the transition need intentional practice. I’m confident that focusing on this will significantly improve the quality of your landings!

I think these are very valuable instructions, thoughts and overview of your flights. Excellent in my opinion.

What’s the cost of your hang glider ?? Am from India and I want to know

Very realistic analysis and informative clip, thanks

Thanks glad you enjoyed it

Thank you very much for your video. It’s very valuable, especially for beginner pilots.

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Maybe you should go back to the training hill ....just sayin...

This bird is even better flying than airplanes. The only thing what is bothers me is the pilot position. I dont like to be faces down.

Nice video. Thank you for sharing. It helped me better understand the importance of maintaining good energy during landing

These are some excellent whacks! Thank you! :) Would you say the ATOS is more difficult to land than a regular topless wing without kingpost?

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The main reason your landings are poor is because you are transitioning to the downtubes way too early. Your pitch control is very limited in this position, so your final approach is simply too slow, especially when entering a wind gradient near the ground. Stay on the basetube until you are in ground effect - i.e. your feet just a couple of feet above the ground. If this feels uncomfortable then just keep one hand down on the basetube - you will get much better pitch control that way. Happy landings. HG pilot for over 35 years with over 2000hrs here.

They key is to have your hands up high on the down tubes and flare by pushing up vertical . maybe use less flaps not familiar with the atos but I've flown many different types of flex wings . Your getting it no substitute for practice

Excellent stuff sir. Very educational for all, thanks for putting it together 👏👏👏

A genuine contribution to the hang gliding community

Can i Will be like you mr Steve this is my dream

OK, Maybe I can help. Been training for about 25 years. 1) your harness doesn't allow you to get fully upright and what you can get takes pressure on your hands to hold position. 2) Your harness drops you down in the control frame instead of rotating you upright and higher on the downtubes. Because you have pressure in your hands to hold yourself upright, you can't feel proper bar position/speed. Also, being lower in the control frame reduces the amount you can flare. Your helmet also appears to cover your ears and that makes it hard/impossible to hear airspeed. Proper landing: 1) "Trim glider at Minimum sink speed" 2) Add speed when approaching the ground to account for wind gradient 3) Rotate upright (not down) and place hands near shoulders for maximum flare 4) Once at landing level above the ground, you should have downtube pressure in your fingers only as you sped up to get low. Ease out keeping landing altitude consistent. 5) At some point you will have no pressure in your hands...that is "Minimum Sink" speed. 6) Now, for the first time in your landing, you can have some pressure in your palms as you ease out to flare airspeed at a rate that maintains the same low altitude. 7) Listen for the airspeed and when it sounds correct, flare up, not out, and land with no forward speed. Landing is a climbing maneuver, you should be very close to the ground when you flare. The glider/harness/helmet combination should help with this process not hinder it. Set up the glider properly. Flare enough to achieve zero groundspeed (this is the first time you should pay attention to your groundspeed and need to do something about it). In higher headwinds you obviously flare less, no wind calls for a very aggressive flare.

Awesome flight and glider.

Nice views

He got even flaps, also kinda HUD i supose, 1st landing looks rlly bad. On this video hard to see air conditions. Maibe landing was so hard, with so much hard air conditions, hard to see on this video, on first view it looks as a amateur's job, but hard to see on this video. Lucky landing was a definittly great job! It would be great if You comment, Im just corious.

That could not have been more than 4-6 feet above the power line!!!!!!!!!!!

Great content with very good explanations.

Greetings from 🇦🇹! Very scenic video, great views on Oberes Drautal, Weißensee, Gitschtal, Kreuzeckgruppe. Seems you started at Emberger Alm, right? Reminds me to go there with the mountainbike😊!

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Phuuuuu very poor landing! Lucky guy!

Saudações desde de o Brasil!

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Super !

You nearly got yourself electrocuted, those high voltage wires would have cooked you quickly. Not very good control with your decent. More like dangerous.

Can uou cross the sea with this .

Very very wonderful amazing 😍😍😍

ufff...that fly by over lines at the end 🥴

Wait... you have flaps?

День добрий ! Це дельтаплан чи щось інше ? Якщо є то напишіть ссилку будь ласка !!!!!! З нетерпінням чекаємо на Вашу відповідь !!!!! З повагою !!!!!!!!

They weren’t kidding about the power lines 😅 Great flight. Stay safe.

I've seen some sketchy looking things in aviation, this (to me) looks like one of them. Have to hand it to the first guy that went... "Heys guys... I have an idea.....hear me out....we make a trolley" :)

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just judging by the scenary the first 3 look like in upper styria, like ennstal or so :)

What make and model is that glider?

Better advice: Ask a qualified, on site, advanced pilot or instructor to help with your landing techniques instead of soliciting online advice from strangers who have unknown credentials for instructing on such a specific topic.

Looks so serene but I'm sure there's more to it than what we see. I was curious how you transported your glider to different countries.

When you're flying you see how truly beautiful the world is. Wow !!!

Just wondering have you ever been attacked by any angry birds up there ? Like eagles..? ;))

The still shots and detailed explanation really clarifies the maneuver needed. Thanks

I believe most of your troubles, like mine and many (most?) other HG pilots, is that you and I are being absolute pussies for holding on to the downtubes while on approach.😛 You cannot possibly control the glider with as much authority and higher approach speeds as you could as if on the control bar. I've switched to a faster glider and have had the same problems because I get anxious on close final and revert to my H1/H2 training rather than advanced landing techniques, merely because it feels more comforting to be completely upright on the downtubes for some reason. Stupid. My previous gliders didn't concern me so much, so I was absolutely comfortable flying into ground effect on the control bar, or even OUOD (one up, one down). Everyone who flies their close-approach on the control bar and on into ground effect, then only transitions the hands high on the downtubes at the moment the glider enters trim, show the best photogenic landings 100% of the time unless the weather conditions have degraded and become not conducive for flying hang gliders -- even so they land far better than you and I would. You typically have one to two seconds to flare after the glider gently signals to you that it is at it's trim airspeed, so there's plenty of time to transition the hands during that time. All you have to do is be aggressive enough to stay on the control bar and commit to a timely hand transition. Try practicing your final approaches and transitions at trim at altitude (up to but not including the flare) instead of messing-up your glider while 'landing' hard on the ground. I've become very annoyed with myself for botching my last two landings, so this strategy is my goal, too.😜

You are a god

Some suggestions: 1. Your harness is not letting you get upright without putting significant weight on the downtubes taking you out of trim and preventing feedback from the bar pressure. When you're on approach, you are either near prone with your shoulders near the base tube and unable to get your hands high enough to flare adequately or hanging on the downtubes to stay upright. If you can't re-balance yourself in your harness to be more upright when on approach (hang a couple of cm higher, lengthen the leg loops, etc.), a different harness may be of great benefit. 2. Transitioning upright earlier will allow you a more stable approach than transitioning at the last moment when attention should be focused on approach adjustments and flare timing. 3. Get some bar mits that stay on the base tube for warmth and some lightweight, close fitting, tactile gloves to give you an easier time getting your hands on the downtubes and getting good input and feedback from the glider trim and speed for both takeoff and landings.

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