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Love this video. My mom died left me a little bit of money I'm 65 years old and I always wanted to fly a paraglider so I bought one epsilon 9. I got the lessons and everything. It's nice because they tow me up and I have a giant landing area in front of me that's flat for square miles. This is the closest to my home terrain. If you had wished to you could have flown back and forth on the initial place you got the lift and waited for a thermal if it was a good day for that is this correct? All of our ridges are related to Rivers because we have more riverbank than any other state in the union. I have a place in mind that is River ridge from ancient times and a giant flat River bottom. Thanks for posting this it will make it easier for me to scout places that I might be able to fly.
There is a flying site (a small hill) in my village I am recently flying regularly. Maximum time I do ridge soaring here since the flying area of the hill is around 100-150m in flat (length). There are small hills in around on which I love to fly around. But I do not find enough lifts when leaving the ridge. I haven't experienced thermal flyings good enough (ridge soaring max time). Any tips to gain more heights from the ridge so I can fly around other small hills? I have gained max 100m height lift from the takeoff so far and the lift rate is 2-4m/s. I enjoy your flyings :) Thank you :)
HI! 👋 You could start with our article on progressing from from ridge soaring to thermaling: flybubble.com/blog/xc-secrets-progressing-beyond-ridge-lift
I am a poor one to say feel free to ask a question if you don't want to hear several lol. Where I live is inland a long ways in the wind shifts about 15° constantly all day long first it's coming down this line and then it's about 15° off of that line then it's back on this line then it's 15° off. When I'm soaring ridges particularly with pockets and stumps sticking out the sides, will that 15° wind shift make very much difference on where the rotors are and how strong they are? When the wind shifts 15 degrees and the rotor changes how long does it take for the rotor to stop change move point different directions?
@@markmcgoveran6811 Yes, that 15° wind shift will likely make a significant difference to the airflow including where the rotors are and how strong they are plus where the best lift is. The change downwind will happen at roughly the wind speed i.e. the speed the air is moving over the ground.
@@flybubblecarlo thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart. When I leave the school I will be flying all alone. Every tip I get online from anybody that's willing to explain something to me as thoroughly as you did here is a treasured idea to be mulled over for hours on end.
@@flybubblecarlo can I wiggle another free question. I don't look forward to The landing part of paragliding at all and I wondered what would happen if I had a big drag shoot to throw up behind me and hold me back so it would swing me down a little bit and I dive but I'd have so much parasitic drag on the payload that I would go in slow could you ever balance that out so you had a great big drag shoot to throw up behind you and you just kind of drifted in easy without any flaring or anything and took your lumps on the landing?
@@markmcgoveran6811 that's not something you can do. If a paraglider pilot throws a reserve, they need to reel in the actual paragliding wing or the reserve and wing will work against each other and cause a higher sink rate. Even once the wing is stowed, the descent rate under reserve is pretty high. Survivable, but unpleasant. Purposefully deploying some sort of "big drag shoot" before landing is not an option. Landing a paraglider is quite pleasant and enjoyable in normal conditions, and a little of bit of headwind makes it pretty easy.
💬 Do you have any crosswind soaring experiences?
💨 Strong Wing Control: ua-cam.com/video/uEufpbIgqv0/v-deo.html
⚠ 98% Pilots Do This Mistake: ua-cam.com/video/MdDofRxmPI0/v-deo.html
🪂 Find Your STALL Point: ua-cam.com/video/Namhmxq02TM/v-deo.html
⛰ Dolomites XC Flight: ua-cam.com/video/Lr7jGVaolc4/v-deo.html
✅ Best Used & New Paragliding Gear: flybubble.com/wings?stock=1
Love this video. My mom died left me a little bit of money I'm 65 years old and I always wanted to fly a paraglider so I bought one epsilon 9. I got the lessons and everything. It's nice because they tow me up and I have a giant landing area in front of me that's flat for square miles. This is the closest to my home terrain. If you had wished to you could have flown back and forth on the initial place you got the lift and waited for a thermal if it was a good day for that is this correct? All of our ridges are related to Rivers because we have more riverbank than any other state in the union. I have a place in mind that is River ridge from ancient times and a giant flat River bottom. Thanks for posting this it will make it easier for me to scout places that I might be able to fly.
Glad you enjoyed this video. Correct, I could've soared around the initial area I got lift and waited for a thermal if it was a good day. 🪂
There is a flying site (a small hill) in my village I am recently flying regularly. Maximum time I do ridge soaring here since the flying area of the hill is around 100-150m in flat (length).
There are small hills in around on which I love to fly around. But I do not find enough lifts when leaving the ridge.
I haven't experienced thermal flyings good enough (ridge soaring max time).
Any tips to gain more heights from the ridge so I can fly around other small hills?
I have gained max 100m height lift from the takeoff so far and the lift rate is 2-4m/s.
I enjoy your flyings :)
Thank you :)
HI! 👋 You could start with our article on progressing from from ridge soaring to thermaling: flybubble.com/blog/xc-secrets-progressing-beyond-ridge-lift
Then read our article on getting away from small hills: flybubble.com/blog/xc-secrets-getting-away-from-small-hills
I also recommend checking our article on using small broken thermals: flybubble.com/blog/how-to-use-small-broken-thermals
Then watch our associated video on how to use small broken thermals: ua-cam.com/video/SL-spZmgvQA/v-deo.html
Then watch our related video on getting away from a small hill on a paraglider: ua-cam.com/video/_wPvxD_SHj4/v-deo.html
Feel free to ask your crosswind soaring questions or share tips to help others! 🤓
I am a poor one to say feel free to ask a question if you don't want to hear several lol. Where I live is inland a long ways in the wind shifts about 15° constantly all day long first it's coming down this line and then it's about 15° off of that line then it's back on this line then it's 15° off. When I'm soaring ridges particularly with pockets and stumps sticking out the sides, will that 15° wind shift make very much difference on where the rotors are and how strong they are? When the wind shifts 15 degrees and the rotor changes how long does it take for the rotor to stop change move point different directions?
@@markmcgoveran6811 Yes, that 15° wind shift will likely make a significant difference to the airflow including where the rotors are and how strong they are plus where the best lift is. The change downwind will happen at roughly the wind speed i.e. the speed the air is moving over the ground.
@@flybubblecarlo thank you so very much from the bottom of my heart. When I leave the school I will be flying all alone. Every tip I get online from anybody that's willing to explain something to me as thoroughly as you did here is a treasured idea to be mulled over for hours on end.
@@flybubblecarlo can I wiggle another free question. I don't look forward to The landing part of paragliding at all and I wondered what would happen if I had a big drag shoot to throw up behind me and hold me back so it would swing me down a little bit and I dive but I'd have so much parasitic drag on the payload that I would go in slow could you ever balance that out so you had a great big drag shoot to throw up behind you and you just kind of drifted in easy without any flaring or anything and took your lumps on the landing?
@@markmcgoveran6811 that's not something you can do. If a paraglider pilot throws a reserve, they need to reel in the actual paragliding wing or the reserve and wing will work against each other and cause a higher sink rate. Even once the wing is stowed, the descent rate under reserve is pretty high. Survivable, but unpleasant. Purposefully deploying some sort of "big drag shoot" before landing is not an option. Landing a paraglider is quite pleasant and enjoyable in normal conditions, and a little of bit of headwind makes it pretty easy.