great video thank you. you mentioned theo showed you a way to reduce your riser distance on a harness that has them by default set too wide. my ozone solos light is not adjustable in the waist as it has a fixed sewn strap so the risers are about 48 cm apart which is way too wide for me. can you tell me how to reduce this width ? many thanks.
I had the same issue with my X-Alps Range 2 being too wide. What I did was add a strong paragliding line between the two locking carabiners on my waist strap. I made it shorter, which takes the load, so make sure the line is strong enough. I even looped it through twice, just to be sure it would hold. This made the harness more stable and the wing more pleasant to fly.
One more thing: you correctly state that pods are by definition less protective when it comes to the protector; for hobby pilots - aka 99.5% of all pilots - a 10cm bigger cross section on pods would not compromise aerodynamics much, yet would allow protectors to be thicker and protect much better. Pods with 40-45G and worse, only protect on a straight-downwards crash, but not on the lower back or outside the tight certification rules. Why? Sad!
It would be great if not only acro, but all harnesses had adjustable or removable ABS. Skywalk Range XAlps 3 or Bogdanfly Cocoon v2 are two recent examples that I like for that fact. Optional Seatboard with no/little ABS give such precise control :) Why is this not done for all harnesses?
great video thank you. you mentioned theo showed you a way to reduce your riser distance on a harness that has them by default set too wide. my ozone solos light is not adjustable in the waist as it has a fixed sewn strap so the risers are about 48 cm apart which is way too wide for me. can you tell me how to reduce this width ? many thanks.
I had the same issue with my X-Alps Range 2 being too wide. What I did was add a strong paragliding line between the two locking carabiners on my waist strap. I made it shorter, which takes the load, so make sure the line is strong enough. I even looped it through twice, just to be sure it would hold. This made the harness more stable and the wing more pleasant to fly.
One more thing: you correctly state that pods are by definition less protective when it comes to the protector; for hobby pilots - aka 99.5% of all pilots - a 10cm bigger cross section on pods would not compromise aerodynamics much, yet would allow protectors to be thicker and protect much better. Pods with 40-45G and worse, only protect on a straight-downwards crash, but not on the lower back or outside the tight certification rules. Why? Sad!
Get a Forza 2 or Niviuk Drifter 2
It would be great if not only acro, but all harnesses had adjustable or removable ABS. Skywalk Range XAlps 3 or Bogdanfly Cocoon v2 are two recent examples that I like for that fact. Optional Seatboard with no/little ABS give such precise control :) Why is this not done for all harnesses?
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