Great video. But what I don't get is why you fly directly into the clouds. This is very dangerous to yourself, IFR aircraft and everybody flying in proximity (even to people who fly below the cloud, as you can pop out any moment without warning...). There is a reason why it is illegal to fly into clouds without IFR
Thank's! On that day (in fact, friday the thirteenth) :), on top of Le Shabre, I was the last to start. All the pilots left for the routes. From an altitude of 3 km it was clear that there was not a single pilot within a radius of 5 km. The base of the cloud was light, loose, with large gaps. The allowed altitude is 3400. I decided to cut through a small section and go out from above. For a couple of minutes I was ascending in a normal thermal + 2-3 msec. The speed and shaking increased, visibility dropped completely. I realized that things were bad when, with a slightly pressed handle, hang glider to accelerate over 100 km/h and the rate of climb began to rise rapidly. The hang glider was sucked in a spiral pattern into the middle of the cloud (I realized this later, after watching the track). Until the glider has collapsed, the spare parachute could not be deployed. I decided to fight with a sharp spiral, moving as much as possible to the left corner of the trapezoid. But I did not understand my position relative to the horizon with absolute disorientation and zero visibility. 8 minutes of fighting for life in the white room and the cloud let me go. If I can manage to combine the video with the track, I will make a more complete report later.
Саня, очень здорово! Ты смелый парень! Всехо тебе только хорошего! И отличных полетов!
Fajnie ,Regards
Great video!! John from Colorado
Great video. But what I don't get is why you fly directly into the clouds. This is very dangerous to yourself, IFR aircraft and everybody flying in proximity (even to people who fly below the cloud, as you can pop out any moment without warning...). There is a reason why it is illegal to fly into clouds without IFR
Thank's!
On that day (in fact, friday the thirteenth) :), on top of Le Shabre, I was the last to start. All the pilots left for the routes. From an altitude of 3 km it was clear that there was not a single pilot within a radius of 5 km. The base of the cloud was light, loose, with large gaps. The allowed altitude is 3400. I decided to cut through a small section and go out from above. For a couple of minutes I was ascending in a normal thermal + 2-3 msec. The speed and shaking increased, visibility dropped completely. I realized that things were bad when, with a slightly pressed handle, hang glider to accelerate over 100 km/h and the rate of climb began to rise rapidly.
The hang glider was sucked in a spiral pattern into the middle of the cloud (I realized this later, after watching the track). Until the glider has collapsed, the spare parachute could not be deployed. I decided to fight with a sharp spiral, moving as much as possible to the left corner of the trapezoid. But I did not understand my position relative to the horizon with absolute disorientation and zero visibility. 8 minutes of fighting for life in the white room and the cloud let me go.
If I can manage to combine the video with the track, I will make a more complete report later.