If he extended that downwind leg better around :40 he wouldn't have needed to go left over the pond and fences etc. to bleed off more altitude. That area is full of hurt and could have went very bad. Looks like he was hyper focused on spot landing near that cone and affected his judgement. Important thing is he landed safely and hopefully learned something.
I agree that it was a poor approach, as the pilot had way too much height and burned it off flying close to a tree and passing low over a fence. If he would have flown a better landing approach this maneuver would not have been necessary. with a less agile glider it might have been dangerous
Good result, hard to argue with that.
Shit, I've had MUCH more compromising approaches than that! Bleeding off altitude, looked fine to me. Had to subscribe given your channel name ;-)
Looked good to me! gentle S turns to loose height nice touch down
If he extended that downwind leg better around
:40 he wouldn't have needed to go left over the pond and fences etc. to bleed off more altitude. That area is full of hurt and could have went very bad. Looks like he was hyper focused on spot landing near that cone and affected his judgement. Important thing is he landed safely and hopefully learned something.
been flying HG's for years......couldn't see what was wrong with that ...
Neither could I!
Why a poor approach? It looked fine to me! Nice landing.
I agree that it was a poor approach, as the pilot had way too much height and burned it off flying close to a tree and passing low over a fence. If he would have flown a better landing approach this maneuver would not have been necessary. with a less agile glider it might have been dangerous