You sir, are the Bob Ross if the paramotor world. Just got off a crazy 12 hour shift as an RN working in a COVID ICU. Your voice is so calming.. lol.. actually helps me relax and enjoy what I an watching and learning. Thanks for sharing man. 👍
Anthony, I can tell you put a lot of effort into making this video (nice artwork). You are quite the artist as well as pilot. I thought this was an excellent video and an excellent teaching moment. Your drawings went far in rendering a good explanation. Thanks for all your hard work. Fly Safe!
Has anyone ever told you how peaceful your voice is? Hearing your aeronautics explanation was...dare I say...soothing? Love the video, Anthony! I appreciate all the hard work that goes into how well these turn out!
Thank you buddy! I hear that occasionally because of The Paramotor Podcast. Someone once told me they listen to it at bedtime because my voice puts them to sleep. 😂 I’m really glad you enjoyed the video!
A WORD OF WARNING Regardless of how good you are with the speed bar almost every glider is more prone to deflations during accelerated flight due to the decrease in angle of attack. In addition, the extra speed you are carrying into the collapse means the wing reacts far more violently. During certification tests almost every glider pulls its highest grades during the accelerated tests, and even very safe wings react faster when collapsed on the speed bar. For these reasons you should only consider using the speed bar when you have enough height to recover from a major collapse. Skimming trees at full speed will eventually see you in them!
Brilliant, I have been reading the entire internet and watching everybodytube, but this is the first time somebody explains, rather than just mentions trimmers and speed bars. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Holy smoke, you are an artist! I know you put a ton of work into this.. great result. It comes across in the video that you have found that next level of connectedness with your wing. Looks like a great feeling. Glad to see you doing what you love, please be careful!
@@AnthonyVella check out Aljaz Salkic, paragliding. He's a paragliding creator with a trademark style. Great content. Honestly, I bring him up because I want to see him on "The Paramotor Podcast." You two would be a riot!
Hey man. At the very beginning of the video you have a major mistake in the explanation. The paramotor doesn't go up with increased power, because it's "sustained by strings and pilot is pushed forward", but because the angle of attack is constant and therefore the speed is constant, so the energy is converted into more lift. The same goes for your cessna - if the pilot didn't chance the angle of attack using trim, he would be constantly climbing when power is increased to 100%. In order for Cessna to fly faster and not climb, the AoA needs to be reduced by horizontal stabiliser. Same goes for paramotor, but we change AoA using speed system
Your videos are great, Anthony! Great editing and solid information. I liked the explanation of the risers and the speed bar and how the wing reacts to trim and the bar. This is often lacking in a lot of videos about flying paramotors. I have not see one in which the pilot flew this low so that was interesting and good you include a safety warning. I am 71, not likely to ever be able to do this, I suppose. But man, do I love watching these things fly ...
Thank you, David. In spite of your age, you could still get into paramotoring. Even if you don't feel as though you have the physical resiliency that you had in your 20s, you could learn to fly using a paramotor in a trike configuration. Thank you for commenting and I hope to see you again in the next video.
@@AnthonyVella Thanks for the encouragement! I have seen ppl older than me still flying but it all depends on what the legs can still do! And to think I was a black belt back in the day ...
That was an awesome showcase of what is possible. I loved the fact you warned your viewers repeatedly. It is a dangerous sport made safer with practice.
Anthony Vella that funny because when I have that time to read I used to play with my 4 years old daughter. Hahahahaha sucker are the only one reading enjoy time out Isidre is better hahahaha
It’s a totally blast! You’ll love it. To be on the safe side, give the Warp manual a read over before committing. Looking forward to hearing how it goes. 😁
Really well made explanations, and good video in general! You should also mention that most of the advanced gliders don’t like to have trims all way in while using the speedbar.
Thank you, Lorenzo. I am sure that I will find opportunities to squeeze in more information about the speedbar as time goes on. I will say that the Dudek Warp manual does inform owner's that the fastest setting is trimmed out and speedbar applied. It does not advise against it. That said, I can see where the trouble lies.
Anthony Vella yes i mean most of the advanced gliders don’t like using speedbar with trims all way closed, always open at least partially the trims while using the bar, I know that the warp is full pk risers so you don’t have this problem, it will open trims automatically when you push the bar, but a lot of gliders out there doesn’t.
This is a fun video! I hope to get in to Paramotoring one day. I fly Free-Flight now, and the speed bar is very similar. As "Free-Flight Pilots", we don't have a motor to push us through the air, so having the ability to speed up, is critical to safety in flight. There have been many times, I have flown "Off-Bar", where my wing has been nearly stationary in the sky. This can be a dangerous situation, especially if you are over "Unfriendly" terrain. I can see that for a PPG, adding a speed-bar would be a ton of fun! Great video @Anthony
What a well thought out and planned video. Those views of the mountains in the background are incredible. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge with me even though I don't fly paramotors only fixed wings so far 😁
It's only a matter of time before you get your paramotor. You've caught the paramotor bug. I will eventually consume you! Haha. Thank you for commenting, Kevin. 😁
Very nice video, Anthony. I have not flown bar yet. However, I think one was included with my Dudek Universal. Maybe I'll dig it out one of these days and give it a try.
I did enjoy this video, however i do take issue of your analogy of a fixed wing vs paraglider . Speed is attitude, and throttle is altitude. That is true in any fixed wing flying machine. So from level flight at 50% power (requiring a slightly nose up attitude, or the use of flaps, or both) to full throttle will result in a climb, with an initial speed increase, but then will slow back down into the climb and (presumably) stabilize. All this is dependant upon many factors, but the concept is the same . Speed is attitude (pitch up, slow down, pitch down speed up) and altitude is throttle. Thanks for the excellent video.
Anthony, you made a great video on a great topic. I've been sport flying with my speed bar and agree, it is awesome to experience faster drops and acceleration. Yank and Bank Baby!
Very well done video Anthony! Those drawings were super clean and easy to understand! I've been thinking about starting to mess around with my speedbar, mostly so I can eek a few more mph out of my Spyder on windy days. Maybe it's finally time to take the plunge and figure out how to rig it on my Nitro. Anyway thanks for sharing!
Totally! As mentioned, start high! Anticipate a collapse when starting (though it’s incredibly unlikely). Either way, just give yourself the room. Set the trims slow and give it a whirl. Don’t use brakes when speedbar is extended... just tip steering. 😁😁😁
@John Denton I too have the Spyder/Nitro combo and love it. I tied in 2D steering a few months back and it’s a game changer. Wish I hadn’t waited a year to do it. I guess the speed bar is next (when I get the nerve)
I'm loving your videos like your reading my mind i'm 100 hours in the air and i'm loving the low fast nap of the earth flying..I fly a spyder3 and I'm still to use the speed bar hell I'm just now getting into Sat's and wing overs but I can see by this video that one day maybe another 100 hours I'll be using that speed bar Keep up the good work
That was sick. All the time I've been flying, and all the wings, I never tried the damn speed bar. Now you got me wanting to try it. I have a Paramania GTX that flys 35 mph trims out, but this could make me do like a stupid long cross country at warp speed.🤔 That was a lot of video work, but it turned out awesome. Thanks for posting it, Most Sincerely, Ron.🤓
What a marvelously well-made and well-explained video -- and your enthusiasm really pulled me into it. Please make more of these videos that share interesting tips and tricks that you've learned.
On paragliders -- the rule of thumb is don't touch the brakes when you're on speedbar. Use rear riser steering. I'm hoping you checked the manual on your glider (dudek warp 18) before trying this. I guess tip steering is similar to rear riser steering on a ppg wing. It looks like the lines on the rear edge are still being deformed in a number of shots in the video, while on bar.
12:45 Exactly! As mentioned, only use the tip steering system when the speedbar is engaged. Because the tip steering is not on a dedicated pulley, its very challenging to avoid some very small amount of input/deformation on the trailing edge. Still, I do my best to avoid it and I believe that it is enough to keep me safe. This Dudek Warp comes with 2D steering installed and I've not heard of anyone configuring the glider so that the TST operates separate of the brake lines. All in all, you're 100% correct.
Great video. Let the nay sayers or super safe peeps be that way. You do you 🤙 and that was some sweet flying. Great illustrations and class on aerodynamics and how the paraglider trim and speed system all work together. Really Quality video 👌
Anthony, you are providing great value to the Paramotor community! Many of which don't have (or may not have) experience with any other form of aviation. Keep up the good work dude! Looks like you're back in Texas... how are you doing?
Hi Tom!!! Thanks for dropping back in. I appreciate the kind words. And yes! We’re back in Texas. It’s so good being back. It was more challenging to go flying when I was in California. Here it’s wide open!
GREAT Video! 🔥 I wish I would have had it a month ago. I just started flying speedbar for the first time, but fumbled around in the dark a bit. That said, it is an absolute game changer!
Hi Anthony, I enjoyed your video, but as a Cessna pilot who owns a 172, I can tell you top speed is about 151 mph if you have the 180 hp upgrade ... at 190 mph, the wings would probably pop off! Most Cessna 172s have a top speed of about 130 mph. FYI, I got my start flying powered paramotors in the late 1990s but I've been out of it for about 20 years now. Looks like a lot of positive changes have occurred in the technology and I'd like to get back into it one day. Take care and be safe! :)
Somehow you managed to make already amazing production quality even better with every video you make! Love the content brother Keep it up and look for that call from James Cameron on his next movie
😂 “HotDamn!” Haha. I showed you comment to me wife and was like, “This Nick guy totally gets me and why I do this.” Lol To answer you question, there are a few reasons people might not get into flying paramotors. Check out my recent video titled, “An Honest Review on Paramotoring”. Long story short, I do think that more people’s would get into this if they knew about it and how rewarding the sensation is.
Good subject. Looking for more information on how to set up the speed bar. This is another step in the skill progression, when you know you are ready for it?
Another important thing - on gliders with modified reflex system, manual forbids to use speedbar when trims are not at least partly out! Beginners need to be warned, because actually most of beginner reflex wings will be the ones with modified reflex
Another fantastic video that is worth a lot of likes kkkkkk. Thanks for sharing with us, your videos are inspiring and super intuitive. big hug friend.
Awesome video and demonstration! Could you do one discussing using full speed-bar and trimmed out? I would like to see if there's any speed increase and also I've heard that this is the most stable configuration for reflex wings as long as there is no brake input. Since it completely puts the wing loading on the A lines.
Absolutely! Not sure how well I’ll be able to test collapse resistance though. Haha. Not sure I’d feel comfortable. Lol. But I can definitely check speed differences with trims out and bar out! It’ll be crazy fast I’m sure. It’s true. That configuration is the most resistant to collapse.
Nice video Anthony, I'd be interested in learning more about your training and learning process on bar. Did you only start with it on the warp or did you start on your universal. I'm still on an A so the bar is pretty benign but I love using it over trims for all the reasons you said, mainly quick to deploy and undeploy.
Awsome video! I'm guessing to say your gonna need more than an Atom 80 to really play like a fighter pilot down low. :) Watching you and Mitch, looks thrilling as heck.
Exactly my friend! I don’t think the Atom 80 would work well at all in flying low with speedbar. Not enough power to maintain level flight with bar engaged.
I find your vocal tone, very relaxing. Somewhat like an ASMR video. Not that you are putting me to sleep mind you. Your content is far too cool to sleep through. (>*
These are all great things to be mindful of weather using speedbar or not. Wind sheers are typically found above the altitudes range that I am flying within (at least in this area). As for heated air, I fly before the ground gets heated by the sun. A fun fact that I learned a while back is that the sun does very little to heat the air. Rather, it is the sun that heats the ground that then heats the air. As witnessed in this video, and most of my other videos, I fly first thing in the morning. The greatest thing about using speedbar (as opposed to trims) is that, should you take a collapse, the speedbar can be released instantaneously. Doing so will bring the glider back to its "fastest recovery" setting. Lastly, as mentioned in the beginning and end of the video, fly high. There is risk to fly low like this. For me, the risk is worth the reward of flowing along with the desert topography. I should also note that I am extremely particular about when I fly. I almost exclusively fly when there is little to no bumps in the air. I hope this helps!
I think airplane and paramotor have the same principles of flight, when you trottle up you will increase speed and you have to make an adjustment to keep level flight.
Right. I’m just point out that increasing the throttle has a negligible effect on the airspeed of the paramotor when it has a much greater effect on a fixed wing aircraft. Granted, both need to be re-trimmed to maintain altitude after making adjustments to the thrust (just not to the same extent on the fixed wing).
They use the same principles, but the main difference is that the airplane has an elevator and stab trim to maintain level flight when you increase power. The paramotor has no pitch control to counter speed with, rather using power primarily for pitch. Other than adjusting trim and using the speed bar, I think of a paramotor wing as a "constant speed" wing. That one fact made flying these things click for me when I started. (have thousands of hours in fixed wing aircraft)
@@ATECZephyr There are different types of parasitic drag; form/profile, skin friction, and interference. Form drag is reduced. You're right. But I don't imagine most people would appreciate, or have the patience, for a complete breakdown on the physics of induced drag and the several components of parasitic drag. lol. The take away I hope people consider the most is how reducing the angle of attack reduces the form drag as it is the strongest form of parasitic drag.
In many fixed wing planes, without changing trim, you will actually slow down. This is due to extra airflow over the horizontal stabilizer driving the tail down and increasing climb angle even more than just maintaining the trim speed.
Hey Anthony, what was the average speed on bar that you got? My 18m warp @110-115kg I’m getting 48mph. 3000 foot elevation. Just want to compare numbers
The angle of attack equals the chord line dependant on the relative angle of the pilot to the parallel metric version on angle between the parallax quandary flight characteristics of the line tension. That's all you need to know.
Hello! Have we met? Anyways, we fly from a lot of different places. Join our El Paso PPG group on Facebook. We’ll get you all the good spots. Do you live on the west side, east side, central, or northeast?
@@AnthonyVella We wrote few messages on FB messenger a few months ago but haven't met! Noah Rasheta trained me in Oregon back in June. I'm currently up in Anthony, NM, but am looking for a house! I'll join the group! Looking forward to meeting up!
This looked like a professionally made video someone else did it right? lol. Very educational did you do all those drawings they looked professionally to. What did you do to jump up when flying low that was cool, I was taught and I do, pull some brake and throttle at the same time gives you instant lift. Great video thanks. A friend was asking do you ware chonies when flying in a dress?
Great explanation of how things work...just concerned someday when you have an engine out and you're buzzing at a good clip over some rough terrain down low. Do you wear hanwags or crispis ?
Thanks Gary! And totally a valid concern. If the motor quit that low on speedbar, I'd immediately release the speedbar. This would give me a boost in height that would grant me a last chance to land gracefully. There is always the possibility that I want have a decent option, but this is the risk that I accept.
This is a fantastic video! As someone who is unfamiliar with paramotoring, it seems to me like altering the leading edge of the wing especially at a higher speed would increase the possibility of it “tucking” under. Is that the case, or is there still a large margin of safety with the speedbar fully deployed? I think I need to learn to fly one of these soon! On a related note - if you really do have the secret to making my Cessna 172 go 190mph at full power, I’d love to hear it😀
Here is the secret.... overload to Cessna THEN install a great big turboprop. 🤣😂🤣 thank you for enjoying the video. I admit, I was a bit off with the 172 speed.
You sir, are the Bob Ross if the paramotor world. Just got off a crazy 12 hour shift as an RN working in a COVID ICU. Your voice is so calming.. lol.. actually helps me relax and enjoy what I an watching and learning. Thanks for sharing man. 👍
Anthony, I can tell you put a lot of effort into making this video (nice artwork). You are quite the artist as well as pilot. I thought this was an excellent video and an excellent teaching moment. Your drawings went far in rendering a good explanation. Thanks for all your hard work. Fly Safe!
Thank you very much @PJ Brewer.
Has anyone ever told you how peaceful your voice is? Hearing your aeronautics explanation was...dare I say...soothing? Love the video, Anthony! I appreciate all the hard work that goes into how well these turn out!
Thank you buddy! I hear that occasionally because of The Paramotor Podcast. Someone once told me they listen to it at bedtime because my voice puts them to sleep. 😂
I’m really glad you enjoyed the video!
Might be better than Morgan Freeman's
A WORD OF WARNING
Regardless of how good you are with the speed bar almost every glider is more prone to deflations during accelerated flight due to the decrease in angle of attack. In addition, the extra speed you are carrying into the collapse means the wing reacts far more violently. During certification tests almost every glider pulls its highest grades during the accelerated tests, and even very safe wings react faster when collapsed on the speed bar. For these reasons you should only consider using the speed bar when you have enough height to recover from a major collapse. Skimming trees at full speed will eventually see you in them!
This is SO true! Everything happens faster on Speed-Bar. (>*
A good piece of advice ....to gain good altitude, but at that height all not feel the speed bcz everything is relative
Dang, my boy Anthony fell to the very forces you are warning about, years later in April 2024. He'll be back in the skies soon! 💪🏼
Brilliant, I have been reading the entire internet and watching everybodytube, but this is the first time somebody explains, rather than just mentions trimmers and speed bars. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Holy smoke, you are an artist! I know you put a ton of work into this.. great result. It comes across in the video that you have found that next level of connectedness with your wing. Looks like a great feeling. Glad to see you doing what you love, please be careful!
Thank you buddy! I enjoyed your recent Facebook video. That 360 cam is serving you well! And thank you for the support as well. 😁
The production quality of your videos is not only excellent but artistically unique.
Therapeutic 👌
Thank you bud! They take a lot of time to make, so getting a comment like this makes it all worth it. Thank you.
@@AnthonyVella check out Aljaz Salkic, paragliding. He's a paragliding creator with a trademark style. Great content.
Honestly, I bring him up because I want to see him on "The Paramotor Podcast." You two would be a riot!
I know of him and we’ve chatted a few times. I’ll send him a message about joining me on the podcast.
@@AnthonyVella true Vella fashion, ahead of the game! 😎
Wow, your explanation is so comprehensive. I am working on RC paramotor and you give us a very good insight!
I can listen to this guy all day llong. his voice is so soothing.
Awesome video! Looking forward to when my experience level gets to where I can use a speed bar!
Thank you brother! I look forward to seeing YOUR video of you using speedbar. I learned how to you speedbar on that very wing that you now fly! 😁😁😁
Amazing artwork on this video! Superb explanation for all skill levels. Can't wait to try speedbar when the skills are there!
What a dope channel. I'm new to this ppg world and you make it that much more exciting. Thanks for what you do, broski
Very nicely explained and the analogy with hand outside the window .....even a kid will understand ...So good bro keep it up !!
Hey man. At the very beginning of the video you have a major mistake in the explanation. The paramotor doesn't go up with increased power, because it's "sustained by strings and pilot is pushed forward", but because the angle of attack is constant and therefore the speed is constant, so the energy is converted into more lift. The same goes for your cessna - if the pilot didn't chance the angle of attack using trim, he would be constantly climbing when power is increased to 100%. In order for Cessna to fly faster and not climb, the AoA needs to be reduced by horizontal stabiliser. Same goes for paramotor, but we change AoA using speed system
Your videos are great, Anthony! Great editing and solid information. I liked the explanation of the risers and the speed bar and how the wing reacts to trim and the bar. This is often lacking in a lot of videos about flying paramotors. I have not see one in which the pilot flew this low so that was interesting and good you include a safety warning. I am 71, not likely to ever be able to do this, I suppose. But man, do I love watching these things fly ...
Thank you, David. In spite of your age, you could still get into paramotoring. Even if you don't feel as though you have the physical resiliency that you had in your 20s, you could learn to fly using a paramotor in a trike configuration. Thank you for commenting and I hope to see you again in the next video.
@@AnthonyVella Thanks for the encouragement! I have seen ppl older than me still flying but it all depends on what the legs can still do! And to think I was a black belt back in the day ...
I enjoy your videos. You should read for Audible if you don’t already, you have a smooth speaking voice
Hmmm... I think I will start by reading Game of Thrones. Or perhaps I will start a podcast. Thank you for the compliment!
www.theparamotorpodcast.com
That was an awesome showcase of what is possible. I loved the fact you warned your viewers repeatedly. It is a dangerous sport made safer with practice.
Anthony great video well explain and absolutely gonna help all of us that we don’t have time to read. Fly Baby FLy
Reading is for suckers! Haha. Thanks buddy! 😁
Anthony Vella that funny because when I have that time to read I used to play with my 4 years old daughter. Hahahahaha sucker are the only one reading enjoy time out Isidre is better hahahaha
Nice job. I have a 20 Warp and have yet to hook up the speed bar. Thanks for the motivation to move forward...
It’s a totally blast! You’ll love it. To be on the safe side, give the Warp manual a read over before committing. Looking forward to hearing how it goes. 😁
Really well made explanations, and good video in general! You should also mention that most of the advanced gliders don’t like to have trims all way in while using the speedbar.
Thank you, Lorenzo. I am sure that I will find opportunities to squeeze in more information about the speedbar as time goes on. I will say that the Dudek Warp manual does inform owner's that the fastest setting is trimmed out and speedbar applied. It does not advise against it. That said, I can see where the trouble lies.
Anthony Vella yes i mean most of the advanced gliders don’t like using speedbar with trims all way closed, always open at least partially the trims while using the bar, I know that the warp is full pk risers so you don’t have this problem, it will open trims automatically when you push the bar, but a lot of gliders out there doesn’t.
Just wanted to say this is beautifully edited
This is a fun video! I hope to get in to Paramotoring one day. I fly Free-Flight now, and the speed bar is very similar.
As "Free-Flight Pilots", we don't have a motor to push us through the air, so having the ability to speed up, is critical to safety in flight. There have been many times, I have flown "Off-Bar", where my wing has been nearly stationary in the sky. This can be a dangerous situation, especially if you are over "Unfriendly" terrain. I can see that for a PPG, adding a speed-bar would be a ton of fun! Great video @Anthony
thanks for making the clip, I am yet to do my training but this keeps me motivated to get it done asap. Thank you again. cheers from Down Under!
good job on the vid man! informative and well produced
How tf did you draw and write that so neatly. The amount of effort in these videos is so amazing.
Thank you. Just some practice. =)
Always love your slick edits. Nice job Anthony. cheers
What a well thought out and planned video. Those views of the mountains in the background are incredible. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge with me even though I don't fly paramotors only fixed wings so far 😁
It's only a matter of time before you get your paramotor. You've caught the paramotor bug. I will eventually consume you! Haha. Thank you for commenting, Kevin. 😁
Great video, I really like the new view that shows us how it follows you.
Thank you, Hugo! I plan on using it more often. I also think it does a great job a showing how the glider is behaving. Thank you for commenting!
Very nice video, Anthony. I have not flown bar yet. However, I think one was included with my Dudek Universal. Maybe I'll dig it out one of these days and give it a try.
I did enjoy this video, however i do take issue of your analogy of a fixed wing vs paraglider . Speed is attitude, and throttle is altitude. That is true in any fixed wing flying machine. So from level flight at 50% power (requiring a slightly nose up attitude, or the use of flaps, or both) to full throttle will result in a climb, with an initial speed increase, but then will slow back down into the climb and (presumably) stabilize. All this is dependant upon many factors, but the concept is the same . Speed is attitude (pitch up, slow down, pitch down speed up) and altitude is throttle. Thanks for the excellent video.
Anthony, you made a great video on a great topic. I've been sport flying with my speed bar and agree, it is awesome to experience faster drops and acceleration. Yank and Bank Baby!
Thank you brother! I have been loving flying with the speedbar. Im not sure I’ll fly without it again! Even if I don’t end up using it, it’s there. 😁
Very well done video Anthony! Those drawings were super clean and easy to understand! I've been thinking about starting to mess around with my speedbar, mostly so I can eek a few more mph out of my Spyder on windy days. Maybe it's finally time to take the plunge and figure out how to rig it on my Nitro. Anyway thanks for sharing!
Totally! As mentioned, start high! Anticipate a collapse when starting (though it’s incredibly unlikely). Either way, just give yourself the room. Set the trims slow and give it a whirl. Don’t use brakes when speedbar is extended... just tip steering. 😁😁😁
@@AnthonyVella Yep that's basically my plan. I still haven't tied in my tip steering so it should be pretty easy to not accidently pull break :D
That should make it easier!
@John Denton I too have the Spyder/Nitro combo and love it. I tied in 2D steering a few months back and it’s a game changer. Wish I hadn’t waited a year to do it. I guess the speed bar is next (when I get the nerve)
You got the whole Zen thing going! Nice video!
Thank you, Alan.
I'm loving your videos like your reading my mind i'm 100 hours in the air and i'm loving the low fast nap of the earth flying..I fly a spyder3 and I'm still to use the speed bar hell I'm just now getting into Sat's and wing overs but I can see by this video that one day maybe another 100 hours I'll be using that speed bar Keep up the good work
That was sick. All the time I've been flying, and all the wings, I never tried the damn speed bar.
Now you got me wanting to try it. I have a Paramania GTX that flys 35 mph trims out, but this could make me do like a stupid long cross country at warp speed.🤔
That was a lot of video work, but it turned out awesome.
Thanks for posting it,
Most Sincerely,
Ron.🤓
Damn thought that was Mitch G for a moment there!! Nice video Anthony 🇬🇧
Me too :' )
What a marvelously well-made and well-explained video -- and your enthusiasm really pulled me into it. Please make more of these videos that share interesting tips and tricks that you've learned.
Really great content and explained well. Thank you for sharing.
You’re welcome! Glad to hear that you’re enjoying it. 😁
On paragliders -- the rule of thumb is don't touch the brakes when you're on speedbar. Use rear riser steering. I'm hoping you checked the manual on your glider (dudek warp 18) before trying this. I guess tip steering is similar to rear riser steering on a ppg wing. It looks like the lines on the rear edge are still being deformed in a number of shots in the video, while on bar.
12:45 Exactly! As mentioned, only use the tip steering system when the speedbar is engaged. Because the tip steering is not on a dedicated pulley, its very challenging to avoid some very small amount of input/deformation on the trailing edge. Still, I do my best to avoid it and I believe that it is enough to keep me safe. This Dudek Warp comes with 2D steering installed and I've not heard of anyone configuring the glider so that the TST operates separate of the brake lines. All in all, you're 100% correct.
No matter how fast you've gotten it to go, it looks like an incredible ride.
TIP: Never fly speedbar low while following a fellow flyer. When you hit their wake, you'll sink immediately.
Dude! I hit my own wake with speedbar engaged and it was gnarly!!!!
Great video.
Let the nay sayers or super safe peeps be that way. You do you 🤙 and that was some sweet flying.
Great illustrations and class on aerodynamics and how the paraglider trim and speed system all work together. Really Quality video 👌
Thank you VERY much. I appreciate your comment. 😁
Well done man clear and interesting
Thank you very much! 👍🏻😁
Anthony, you are providing great value to the Paramotor community! Many of which don't have (or may not have) experience with any other form of aviation. Keep up the good work dude!
Looks like you're back in Texas... how are you doing?
Hi Tom!!! Thanks for dropping back in. I appreciate the kind words. And yes! We’re back in Texas. It’s so good being back. It was more challenging to go flying when I was in California. Here it’s wide open!
@@AnthonyVella Which part of TX? Would love to fly together!
VERY informative vid, I have a much better grasp of what a speed bar is and how it works.
pretty good safety points, fly safely.
Thank you and will do!
GREAT Video! 🔥
I wish I would have had it a month ago. I just started flying speedbar for the first time, but fumbled around in the dark a bit. That said, it is an absolute game changer!
Great job. Excellent explanation. Fly safe
Thank you, Peter!
Gave a like for the drawing efforts, good job man.
Thank you! I am glad that you appreciated the drawings! 😁
Those easels are class
You have a very soothing voice.
Hi Anthony,
I enjoyed your video, but as a Cessna pilot who owns a 172, I can tell you top speed is about 151 mph if you have the 180 hp upgrade ... at 190 mph, the wings would probably pop off! Most Cessna 172s have a top speed of about 130 mph. FYI, I got my start flying powered paramotors in the late 1990s but I've been out of it for about 20 years now. Looks like a lot of positive changes have occurred in the technology and I'd like to get back into it one day. Take care and be safe! :)
Looking back on this video, I realize I was off about a couple things. Haha
@@AnthonyVella No worries, man. I can't tell you how many times I've done that. Thanks for the response. Keep up the good work!
Somehow you managed to make already amazing production quality even better with every video you make! Love the content brother Keep it up and look for that call from James Cameron on his next movie
Thank you man! It feels good when people notice the effort that I put into making these videos.
HotDamn!!!!!! That was so gooooood Stuff! Is it a sport?
Is it hobby?
Why are there not more people doing this??
😂 “HotDamn!” Haha. I showed you comment to me wife and was like, “This Nick guy totally gets me and why I do this.” Lol
To answer you question, there are a few reasons people might not get into flying paramotors.
Check out my recent video titled, “An Honest Review on Paramotoring”.
Long story short, I do think that more people’s would get into this if they knew about it and how rewarding the sensation is.
Here is the link to the video I was mentioning:
ua-cam.com/video/dNM6oi9bSho/v-deo.html
Another great video my friend :-)
Thank you buddy! 😁
Good subject. Looking for more information on how to set up the speed bar. This is another step in the skill progression, when you know you are ready for it?
Your videos are very good! Congrats!
Another important thing - on gliders with modified reflex system, manual forbids to use speedbar when trims are not at least partly out! Beginners need to be warned, because actually most of beginner reflex wings will be the ones with modified reflex
Excellent explanation, thank you!👍🏻
Great video, enjoyed watching and speedbar is my next bit of kit. Thanks for sharing :)
Hey brother! Thank you very much. You're going to love it!
Great VIDEO... Stay safe and keep them Videos comming.... 👍👍
Thank you Anotonio. I appreciate it. 😁
Another fantastic video that is worth a lot of likes kkkkkk. Thanks for sharing with us, your videos are inspiring and super intuitive. big hug friend.
Thanks for the inspiration vella
You’re welcome, Paul! 😁
Did you do the drawings on the easel? Man you’re an artist. The riser drawing was amazing!
Yes, and thank you Mike. I drew one page each day.
riiiiight!? he made the easel as well!
Nice Video Anthony, be carefull when flying that fast and so low to the ground.
Love the wing!
Awesome video and demonstration! Could you do one discussing using full speed-bar and trimmed out? I would like to see if there's any speed increase and also I've heard that this is the most stable configuration for reflex wings as long as there is no brake input. Since it completely puts the wing loading on the A lines.
Absolutely! Not sure how well I’ll be able to test collapse resistance though. Haha. Not sure I’d feel comfortable. Lol. But I can definitely check speed differences with trims out and bar out! It’ll be crazy fast I’m sure. It’s true. That configuration is the most resistant to collapse.
#productionvalue! Keep up the good work Anthony.
Thank you so much! It was a lot of work, but feels totally worth it when I get positive feedback like this. Thank you again.
@@AnthonyVella It absolutely shows! I appreciate all the work you put in, stay safe.
Great instructional video!!
Thank you. 😁
Absolutely amazing 🤩
Good info, thanks.
Silly question, what are the rules/ expectations/top speed using a speedbar and trims together? Thanks
Nice job my friend
i love you
Let’s not rush things 😋😉
@@David_Wolfe YOLO
Nice video Anthony, I'd be interested in learning more about your training and learning process on bar. Did you only start with it on the warp or did you start on your universal. I'm still on an A so the bar is pretty benign but I love using it over trims for all the reasons you said, mainly quick to deploy and undeploy.
Awsome video! I'm guessing to say your gonna need more than an Atom 80 to really play like a fighter pilot down low. :) Watching you and Mitch, looks thrilling as heck.
Exactly my friend! I don’t think the Atom 80 would work well at all in flying low with speedbar. Not enough power to maintain level flight with bar engaged.
I find your vocal tone, very relaxing. Somewhat like an ASMR video. Not that you are putting me to sleep mind you. Your content is far too cool to sleep through. (>*
Excellent video !!!!!!!!
Tony, what about wind-sheer, heated air, etc... Flying so low could be hard to correct?
These are all great things to be mindful of weather using speedbar or not. Wind sheers are typically found above the altitudes range that I am flying within (at least in this area). As for heated air, I fly before the ground gets heated by the sun. A fun fact that I learned a while back is that the sun does very little to heat the air. Rather, it is the sun that heats the ground that then heats the air. As witnessed in this video, and most of my other videos, I fly first thing in the morning.
The greatest thing about using speedbar (as opposed to trims) is that, should you take a collapse, the speedbar can be released instantaneously. Doing so will bring the glider back to its "fastest recovery" setting. Lastly, as mentioned in the beginning and end of the video, fly high. There is risk to fly low like this. For me, the risk is worth the reward of flowing along with the desert topography. I should also note that I am extremely particular about when I fly. I almost exclusively fly when there is little to no bumps in the air. I hope this helps!
That drawings are super nice!
Thank you! I hope to find time to include more of them in future videos.
I think airplane and paramotor have the same principles of flight, when you trottle up you will increase speed and you have to make an adjustment to keep level flight.
Right. I’m just point out that increasing the throttle has a negligible effect on the airspeed of the paramotor when it has a much greater effect on a fixed wing aircraft. Granted, both need to be re-trimmed to maintain altitude after making adjustments to the thrust (just not to the same extent on the fixed wing).
They use the same principles, but the main difference is that the airplane has an elevator and stab trim to maintain level flight when you increase power. The paramotor has no pitch control to counter speed with, rather using power primarily for pitch. Other than adjusting trim and using the speed bar, I think of a paramotor wing as a "constant speed" wing. That one fact made flying these things click for me when I started. (have thousands of hours in fixed wing aircraft)
Speed increase = decrease of induce drag But an increase in parasitic drag!
@@ATECZephyr There are different types of parasitic drag; form/profile, skin friction, and interference. Form drag is reduced. You're right. But I don't imagine most people would appreciate, or have the patience, for a complete breakdown on the physics of induced drag and the several components of parasitic drag. lol. The take away I hope people consider the most is how reducing the angle of attack reduces the form drag as it is the strongest form of parasitic drag.
In many fixed wing planes, without changing trim, you will actually slow down. This is due to extra airflow over the horizontal stabilizer driving the tail down and increasing climb angle even more than just maintaining the trim speed.
incredible video.. thanks
You’re welcome!
Hey Anthony, what was the average speed on bar that you got? My 18m warp @110-115kg I’m getting 48mph. 3000 foot elevation. Just want to compare numbers
Hello Tyler! I am hitting around 50 mph. My field is at about 4000 MSL.
Not a question about a speed bar but why not put your paramotor in the truck's bed instead of the tray? Just seems like it'd be safer in the bed.
The angle of attack equals the chord line dependant on the relative angle of the pilot to the parallel metric version on angle between the parallax quandary flight characteristics of the line tension. That's all you need to know.
Elementary m' boy!
But seriously, great breakdown of the concept 👌
I like turtles.
I wish I had drawing skills like that - 10/10
Thank you Oliver! 😁
Where are you launching from? I'm looking for more places in the EP area! Only found one so far!
Hello! Have we met? Anyways, we fly from a lot of different places. Join our El Paso PPG group on Facebook. We’ll get you all the good spots. Do you live on the west side, east side, central, or northeast?
@@AnthonyVella We wrote few messages on FB messenger a few months ago but haven't met! Noah Rasheta trained me in Oregon back in June. I'm currently up in Anthony, NM, but am looking for a house! I'll join the group! Looking forward to meeting up!
This looked like a professionally made video someone else did it right? lol. Very educational did you do all those drawings they looked professionally to. What did you do to jump up when flying low that was cool, I was taught and I do, pull some brake and throttle at the same time gives you instant lift. Great video thanks. A friend was asking do you ware chonies when flying in a dress?
Hahaha! The dress provides incredible airflow. And yes, I made all the drawings. It was quite time consuming.
Merci beaucoup l'Ami !!!
Great explanation of how things work...just concerned someday when you have an engine out and you're buzzing at a good clip over some rough terrain down low. Do you wear hanwags or crispis ?
Thanks Gary! And totally a valid concern. If the motor quit that low on speedbar, I'd immediately release the speedbar. This would give me a boost in height that would grant me a last chance to land gracefully. There is always the possibility that I want have a decent option, but this is the risk that I accept.
Nice, Thanks!
Superb dude! 50 bucks says you start pylon racing within 12 months! 🤣
Mark From Florida Here, Let's hope not
This is a fantastic video!
As someone who is unfamiliar with paramotoring, it seems to me like altering the leading edge of the wing especially at a higher speed would increase the possibility of it “tucking” under. Is that the case, or is there still a large margin of safety with the speedbar fully deployed?
I think I need to learn to fly one of these soon!
On a related note - if you really do have the secret to making my Cessna 172 go 190mph at full power, I’d love to hear it😀
Here is the secret.... overload to Cessna THEN install a great big turboprop. 🤣😂🤣 thank you for enjoying the video. I admit, I was a bit off with the 172 speed.
How did you attach the camera to the 3rd person flying shots
Good stuff... Love Laugh Live!!!
Thank you buddy! 😁
Other than a Cessna 152 going that fast at 50 or 100%. great video lol
😂 Whoops. I was a bit off. Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed it though. 😁
I usually wear stilts when I fly my mojo pwr so I can push my speed bar farther. Why wasn’t this covered in your video?
😂🤣😂🤣
Ha ha. I know what you mean. Pulley to pulley!
You sir are melloooooooow !!!
Which app you are use on flying to altitude
Well done Ant-man!
学到了很多，谢谢！nice