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That’s really cool you managed to pull that off! I’ve often imagined that this would be the approach to a significant downwind launch (with a lot of caveats about terrain and rotor potential 😅). What was the wind speed and how many attempts did it take before you got the right balance of speed and brake pressure through the turn downwind.
At one of our bigger sites, a 700-800 ft ridge I spent about an hour demonstrating to friends launch/thermal/top landing flights... That ridge is a west facing site, near the east coast, conditions: mid sunny early afternoon (thermic lift off the face below hill top) I was flying a DHV2/3 (Vertex from Nova) doing 'tailwind' (12-15kt easterly wind on ridge top) With the decent strength wind once the wing is overhead you 'back track' (facing into wind) till fairly close to the ridge drop off, then it's a simple matter of (curved path over the ground like yourself) doing about a 140-160° turn to launch, fly out into (hopefully!) a thermal, climb back above ridge height and (once high enough!) glide into wind to top landing (reasonable distance from ridge edge!) I also did this (again a sea breeze arrived mid thermal afternoon) using four different wings (first one of my many Vertex gliders) on a visit to Long Mynd, one all four flights thermaling up and pulling (and holding) 50-70% assymetric collapses to spot land next the pilots who's wings I was demoing flight safety on 😀 The KEY is to NOT have too long a downwind runway as Airspeed = Ground speed MINUS windspeed ... so the longer your running the more likely your gliders airspeed will drop off! PS steeper (with fairly sharp transition) grass slopes are actually safer than shallow hills! (Less risk of surge&dive contacting the hill!) Nice video BTY 👍
@@AddictionHappiness FWIW I started way back in the mid 90's by designing (got a UK kite manufacturer to stitch up the wing material) what would now be called a 'speedwing', as well as getting serious re-design modifications to a 1980's wing 😀 and have done thousand+ hours test flying (lots of mods to wings & line plans!) My background includes HP&L Physics and fifty+ hours teaching (Inc ground school CAA PPL exams for RAF cadets and PPL students 😎
Hey hey 👋 Hmm in general it should work on most wings but then depending on a wing you’ll get different results and also different margins to work with. At the end of the day you are just changing the angle of attack.. if you stay within wings limits it should be ok. However I don’t have direct experience with UL5 so I can’t really say much about it.. Thanks for watching! More soon 🔥🙌
It is always spicy to fly in areas with rotor.. however in this case terrain was smooth slope without any obstacle/cliffy things and wind was laminar even tho it was from the wrong direction.. also one thing to note: wind was not too strong overall which allowed me to do this 180 “manoeuvre” 🔥 Right after the take off there was some extra sink, but that faded away as I was pushing out and away from the slope. In general rotor = danger, but then as with all things.. there are many different factors and possible variations that can completely shift the whole perspective. It’s important to always respect the power of nature, physics and your skills. Rather make one step back than to try balancing the sharp point between success and failure 🔥
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Brooo
Only because its possible, doesnt mean you should
Stay safe brooo
I need your videos 💚
That’s really cool you managed to pull that off! I’ve often imagined that this would be the approach to a significant downwind launch (with a lot of caveats about terrain and rotor potential 😅). What was the wind speed and how many attempts did it take before you got the right balance of speed and brake pressure through the turn downwind.
Nice, have you also tried the Version of Theo de Blic, with putting edge to ground and Start it with c lines and running under it throught?
I’ve seen this method online yeah it’s epic 🔥 My favourite one is to avoid tail wind 🤣🤣🤣
Nice ! But not to try everywhere 😅
Yeah you’re absolutely right 🔥🙌 Can be very spicy 😬😅
At one of our bigger sites, a 700-800 ft ridge I spent about an hour demonstrating to friends launch/thermal/top landing flights...
That ridge is a west facing site, near the east coast, conditions: mid sunny early afternoon (thermic lift off the face below hill top) I was flying a DHV2/3 (Vertex from Nova) doing 'tailwind' (12-15kt easterly wind on ridge top)
With the decent strength wind once the wing is overhead you 'back track' (facing into wind) till fairly close to the ridge drop off, then it's a simple matter of (curved path over the ground like yourself) doing about a 140-160° turn to launch, fly out into (hopefully!) a thermal, climb back above ridge height and (once high enough!) glide into wind to top landing (reasonable distance from ridge edge!)
I also did this (again a sea breeze arrived mid thermal afternoon) using four different wings (first one of my many Vertex gliders) on a visit to Long Mynd, one all four flights thermaling up and pulling (and holding) 50-70% assymetric collapses to spot land next the pilots who's wings I was demoing flight safety on 😀
The KEY is to NOT have too long a downwind runway as Airspeed = Ground speed MINUS windspeed ... so the longer your running the more likely your gliders airspeed will drop off! PS steeper (with fairly sharp transition) grass slopes are actually safer than shallow hills! (Less risk of surge&dive contacting the hill!)
Nice video BTY 👍
Thanks for sharing that! Definitely an interesting read 🥸 🔥 More adventures soon 🚀
@@AddictionHappiness FWIW I started way back in the mid 90's by designing (got a UK kite manufacturer to stitch up the wing material) what would now be called a 'speedwing', as well as getting serious re-design modifications to a 1980's wing 😀 and have done thousand+ hours test flying (lots of mods to wings & line plans!)
My background includes HP&L Physics and fifty+ hours teaching (Inc ground school CAA PPL exams for RAF cadets and PPL students 😎
Sometimes its good to push your limits and try something crazy things😊
Calculated risk or what they say.. 😃🙌 thanks for watching!! More soon 🔥
Hi :) Super Vidéo !!
Peux-tu installer les kiterisers sur la Ozone Ultra Lite 5 ?
Merci pour tes vidéos
Hey hey 👋 Hmm in general it should work on most wings but then depending on a wing you’ll get different results and also different margins to work with. At the end of the day you are just changing the angle of attack.. if you stay within wings limits it should be ok. However I don’t have direct experience with UL5 so I can’t really say much about it..
Thanks for watching! More soon 🔥🙌
@@AddictionHappiness thanks for your answer :)
Do you have a promo code to order the kite riser? 🤔
No sry I don’t have it… 😬
Is there no danger of rotors on the leeward side of that slope?
It is always spicy to fly in areas with rotor.. however in this case terrain was smooth slope without any obstacle/cliffy things and wind was laminar even tho it was from the wrong direction.. also one thing to note: wind was not too strong overall which allowed me to do this 180 “manoeuvre” 🔥
Right after the take off there was some extra sink, but that faded away as I was pushing out and away from the slope.
In general rotor = danger, but then as with all things.. there are many different factors and possible variations that can completely shift the whole perspective. It’s important to always respect the power of nature, physics and your skills. Rather make one step back than to try balancing the sharp point between success and failure 🔥
For your next video, can you do the kite risers on a different glider like the Superfly?
I’ll try on Superfly yes 🔥🙌
сколько стоит твой супер лёгкий параплан ,и где купить?
It depends but it’s between 2-3k 🙌 In this video I’m flying GT2 24m 🔥 Depending on your location You can find it online and through local dealers.
Well done! Good technic!
I think that for such scenario it’s pretty good 😃 However always nice to avoid tail wind situations😁🔥🙌 More adventures soon!
Like we learned it during training...
😄🔥 Tail wind the best wind right? 😅
@@AddictionHappiness Of course! Pushes you forward, duh! 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah I will stay awsome, maybe you will also become awsome when you stop doing and sharing such silly things! It's no Paraglider by the way