Thank for answer. You pronounced the name very well. Thanks for the tip, I've already learned that I need a half wrap. Now I even like longer brakes, because sometimes I can hold my hands a little lower, so it's more comfortable to fly while there is no "action" in the air.
Hang your harness and sit in it in the living room. Mess around with it and adjust it a lot until its both not in the way of anything but has the visibility you want.
Great video and glad that you answer questions. Have a follow up on the comparison of the Arak Air vs Beat light: You said that the Beat light can be flown in different loads of the weight ranges. Did you test that or is that a feedback from Phi? What would be the most ideal load percentage you would recommend, multiple scenarios (soaring, XC,..)?
As with all feedback we share like this, we tested it out for ourselves. Actually, so we can really get to know all of the wings we sell, and so best advise our customers as part of our Flybubble MATCH service, we make a point of trying to fly as many sizes of each wing, in different parts of their weight ranges, with different harnesses (and vice-versa - when we test harnesses, we fly them with as many different wings as possible), in as wide a variety of conditions as we can. To do this (properly) actually takes a great deal of time and effort. We generally don't have time to also film or include this in the review videos we publish, which are actually of only a small percentage of the gear we actually test (so we can best advise our customers). We also question the wing manufacturer and designer about aspects of wings and other gear we test. Our experience is that some are more receptive and open to questions than others. For example, I've found Hannes at Phi to be exceptionally receptive and open to questions, and exceptionally - sometimes surprisingly - honest with his answers. For the brands we choose to deal with - because we feel we can happily and honestly recommend them to our customers - we find that for the main part we generally agree with the main points they say about their gear, but not always. As for your second question: "What would be the most ideal load percentage you would recommend, multiple scenarios (soaring, XC,..)?" Honestly, there isn't one (good/proper/full) simple answer to that question for every pilot. It depends. That's one of the main reasons we offer our Flybubble MATCH service, which you can read about on our website. A simplistic general answer could be anywhere from a third to the top of the weight range. Hope this helps.
Are you able to talk about anxiety. I've been flying nearly 5 years. Had no issues previously, but now I'm more aware of possible accidents amd have started to use any excuse to not fly. Wind isn't exactly square on, to many people, might get a call to work, that sort of thing. Actually had a panic attack while flying a couple weeks ago, which was odd because i was really enjoyng the flying. In fact i haven't flown since. Get heart palpitations just thinking about it
You have a happiness thermostat inside your head and the more happy thoughts you think the more you are on the happy end of the scale on the anxiety end is the other end. You need to walk out your door in the morning and see the first tree you see and say to yourself that tree is happy because the sun's coming up in the sky and he's going to get the bright light and the nourishment he needs from the ground. When you come home you say the same tree is happy because the sun's going down he's getting a nice night to rest soak his roots without the sun beating on him. If you do this with trees and various things along your path that you routinely travel you will reset your happiness thermostat to a higher notch and you probably won't have the anxiety attacks you have when you operate the parachute currently.
Hi huepix 👋 thanks for commenting. 🙂 You are definitely not alone in experiencing (illogical/excessive) anxiety/fear in flying - far from it! 😊 Anxiety/fear is actually very common in flying - as with any risky activity i.e. that carries the risk of serious injury, as flying obviously does. Most pilots experience excessive/illogical anxiety/fear, very similar to that which you've described. Of course logical fear - fear for a good reason - isn't a bad thing in itself, as long it doesn't cause you to panic. Sometimes it's time to land - calmly, without panicking - or not launch in the first place. If you're not having fun - or worse, feeling negatively stressed - then the primary reason for flying has gone anyway (unless perhaps if you're competing professionally or very seriously e.g. in the X-Alps or World Championships or suchlike). I myself have suffered from fear with flying on and off to varying degrees during my nearly 30 years of paragliding so far. I've even seriously considered giving up flying. I decided to deal with my fear logically, and do everything I can to make myself the best pilot I can be. On the plus side, I'm sure my fear is one of the reasons I've never had a serious accident in flying, despite thousands of hours of airtime and ground handling. On the negative side, it has sometimes illogically spoiled my enjoyment of flying, degraded my performance, caused me to land early or even stopped me flying completely when actually - logically - it should not have done. Over the years I have learned ways to better manage fear, more logically. We'll try to cover fear/anxiety in flying in future Flybubble films if we can. Meanwhile I'll provide some links to recommended reading on this topic next.
Here's a couple of recommended reading/listening links - one article, one podcast - on the topic of fear/anxiety in flying. If you search online you'll find loads more, plus discussions on forums, social media etc. Learning from the Fear by Kirsten Seeto | Free Flying | Medium medium.com/paragliding-stories/learning-from-the-fear-62fd36151207 Seven Steps to Dealing with Fear in Paragliding with Heike Hamann - The Paraglider www.theparaglider.com/seven-steps-to-dealing-with-fear-in-paragliding-with-heike-hamann
Hi. Great that you want to fly in the UK! 🪂😀 Like most places, you do generally need permission to fly in the UK. Anyway it's smart to learn about local rules and get in touch with the local flying club before going there! 🙂 ℹ UK free flying is represented by the British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association (BHPA), who support a country-wide network of BHPA paragliding, hang gliding and paramotoring clubs and schools. The BHPA welcome free flight pilots from abroad, see the link below for more info. Visiting Overseas Pilots - BHPA www.bhpa.co.uk/sport/bhpa/visiting_pilots.php Hope this helps. Wishing you nice flights in the UK! 😁
I always fly with brake lines shorter than factory settings. As long as the brake lines are still slack when the speed bar is fully pushed, it is not a problem. I don't like Half wraps.
mate i am flying a slightly too small wing for my weight. that resulting in landings much faster and harder then all other pilots around me with same weather conditions while we fly together. i have something on my mind i wanna ask you:🪂 is it possible or have any benefit if i wrap the brake toggle or make it slightly shorter in order to flare more and have softer landings? i see others landing with 1 or even zero steps while i have to run it out all the time even i flare down to my knees. there is just not enough energy left. cant get a bigger wing.
Wondering which is the right and best wing, harness or reserve for you? See our Flybubble MATCH service - flybubble.com/flybubble-match-service
I love these commentaries and these comparisons in the more numbers you can throw around when you're doing it, the better.
I like this format of Q&A discussion. Thanks.
Good to hear! 😀 Thanks for commenting Mark! 🙏
Thank for answer. You pronounced the name very well.
Thanks for the tip, I've already learned that I need a half wrap.
Now I even like longer brakes, because sometimes I can hold my hands a little lower, so it's more comfortable to fly while there is no "action" in the air.
These Q&A videos are a great idea! Looking forward to more.
Glad you like it Charles, more to come! 🙂
Very much like the format ! Some useful bits of into.
Hey thanks a lot for a great answer to my question.
😁
great... bravoo
I have a very basic question… How to correctly setup a flight deck in a chair harness?
Hang your harness and sit in it in the living room. Mess around with it and adjust it a lot until its both not in the way of anything but has the visibility you want.
Great video and glad that you answer questions. Have a follow up on the comparison of the Arak Air vs Beat light: You said that the Beat light can be flown in different loads of the weight ranges. Did you test that or is that a feedback from Phi? What would be the most ideal load percentage you would recommend, multiple scenarios (soaring, XC,..)?
As with all feedback we share like this, we tested it out for ourselves.
Actually, so we can really get to know all of the wings we sell, and so best advise our customers as part of our Flybubble MATCH service, we make a point of trying to fly as many sizes of each wing, in different parts of their weight ranges, with different harnesses (and vice-versa - when we test harnesses, we fly them with as many different wings as possible), in as wide a variety of conditions as we can. To do this (properly) actually takes a great deal of time and effort. We generally don't have time to also film or include this in the review videos we publish, which are actually of only a small percentage of the gear we actually test (so we can best advise our customers).
We also question the wing manufacturer and designer about aspects of wings and other gear we test. Our experience is that some are more receptive and open to questions than others. For example, I've found Hannes at Phi to be exceptionally receptive and open to questions, and exceptionally - sometimes surprisingly - honest with his answers.
For the brands we choose to deal with - because we feel we can happily and honestly recommend them to our customers - we find that for the main part we generally agree with the main points they say about their gear, but not always.
As for your second question: "What would be the most ideal load percentage you would recommend, multiple scenarios (soaring, XC,..)?" Honestly, there isn't one (good/proper/full) simple answer to that question for every pilot. It depends. That's one of the main reasons we offer our Flybubble MATCH service, which you can read about on our website. A simplistic general answer could be anywhere from a third to the top of the weight range.
Hope this helps.
Are you able to talk about anxiety.
I've been flying nearly 5 years.
Had no issues previously, but now I'm more aware of possible accidents amd have started to use any excuse to not fly. Wind isn't exactly square on, to many people, might get a call to work, that sort of thing.
Actually had a panic attack while flying a couple weeks ago, which was odd because i was really enjoyng the flying.
In fact i haven't flown since.
Get heart palpitations just thinking about it
You have a happiness thermostat inside your head and the more happy thoughts you think the more you are on the happy end of the scale on the anxiety end is the other end. You need to walk out your door in the morning and see the first tree you see and say to yourself that tree is happy because the sun's coming up in the sky and he's going to get the bright light and the nourishment he needs from the ground. When you come home you say the same tree is happy because the sun's going down he's getting a nice night to rest soak his roots without the sun beating on him. If you do this with trees and various things along your path that you routinely travel you will reset your happiness thermostat to a higher notch and you probably won't have the anxiety attacks you have when you operate the parachute currently.
Hi huepix 👋 thanks for commenting. 🙂 You are definitely not alone in experiencing (illogical/excessive) anxiety/fear in flying - far from it! 😊
Anxiety/fear is actually very common in flying - as with any risky activity i.e. that carries the risk of serious injury, as flying obviously does.
Most pilots experience excessive/illogical anxiety/fear, very similar to that which you've described.
Of course logical fear - fear for a good reason - isn't a bad thing in itself, as long it doesn't cause you to panic. Sometimes it's time to land - calmly, without panicking - or not launch in the first place. If you're not having fun - or worse, feeling negatively stressed - then the primary reason for flying has gone anyway (unless perhaps if you're competing professionally or very seriously e.g. in the X-Alps or World Championships or suchlike).
I myself have suffered from fear with flying on and off to varying degrees during my nearly 30 years of paragliding so far. I've even seriously considered giving up flying. I decided to deal with my fear logically, and do everything I can to make myself the best pilot I can be. On the plus side, I'm sure my fear is one of the reasons I've never had a serious accident in flying, despite thousands of hours of airtime and ground handling. On the negative side, it has sometimes illogically spoiled my enjoyment of flying, degraded my performance, caused me to land early or even stopped me flying completely when actually - logically - it should not have done. Over the years I have learned ways to better manage fear, more logically.
We'll try to cover fear/anxiety in flying in future Flybubble films if we can. Meanwhile I'll provide some links to recommended reading on this topic next.
Here's a couple of recommended reading/listening links - one article, one podcast - on the topic of fear/anxiety in flying. If you search online you'll find loads more, plus discussions on forums, social media etc.
Learning from the Fear by Kirsten Seeto | Free Flying | Medium
medium.com/paragliding-stories/learning-from-the-fear-62fd36151207
Seven Steps to Dealing with Fear in Paragliding with Heike Hamann - The Paraglider
www.theparaglider.com/seven-steps-to-dealing-with-fear-in-paragliding-with-heike-hamann
Hello, If I want to fly in UK on thous hills behind you:) Do I need some permishion to fly there?
Hi. Great that you want to fly in the UK! 🪂😀
Like most places, you do generally need permission to fly in the UK. Anyway it's smart to learn about local rules and get in touch with the local flying club before going there! 🙂
ℹ UK free flying is represented by the British Hang Gliding & Paragliding Association (BHPA), who support a country-wide network of BHPA paragliding, hang gliding and paramotoring clubs and schools. The BHPA welcome free flight pilots from abroad, see the link below for more info.
Visiting Overseas Pilots - BHPA
www.bhpa.co.uk/sport/bhpa/visiting_pilots.php
Hope this helps. Wishing you nice flights in the UK! 😁
@@flybubblecarlo Hellps a lot. Thank you :)
I always fly with brake lines shorter than factory settings. As long as the brake lines are still slack when the speed bar is fully pushed, it is not a problem.
I don't like Half wraps.
Ha?
mate i am flying a slightly too small wing for my weight. that resulting in landings much faster and harder then all other pilots around me with same weather conditions while we fly together.
i have something on my mind i wanna ask you:🪂 is it possible or have any benefit if i wrap the brake toggle or make it slightly shorter in order to flare more and have softer landings? i see others landing with 1 or even zero steps while i have to run it out all the time even i flare down to my knees. there is just not enough energy left. cant get a bigger wing.