Your videos are simply the best. You say the same things over and over which is just what I want. I will also watch this video maybe a dozen times. It's the only way to engram it into my brain. Thanks Marc.
I'm a very visual learner so this was great! Thanks a lot for your prep and presentation. And your discussion of escape route was very reassuring. This is one of my concerns.
Hey Marc! Awsome videos... I have watched hundreds of hours of fly tutorials... BUT YOUR STYLE OF VIDEO TEACHING IS THE BEST... THANK YOU.... I feel like I finally have all the information I need to leave the Ground.... GREATINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👍
Understanding is half of the success if not even more .. for that without understanding any success is just a shear of pure luck ... great job mate .. I envy your students (good envy for sure) ...
Excellent tuto Marc ! I look at your videos and always enjoy them. Am French new pilot. Only 120 flights and your tutos have help me to progress. Thanks for sharing knowledge :)
Hi! Marc. Great video. A few quistions about x-country flying, 1, How many reserve chute do you wear ? one or two? 2, Do I must change my regular harness to a pod? 3, How about low class wing? Is my EN-A good for it? Thanks!😊
Hi buddy, 1 reserve and in 35 years never thrown one, maybe just lucky, I did come close once in a nationals but still didn’t. A std open harness is perfectly good enough and again way back I did my first big xc flights in an open std harness, a friend of mine here in the UK still only fly’s open and she dies many hundreds if kms a year beating most pilots. A low class A wing is still a very good wing to do big flights on so stick with that until you know your kicking ass on it and feel totally 100% the boss, then move into a B.👊🪂👍
Marc a big thanks for this video and all your videos. I’m a beginner paraglider pilot chasing thermals and your videos always teach me something useful. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Great video Marc, it’s nice to see a decent amount of raw commentary explaining what your thought process is at the time. I’m trying to get my head around ‘add outside brake on the downwind section of the turn’ as explained at 7:36. How my mind currently perceives it - because we’re within the airmass the wing is only surging/diving from excessive/not smooth inside brake and any pendulum effects because of it. We’re not fixed to the ground so why does the downwind element have an effect on it diving? Going downwind would however move you faster relevant to the ground but then the thermal ‘should’ drift with the wind as well. I would have thought a touch of outside brake on and off to keep a flattish turn (when needed) would be the best case? This isn’t me saying my logic is correct I’m trying to learn Cheers!
@@DanielJonesParamotor Into wind climb but downwind dive with the wind,so a tad sometimes of outer stops any dive and flattens the turn but only apply for a split second then go back to inner.
Great stuff : Your description is very simple and important for the pilot. Congratulations to you, dear friend and colleague, with the hope that one day I will be able to be with you and be able to use your experiences. I will be happy if you let me know one day To use your experiences in person . Thanks again
Love it. Beautiful scenery too. I feel a trip to the Long Mynd coming on. I've had a run of short flights recently were I haven't been able to connect with the thermals (but found lots of sink) so hopefully I can put some of this into practice and get to cloud base again. Inspiring stuff. Thanks Mark!
Nice explaination, Beautiful video👊 Can't wait to get up in thermals again. I tend to use the dive energy and catch it on the outside brake. But like you explain it could be the thermal pushing me out, So next time i will be more focussed on maybe going the other direction instead to push inside.
Marc, thx for your work on this, well done. 1st time of heard of slight brake on downwind side. I would of thought that the braking would cause me to elongate my 360 and come out the back of the thermal.
@@Woodthreep Not sure why you would add outer break going into wind buddy!! I find when turning from upwind to the downwind side it helps stop the dive.
@@Woodthreep Sorry just to add no it does not help with drifting, nothing can help there because you need to circle in the core while it's drifting "if that makes sense?" basally you drift down wind at what ever wind speed there is.
Thank you very much Marc for taking time to reply on my comment! I am a new pilot still trying to figure it out 🙂 what I meant about breaking and drifting is this: when there is wind, your 360s tend to be fast on the downwind side and slow on the upwind. That means downwind you cover more distance. To compensate that, when you start approaching the upwind side you continue flight straight for some time (by releasing a bit the inside break and apply little outside break). You're still getting drifted but with more control, and without falling on the otherside of the thermal. Another scenario that this might be useful is when you're thermaling next to a cliff/slope and need to keep your distance for the object.
Interesting. I heard it depend on the wing and construction, some wings tends to turn into thermal by itself and others are push out of the thermal. When I asked what type of wings behave like this, I get always answer "it depends" and get advice that I have to find out by myself with my wing (and I still don't know, I have feeling that my wing goes always straight :-D
@@leavesleyaviation once you leave the hill. Marc. Ye look forward to the bowl tutorial. In Scotland we fly the blows on a few sites. Not done the tow course yet.
Love all your videos Marc. Great personal touch and feeling like we're hanging out with you in the Cave. At this point I don't know if you plan to redo any of your previous work, but I found another great thermalling video that you may want to check out and see if you'd like to use some of these techniques. I especially like seeing an overview of the terrain, and the track to actually "see" the turns and elevation gain, along with the wind drift. Also the arrows showing wind direction is helpful. Just ideas, you keep doing you. ua-cam.com/video/BCUYKreS8_U/v-deo.html
Your videos are simply the best. You say the same things over and over which is just what I want. I will also watch this video maybe a dozen times. It's the only way to engram it into my brain. Thanks Marc.
I do go on don’t I😂
I'm a very visual learner so this was great! Thanks a lot for your prep and presentation. And your discussion of escape route was very reassuring. This is one of my concerns.
Happy you like it, all the best.
I have watched all episodes. Haven’t seen any better ones on yt . Great explanations . Good job 👍👌
simply brilliant balloon example. love this concept love it . thanks buddy . respect
Just the sort of video I wanted to see! Im hoping to catch my first thermal this year.
Vella 😘
Love the collections in your man cave mate :-)
Hey Marc! Awsome videos... I have watched hundreds of hours of fly tutorials... BUT YOUR STYLE OF VIDEO TEACHING IS THE BEST... THANK YOU.... I feel like I finally have all the information I need to leave the Ground.... GREATINGS FROM SOUTH AFRICA!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👍
Fantastic Jason do it you will never look back, it's changed my life for the better 100%, please let me know how it goes.
Understanding is half of the success if not even more .. for that without understanding any success is just a shear of pure luck ... great job mate .. I envy your students (good envy for sure) ...
Thank you.👍🪂
From KSA i would like to say thanks for this lesson.
🙏👍🪂
Cracking video mate! So pumped to fly now
This video is so good!
The balloon was an inspired choice ! A great way to illustrate those tips about entry into thermals. cheers.
Hehe cheers andrew.
Excellent tuto Marc ! I look at your videos and always enjoy them. Am French new pilot. Only 120 flights and your tutos have help me to progress. Thanks for sharing knowledge :)
Fantastic to hear michel thats really great to hear you say thank you.
awesome man! love it! escape into the blue! love it.
so sick! love this.
Nice video, very helpful
Hi! Marc. Great video. A few quistions about x-country flying,
1, How many reserve chute do you wear ? one or two?
2, Do I must change my regular harness to a pod?
3, How about low class wing? Is my EN-A good for it?
Thanks!😊
Hi buddy, 1 reserve and in 35 years never thrown one, maybe just lucky, I did come close once in a nationals but still didn’t.
A std open harness is perfectly good enough and again way back I did my first big xc flights in an open std harness, a friend of mine here in the UK still only fly’s open and she dies many hundreds if kms a year beating most pilots.
A low class A wing is still a very good wing to do big flights on so stick with that until you know your kicking ass on it and feel totally 100% the boss, then move into a B.👊🪂👍
Thank you, Marc, I feel confidence now.
Marc a big thanks for this video and all your videos. I’m a beginner paraglider pilot chasing thermals and your videos always teach me something useful. Keep up the good work. Cheers
Great video Marc, it’s nice to see a decent amount of raw commentary explaining what your thought process is at the time.
I’m trying to get my head around ‘add outside brake on the downwind section of the turn’ as explained at 7:36.
How my mind currently perceives it - because we’re within the airmass the wing is only surging/diving from excessive/not smooth inside brake and any pendulum effects because of it. We’re not fixed to the ground so why does the downwind element have an effect on it diving? Going downwind would however move you faster relevant to the ground but then the thermal ‘should’ drift with the wind as well. I would have thought a touch of outside brake on and off to keep a flattish turn (when needed) would be the best case? This isn’t me saying my logic is correct I’m trying to learn
Cheers!
It just flattens the turn if you feel it’s tucking in a bit too much / diving, it works extremely well when mastered. All the best with it.👍🙏🪂
@@leavesleyaviation thanks for your response. I’m curious as to why that would be more the case on the downwind?
@@DanielJonesParamotor Into wind climb but downwind dive with the wind,so a tad sometimes of outer stops any dive and flattens the turn but only apply for a split second then go back to inner.
Great explanation as usual. Cheers
Thanks Mark. Video is very informative and it does mean even more after being there on one of the days. Keep them coming
Great video as always. Thank you.
I love the reverb that you're voice has whilst flying... Sounds like the voice of god!
🤣
Thanks Marc. Another great vid.
Thanks toby.
Great vid, very informative and entertaining, thanks Marc.
Great video Marc 😀
Another great video, well explained and illustrated. Also thanks to Sian for the lift back today! Keep up the good work.
Great to meet you mike.🪂
As usual a very good video informative and amusing
😉🪂
Great vid Marc thanks..I'm looking forward to putting this advice into practice!
Great stuff : Your description is very simple and important for the pilot. Congratulations to you, dear friend and colleague, with the hope that one day I will be able to be with you and be able to use your experiences. I will be happy if you let me know one day To use your experiences in person . Thanks again
🤞👍🪂
Exciting video!
Love it. Beautiful scenery too. I feel a trip to the Long Mynd coming on. I've had a run of short flights recently were I haven't been able to connect with the thermals (but found lots of sink) so hopefully I can put some of this into practice and get to cloud base again. Inspiring stuff. Thanks Mark!
Yes james come down anytime pal.
Love from Nepal ❤🇳🇵
🙏🪂
Nice explaination, Beautiful video👊 Can't wait to get up in thermals again. I tend to use the dive energy and catch it on the outside brake. But like you explain it could be the thermal pushing me out, So next time i will be more focussed on maybe going the other direction instead to push inside.
Hope it works for you matey.🤞🪂
Marc, thx for your work on this, well done. 1st time of heard of slight brake on downwind side. I would of thought that the braking would cause me to elongate my 360 and come out the back of the thermal.
It will if you apply too much buddy, It’s a tad only to stop the dive then realise.
Me too, normally I was told to break with the outside break while going upwind.. does this apply only for windy days, for avoiding being drifted?
@@Woodthreep Not sure why you would add outer break going into wind buddy!! I find when turning from upwind to the downwind side it helps stop the dive.
@@Woodthreep Sorry just to add no it does not help with drifting, nothing can help there because you need to circle in the core while it's drifting "if that makes sense?" basally you drift down wind at what ever wind speed there is.
Thank you very much Marc for taking time to reply on my comment! I am a new pilot still trying to figure it out 🙂 what I meant about breaking and drifting is this: when there is wind, your 360s tend to be fast on the downwind side and slow on the upwind. That means downwind you cover more distance. To compensate that, when you start approaching the upwind side you continue flight straight for some time (by releasing a bit the inside break and apply little outside break). You're still getting drifted but with more control, and without falling on the otherside of the thermal. Another scenario that this might be useful is when you're thermaling next to a cliff/slope and need to keep your distance for the object.
Interesting. I heard it depend on the wing and construction, some wings tends to turn into thermal by itself and others are push out of the thermal. When I asked what type of wings behave like this, I get always answer "it depends" and get advice that I have to find out by myself with my wing (and I still don't know, I have feeling that my wing goes always straight :-D
Haha maybe it does buddy 🤣🪂 hope the video helps you.🤞
I’m a want to be pilot and love your videos!
Thanks very much.
Nice
Hi Marc. Gre at t tutorial.
Any chance of a tutorial on flat land XC
Thanks steve, the next one is “Bowl flying” do’s & don’ts
Flat land from winch? Or do you mean once you have left the hill matey??
@@leavesleyaviation once you leave the hill. Marc.
Ye look forward to the bowl tutorial. In Scotland we fly the blows on a few sites.
Not done the tow course yet.
@@cloudflyer many more to come buddy, amazed at the PM’s from all around the world.🙏🪂
Sir ,
Which Companies kits are you using? & What a cost
We sell most brands, niviuk ozone gin etc etc, email sian for details on sianleavesley@yahoo.com
Love all your videos Marc. Great personal touch and feeling like we're hanging out with you in the Cave. At this point I don't know if you plan to redo any of your previous work, but I found another great thermalling video that you may want to check out and see if you'd like to use some of these techniques. I especially like seeing an overview of the terrain, and the track to actually "see" the turns and elevation gain, along with the wind drift. Also the arrows showing wind direction is helpful. Just ideas, you keep doing you.
ua-cam.com/video/BCUYKreS8_U/v-deo.html
Started watching and manby instead of a para motor maby fly first with a para glider
Great vid Marc 👍🪂 learned loads from your videos 🙏