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Definitely requires a 'mid fin', my sup doubles as a (basic!) windsurfer so as standard takes two fins... Personally from testing SUP fins are about 2/3rd of the size required

@ParaglidingScotland so I need slightly larger fin than sup fin? That's no good as I have already bought 9inch sup fin

@@greg23842384 Hi Greg, I found best (two standard fins) I could manage was a 'broad reach' (I'm using a 7m2 foil) while getting a notable amount of leeway 😐 , to move windward it was best to simply switch back to paddling

Bhpa Ltd training BEST ADVICE is to use every possible passive protection available to increase the chance of survival... Of course the unfortunate fact is that a notable number of UK paragliding DEATHS (and numerous significant, often 'life changing' injuries) have occurred while UNDER bhpa Ltd 'instruction'....

Bhpa Ltd training BEST ADVICE is to use every possible passive protection available to increase the chance of survival... Of course the unfortunate fact is that a notable number of UK paragliding DEATHS (and numerous significant, often 'life changing' injuries) have occurred while UNDER bhpa Ltd 'instruction'....

The vast majority of my students over the decades are, as you would expect, pilots who WERE injured (or witnessed others on their bhpa Ltd courses) during their FIRST 'training'.... Hence the NEED for RE-training. Bottom line: there is a VAST range in Standards in UK paragliding, this is easiest illustrated in the VAST variation in accident rates generated by the alternatives available to potential PG'ers

Note: I've seen plenty of bhpa 'experts' fly without wearing a helmet, that's their personal choice. FWIW as a simple matter of good manners I personally wear a helmet when flying (as I often get invited to do so) with bhpa clubs 😎

Science/physics: a good high spec helmet (i.e. NOT a pg helmet) is designed to 'give survivable' impact protection a the VERY bottom end of PG typical type impacts... Where PG (and higher spec motorsport helmets etc) helmets undoubtedly DO excell is in "drag along the ground" type incidents... that is of course a fairly common INSTRUCTION Generated case seen amongst bhpa Ltd students.... Hence rather than living in hope that your passive protection MIGHT do the trick it's better to opt for quality (physics & HP&L based) training which directly addresses the Root Causality of common PG incidents (GIGO!)

With no head wind (there was a soarable east [head] wind at dusk) it would be an easy glide to next the public parking (far side of the landing field) with the actual wind glide (over ground) was shortened

Yep, it's just when the airflow is right~left, the first thing I did to this latest helmet was glue on a 'dead cat'... however it looks like (sounds like!) it still needs an additional cover!

Simples (to quote Aleksandr Orlov)... For DIRECT control (while the pilot is in contact with the ground) of the wings Pitch simply think of the triangle (point down) formed by the A's the C's and the Chord of the wing. With the pilot at the bottom (point) and the flying wing (good airflow/airspeed) 'wants' to align with the airflow (WIND).... the angle of the wing relative to the LOCAL airflow (Wind Vector) governs (along with flow speed) the amount of 'lift' the wing generates. By INCREASING the amount of NEGATIVE Pitch (wing pointing more 'down' what the student rapidly gains understanding of is: Even in a twenty knot UP slope wind (vector) provided there is JUST (and no more) 'lift' to support the WEIGHT (not mass) of the wing.... it's easy (no braking etc required) to NOT take off until the pilot CHOOSES to leave the ground! "How?" Answer= by the pilot moving 'backwards' (down wind direction) OR 'forwards' (up/into wind direction) at the bottom of the previously mentioned 'triangle' the Pitch of the wing is DIRECTLY altered 😎 "Simples"

PS I can CHOOSE to walk down a 30° slope in a 20mph wind without ever being lifted off the ground DESPITE the fact my wing is NOT stalled!

thanks for the info, have you ever done a video demo of this because I've met some experienced pilots who can't do this

Ref 'walking down (under a fully flying wing) a 30° slope', to be clearly illustrated really requires filming from far enough to the side to show horizon/slope/wing pitch.... mostly when I'm out in 20kt winds no one else is with me (as it's not good for most pilots getting flights!) MH

@@ParaglidingScotland ok, cool, when i saw you doing something like this at lunan a while back i was amazed

I'd estimate (mainly based on 'crab angle' / beat ground speed) at wing height while ridge running the wind to max at around 10kts (12mph or 20km/h) Generally for good soaring here (less in winter with little vegetation to slow the ground level wind) you want say 15kts

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Generally I 'sand ski' with a paraglider (also on snow/ice etc) The main problem (based on a lot of experiance flying with a snowboard) is the Mtn Board 'stance' puts in a massive 'Harness Control' imput to the glider... flying with 'blades or skis is a better bet 🙂

PS with the fairly narrow wheels currently fitted to the 'board I've doubts of ths set up on soft sand!

Yep, Alan is off to fly in France shortly:-)

Hi Hubert 😃 Will do! Now we're past Covid hope we might see you if you're ever back across for a flying holiday some day

Since the mid 90's I've probably flown (I'm not including days when only flying the golf course) Montrose about 30-50 days, but I guess only launched at the 'Sea Splash' and soared this area less than 20 days :-) PS not too suprising but not even (AFAIK) my flying pal Alan (who has soared this section/also owns a Vertex as well as several other gliders) has even top launched here, rather (before erosion of a section of dune) launched just to the NE at the dunes along the golf course and 'jumped' to this section. PPS Hope to get a trip perhaps next year back down to England & Wales (at least 10 years since last Welsh road trip!

​@@ParaglidingScotlandnice flying close to the ground. I preffere soaring like this then being high in the sky. It amazes that this old glider is still airworthy. It seems to be well trimmed and porosity still must still be good

@@greg23842384 Yep, this one has only about 300-350 ish hrs but I always (unlike some of my other Vertex's... kept it for flying on dry days!)

@@ParaglidingScotland can always find bed space if you don't mind ruff n reddy (3 miles from the Bwlch, Nantymoel site)

@@OgwrDragon Hi & Cheers, I'm used to sleeping on everything from concrete floors to snow covered mountains (without tents) so roughing is 'my normal' 😎

Hi Simon, just had a couple of wee (welding) jobs today so actually out flying a speedwing at Stanergate just now 😄 hopefully (spent another grand and a half last month on new radio & transponder!) will start (post COVID reduction in airtime) travelling to more 'photogenic' flying sites this year 👍

Yep (original lines) I've gone through a considerable number of line sets on many of my Vertex gliders, I used to replace A's at 100hrs, A+B's at 200 and all three at 300 hrs!

This one is a good bit short of the oldest of my 'historic' wings, personally they (provided the lift is strong enough) can be as much fun to fly as current wings 😀

@@ParaglidingScotland I immediately recognized the site that you were using... Seen that site in your other videos... Thanks for taking the time to respond... 2:35 p.m. Tuesday afternoon in Glendale Arizona...

@@dwightbernheimer331 If you want to view the location on Sat Imagery the 'What3Words' location is "dogs.steep.finger 🙂

@@ParaglidingScotland Thank you

A bit early in the morning for shouting 😀

Hi Aidan, actually it was where the ladder HAD been for the first 3/4 of the sawing.... once I was happy that it only needed a little bit more cutting and a bit off mass / momentum to get it to rotate 90° and drop.... I moved the ladder (and ME!) out of the target area 😎

That one is 1 of TEN Nova Vertex paragliders I own 😀

Yep in the 13.5m2 size, FWIW the smallest speed wing I've flown was (from memory) 7.5m2, now that was F A S T 😀

? I've not been posting any edited videos, is that what your refering to ? FWIW Apart from the duration of COVID lockdown I've been flying (I had a bunch of flying sites that weren't affected by 2001's foot&mouth) and the three days shut down following 9/11 continuously since the mid 90's.... Well over ten thousand hours airtime injury free (not counting the occasional minor bruise / scrape.

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