Re: launching
Posted: 2013/12/07 23:40:29 UTC
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=30408
Had not seen this one before....
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=30421
Quest Air vs Wallaby Ranch
057-03703
http://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5529/14422573378_5385a9a99a_o.png
...a pile of dumbasses are still being stupid enough to be using as their Pilots In Command.
Had not seen this one before....
This shit doesn't happen with platform and dolly.NMERider - 2013/12/07 07:11:26 UTC
I do a lot of shallow slope launches and in very light winds. I have aborted several launches safely on the shallow PG ramp of Marshall Peak and other sites. Once or twice I have attempted to abort a launch and found myself airborne and now committed to controlling the glider.
What I see in this video is a partially blown launch run and the pilot realizing this tries to flare his glider to a stop but still has too much momentum which carries him over the edge. The reason I say 'partially blown' is because I, as others have already pointed out in this thread see that he still had the opportunity to lean in hard and fully commit. I feel that he would have safely cleared the brush and flown away.
In case anyone is curious this mountain is in Israel and according to a friend who has flown there, it is an excellent site. There is a better picture of the ramp on Wikipedia and those bushes are just below the lip of the ramp. Not a big deal for a PG which is already high overhead in clean air as you have described. But a very big deal for a much higher wing loading HG that is not in clean air - as you have mentioned.
My 2p
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.php?t=30421
Quest Air vs Wallaby Ranch
About the only serious fuckups you see off of dolly are ones precipitated by the 130 pound test fishing line...smokenjoe50 - 2013/12/06 16:57:43 UTC
Everything you describe about aero towing being difficult is a lot harder when foot launching. When you get pulled by the tug you have instant airspeed. All the pilot has to do is fly the glider. How hard is that?
057-03703
http://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5529/14422573378_5385a9a99a_o.png
...a pile of dumbasses are still being stupid enough to be using as their Pilots In Command.